RALEIGH, N.C. -- After a 2-1 win over host William Peace in game one of Wednesday's USA South doubleheader, Meredith College softball suffered a disappointing 8-7 loss in the nightcap for a split.

Peace scored first in the bottom of the third of game one on a RBI-single. After a scoreless fourth, Sarah Watson led off for the Angels with her second home run on the season to tie the game. Kaitlyn Sawyer advanced on a single but was caught stealing second to clear the bases.

Brittany Bucklin scored the eventual game winner on her fifth career homer later in the inning to edge Meredith in front for good.

Taylor Jackson earned WPU's solo run on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts, and Pacer Morgan Farmer recorded her third loss allowing seven hits with two earned runs, three walks, and five strikeouts.

The Pacers took an early 1-0 lead in game two on a double in the bottom of the first. The Angels' Eran Artigues drilled a ball over the fence in the top of the second but was stripped of her home run on an appeal from William Peace Coach Charlie Dobbins, who claimed she failed to touch home plate.

Meredith recovered from the disappointing call and loaded the bases in the top of the third. Erica Occena scored Bryce Smith on a single to left, and Courtney Saunders drove in Watson in the next at-bat to take a 2-1 lead.

William Peace regained the advantage in the bottom of the frame on a two-run homer and scored two more runs with a second home run in the next inning to extend their lead 5-2.

The Angels closed the gap with a run in each of the next two frames to trail by just one heading into the seventh.

With two outs on the board, Saunders doubled to right field. Bucklin drove in Saunders on a double to the same field to keep the Angels alive, and Maria Annunziata gave Meredith a two run advantage with her ninth home run on the season.

In the bottom of the frame, Peace led off with a single through the right side. A hard hit single to right center brought the go-ahead run to the plate, and Kelsey Durham tied the game on a tough fly ball to right. Durham jogged in for the win on a wild pitch to close out the split.

Lauren Marbrey faced 19 batters through 3.2 innings allowing five earned runs with three strikeouts. Jackson entered in relief in the bottom of the fourth and earned three runs on seven hits with one K for the loss. Kim Cook earned her fourth win for the Pacers.

Meredith hosts the USA South's Covenant Scots Saturday afternoon in a 1 p.m. start. Follow the action live HERE.