STATESBORO, Ga. - Senior Kierra Camp fired a two-hit shutout to help Georgia Southern softball earn a Sun Belt Conference split with visiting UT Arlington on Saturday at Eagle Field. UTA won game one, 4-2, while the Eagles won game two, 2-0.

The win in game two halts an extended slide for Georgia Southern (22-19, 7-10 SBC) that had grown to eight Sun Belt games in a row. UT Arlington moves to 21-19, 9-7 in the Sun Belt, and the two teams will wrap up their series on Sunday morning at 9 am, with an earlier start time due to an expected two inches of rain in the Statesboro area.

"UTA is another quality opponent in the Sun Belt, and you never get a day off in this league," Georgia Southern Head Coach Kim Dean said. "We continued to fight and fight, continued to believe in each other, and we believed eventually things would fall our way. They did today. The first game was a hard-fought game, we couldn't get a ball to go three inches either direction. There were a couple of nice defensive plays on their end. In the second game, our ladies kept fighting, Kierra [Camp] pounded the zone, and kept a very good offensive team scoreless. All-around, we're happy to be back on the winning side."

Camp delivered her second shutout of the season and seventh of her career with the two-hitter, improving to 11-7 on the season. She struck out four, walked six, and benefited from a pair of double plays in the final two innings to preserve the shutout. 

Sydney Fisher's first career home run in the fifth inning snapped a scoreless tie and put the Eagles up, 1-0. With a runner on first in the top of the sixth, Macy Coleman snared KJ Murphy's line drive and doubled Reagan Wright off of first to keep the Eagles ahead by one.

Logan Harrell added some insurance in the bottom of the sixth with a solo shot to center field. In the top of the seventh, the Mavericks got a leadoff walk, but a flyout to deep left field, then a Coleman-to-Shelby Wilson double play ended the game to give the Eagles the victory.

Randi Phillips (12-7) took the loss for the Mavericks in game two, giving up six hits and two runs in six innings of work, walking one while striking out one.

Phillips was on the other end of the decision in game one, pitching five innings of three-hit relief, giving up an unearned run while walking three and striking out two in the 4-2 win. After Mekhia Freeman's solo home run in the bottom of the first put GS up by one, UTA scored three times in the third - two on a two-run home run by Wright - to take a 3-1 lead.

The Eagles pushed across an unearned run in the bottom of the third, and Wright delivered an RBI single in the fifth for the final 4-2 margin.

Rylee Waldrep (9-8) took the loss for the Eagles in the circle in game one, giving up six hits and four runs - three earned - in 4 1/3 innings of work, walking two and striking out three.

Allyssah Mullis led the Eagles in game one with a pair of doubles, while Fisher had two hits in game two. Wright went 3-for-6 with three RBI in the doubleheader to pace the Mavs.