MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina - The Marist softball team split on day one of the Charleston Invitational on Friday. The Red Foxes fell to North Carolina State, 3-0, in the early game, but triumphed over Bryant, 3-1 in nine innings, later on.                                              

• Senior Kallen Leeseberg tossed a complete game one-hitter, striking out five and allowing three unearned runs. Leeseberg held the Wolfpack without a hit for 5.2 innings.

• Sophomore Caroline Baratta (single) and freshman Kaley Coltrain (double) had the two Marist hits.

• N.C. State's Natalie Jones had Wolfpack's only hit, an RBI triple in the bottom of the 6th.

• N.C. State's Sydney Nester threw a complete game, two-hit shutout with 12 strikeouts.                                               

• Freshman Calista Phippen tossed a complete game, striking out 16 batters and allowing three hits. Phippen allowed  just one unearned run in the ninth inning.

• Senior Casey Page led the Red Foxes with three hits, while Baratta, freshman Morgan Gianelle, and senior Madison Lee added two hits apiece.

• Sophomore Olivia Knopf broke a scoreless tie in the top of the ninth with an RBI single to center to drive in fellow sophomore Hunter Hand. Junior Ali Milam had a clutch two-RBI double later in the inning.

• Bryant's Gabrielle Ermish also tossed a complete game, allowing 12 hits and three runs (two earned). She struck out two and walked two.                                              

• Phippen's 16-strikeout total tied for the fifth most strikeouts in a single game in the NCAA this season. 

• Baratta was 3-for-7 with a stolen base on the day.                                              

The Red Foxes are back in action with two games tomorrow. They play the University of Rhode Island at 11:15 a.m. and the College of Charleston at 3:45 p.m.