ROCK HILL, SC— Keleigh Romine tossed five strong innings and Maddie Antone drove in three runs to help Winthrop to a 6-2 win over Presbyterian College, in the team's Big South Conference opener Saturday afternoon at Terry Field.

The Eagles improved to 12-14 overall while PC fell to 10-16. The second game of the doubleheader was interrupted by rain and lightning, forcing the remainder of the game to be pushed until Sunday at 1 p.m. Winthrop is leading 2-1 after 3 ½ innings and the third game of the series will follow.

"In the first game Keleigh threw a good game and Kiley (Majette) came in to finish after a little trouble in the sixth," said Winthrop co-head coach Mark Cooke. "We hit the ball well, put it in play and made the plays we needed. Our defense was very sharp the first game."

A five-run second inning aided in the victory over the Blue Hose in the first game. The Eagles loaded the bases with two outs as Shayna Covington hit a grounder back to the pitcher. Katie Brown picked up the ball and her throw to first was high, pulling the first baseman off the bag as Romine and Brooke Ellison scored. Antone then stepped up and hit her third home run of the season, a three-run shot to left center.

Romine helper own cause a little bit in the third inning when she belted a 2-1 pitch over the fence in left for a 6-0 lead.

Romine improved to 3-4 on the year as she tossed five innings allowing two runs on two hits with three walks and a career-high eight strikeouts. Majette tossed the final two innings allowing just one hit and striking out five. The 13 combined strikeouts in a single-game is a season-high for the Eagles.

The two runs for PC came in the top of the sixth when Jonnie Petree sliced a single just over the infield to break up Romine's no-hit bid. Kelsie Sanchez came up next and hit a high fly ball down the left field line that just made it over the fence and inside the foul pole for her second home run of the season.