STATESBORO - Charleston Southern softball used a pair of late home runs to take a doubleheader from host Georgia Southern on Tuesday evening at Eagle Field. The Buccaneers won game one, 8-7, and took game two, 4-1.

Charleston Southern improves to 10-17 with the pair of wins, while Georgia Southern falls to 9-20. The Eagles return to Sun Belt Conference action on Saturday, hosting Appalachian State in a 1 p.m. doubleheader at Eagle Field. It will be Senior Day as Georgia Southern will honor four seniors - Mekhia Freeman, Alia Booth, Shayla Smith and Harlee Rewis in a post-game ceremony.

GAME ONE: Charleston Southern 8, Georgia Southern 7

Charleston Southern's Ashley Meckley snapped a 7-all tie in the top of the seventh inning with a solo home run to left field to give the Buccaneers an 8-7 win in game one.

The Eagles opened the scoring in the bottom of the first as reigning Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week Faith Shirley hit a two-run home run - the 20th home run of her career, moving her into a tie for ninth place on the Georgia Southern all-time home run chart.

Charleston Southern took a 3-2 lead in the second inning on an error and a two-run triple by Katelyn Norris. 

Georgia Southern went back in front in the top of the second on an RBI double by Alia Booth and a sacrifice fly by Shayla Smith that made the score 4-3. Charleston Southern ran a squeeze play to tie the score at 4-4 in the top of the third.

The Eagles scored twice in the fourth on an Aniston Johnson steal of home and an RBI single by Mekhia Freeman. But the Buccaneers would go back in front in the fifth on a two-run single by Dominique Mannerino, and a first and third play where Sarah Brown would score for the 7-6 lead.

Sophomore Janai Conklin's first career home run in the fifth would tie the score at 7-all for the Eagles.

Holly Clark (3-3) notched the win in relief for Charleston Southern, hurling five innings of five-hit, three-run ball, walking two and striking out six. Aaliyah Garcia (2-4) took the loss for the Eagles, giving up two hits and one run in 2 2/3 innings of work, striking out four.

GAME TWO: Charleston Southern 4, Georgia Southern 1

Madison Koger's three-run home run in the top of the sixth inning propelled the Buccaneers to a 4-1 win in game two and complete the sweep.

Georgia Southern got on the board in the fourth on Janai Conklin's second home run of the day, a solo shot to left. 

Koger followed in the sixth with a three-run shot. The Buccaneers added an insurance run in the top of the seventh via a one-out double by Brooklyn Brewington and an error.

Alyssa Heinrich (3-5) hurled the complete-game victory for Charleston Southern, scattering six hits and giving up only one run in seven innings, walking six and striking out five. Kyleigh Richardson (3-5) took the loss for the Eagles, giving up four hits and three runs in 5 2/3 innings of work, walking three and striking out three.