CONWAY, SC - The Cleveland State softball team dropped a pair of games on the second day of the Coastal Carolina Kickin' Chicken Classic.

The Vikings fell to host Coastal Carolina, 9-0, in five innings and dropped a 9-5 contest to Seton Hall.

CSU is now 4-4 this season.

Erica McNew paced the Viking offense in the two games, combining to go 5-for-7 with one run and one double.

In the opener, Coastal Carolina scored one run in the second and added five more in the third and three in the fourth. CSU had six hits in the contest as Erica McNew went 3-for-3 and Emma Nicholas finished 2-for-2.

Katelind Phillips had the other hit for the Vikings.

In the loss to Seton Hall, Phillips, McNew and Mel Woodard had two hits apiece, while Sidney Morgan drove in two runs.

The Vikings got on the board first on an RBI single from Mackenzie Joecken. After the Pirates plated six runs in the third to take a 6-1 lead, the Vikings responded with two runs in the fourth on a two-run single by Phillips to slice the deficit to 6-3.

However, Seton Hall came right back with two runs in the bottom of the fourth to extend the lead to 8-3. Morgan's two-run homer in the fifth brought CSU within 8-5, but the Pirates answered with another tally in the bottom half of the fifth to make it 9-5.

The Vikings conclude play in the tournament on Sunday (Feb. 21) with an 11:45 am contest against Coastal Carolina.