The No. 5-ranked Berry Vikings defeated No.13 Birmingham-Southern 4-0 and 5-1 in a highly anticipated Southern Athletic Association matchup Friday afternoon at Kay Williams Field. Strong pitching from Blair Hall and Hannah Gore as well as defense separated the Vikings pushing them to improve to 14-0 in conference play.
 
Game one: Berry 4 BSC 0
The Vikings only had to score four runs to edge the Panthers in game one, as the defense did most of the heavy lifting. Hall threw a one-hitter in a complete game and struck out six.

Berry (27-4, 14-0 SAA) scored three in the first inning when Katie White singled to first base, sending Morgan Frye to home plate. Lauren Cothern then singled to right field which scored White, Paige Bennett was able to reach on a throwing error, which gave Anna Jackson the go ahead to score another.

The fourth and final run came in the third inning when Cothern grounded out to first to score Elly Bennett.
 
Game two: Berry 5 BSC 1
Three different Vikings hit a homerun in game two, which ultimately handed the Panthers the loss.

It took until the third inning for the Vikings to get on the board, with a Shelby Daniel double to right field that scored Aleeya Thornton. White hit a solo homer to left field one inning the later, putting the crowd on their feet as soon as the ball left the bat.

The Panthers tacked on their first run of the day during the fifth inning, which would also be their last.

Frye hit a solo homer to left center giving her team a little more breathing room in the bottom of the sixth inning, tying the school record for career home runs with 26. But Paige Bennett wanted more as she hit a two-run homer to left field, scoring White as well.

Gore also threw a complete game allowing only one run, and struck out four.
 
The Vikings will close out their series on Saturday at home, first pitch will be announced at a later time.