AIKEN, SC -- Senior left fielder Chelle Phillips drilled a walk-off run-scoring single in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Francis Marion University a 2-1 win over the University of Charleston (W.V.) and a sweep of the Patriots' two games on Sunday (Feb. 6) at the Early Bird Softball Tournament in Aiken.

Earlier in the day, Destinea Schneider, Sara Broderick, and Megann Sallinger all had two hits in a 7-2 victory over Barton College.

Francis Marion finishes its opening weekend 3-0 and will next face Lenoir-Rhyne University on Sunday (Feb. 13) at 1 p.m.

In the one-run win over Charleston, junior right-hander Kayla Ellingsen picked up her second complete-game win in as many days with a seven-hitter.  She struck out six.

Trailing 1-0 in the third, Broderick singled with one out, stole second base, and came around to score the tying run on a single by Schneider. In the seventh, Kayla Bowie led off with a single.  She moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, and after a fly out, scored on Phillips' two-out hit.

Schneider had a pair of hits in game two as well.

FMU sophomore southpaw Murphy McConnell (1-0) picked up her first collegiate win with four scoreless innings in Sunday's first contest.  Phillips had an RBI double, while second baseman Ashley Jaramillo had a double and later drove in two runs with a infield groundout.