BRIDGEWATER, Va. – In the regular season finale at the BC Softball Field, the Bridgewater Eagles (31-8) used solid pitching and a pair of three-run first innings to claim a doubleheader sweep over the Southern Virginia Knights (21-9).

Bridgewater won game one by a 3-0 score before taking the nightcap by a 6-2 tally.

In game one, senior pitcher Ashley Gills was virtually unhittable, while the Eagles offense used an early spark to take the game one victory.

Bridgewater got its first of three runs in the home half of the first when an Emily Morris single scored Hillary Rees to put the Eagles ahead 1-0.

During the next at-bat, junior Lauren Childress drove a 1-1 pitch to centerfield, scoring fellow junior Leah Cossentino from third on the sacrifice fly to put the Eagles ahead 2-0.

The Eagles rounded out their scoring a batter later when an Angela Spinelli groundout, brought home Morris, pushing the lead to 3-0.

Following Bridgewater's three-run outburst in the first, bats went silent for both teams as both pitchers locked into a battle in the circle which eventually culminated in a 3-0 victory for the Eagles.

At the plate, Bridgewater's bats were silenced for the first time in 13 games as the Eagles were able to tally a meager three hits.

In the circle, Gills (11-3) was electric, recording her fifth shutout win of the year, while allowing just one hit. Gills tied the single-game strikeouts record by punching out 13 Southern Virginia batters. During a stretch from the end of the first through the beginning of the third, Gills struck out five batters in a row.

With her 13 strikeout performance, Gills is now just one strikeout shy of tying the career strikeouts record at Bridgewater. Gills currently has 335 career strikeouts, placing her right behind all-time leader Marlo Powell ('06). Her 14 career shutouts place her in a tie for second place on the all-time list, four away from the top spot.

Southern Virginia squeaked out just one hit, while hurler Kyla Christmas picked up the loss, allowing three BC runs on three hits.

Game two nearly mirrored the first game, as the Eagles jumped out to an early 3-0 lead.

Four straight two-out singles allowed the Eagles to get on the board, with the first run crossing the plate off of a single to left from the bat of Spinelli. Freshman Aven Thomas followed Spinelli's single with  one of her own which drove in Spinelli and Childress and extended the BC lead to 3-0.

Bridgewater added an extra insurance run in the third when another Spinelli single drove in Childress, putting the Eagles up 4-0.

After a scoreless fourth, Southern Virginia answered with a two-run fifth to cut the Bridgewater lead in half at 4-2.

The Eagles responded with a run of their own off of a Childress sacrifice fly, to extend the lead to 5-2, which is where the game would end, earning the Eagles a doubleheader sweep over the visiting Knights.

Rees, Childress, Spinelli, and Thomas each posted two-hit games with Spinelli and Thomas driving in two runs apiece. With a hit in each game, Spinelli extends her career-best hitting streak to 11 games. The 11-game streak is also tied for the top hitting streak of the season for the Eagles.

Freshman Heather Jenkins (6-2) got the win in game two. Jenkins tossed a complete-game three hitter while allowing two runs and striking out eight.

BC rides a 13 game winning streak into the 2010 ODAC Softball Tournament this weekend.

 Bridgewater is back in action on Friday when it does battle with Lynchburg in the 4 vs. 5 matchup in the first round of the 2010 ODAC Softball Tournament. The three-day tournament is played at the Moyer Complex in Salem, Va., with the tournament champion earning an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.