Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 HENDERSON, Tenn. - Sarah Elizabeth Cousar won both ends of a double-header as the Freed-Hardeman Lady Lions swept Mid-Continent (Ky.) University, 3-0 and 5-3, on Saturday afternoon at Morgan Stadium.

Cousar (10-7) tossed her third shutout of the season in the first game and overcame both a rocky start and a seventh-inning jam to help FHU improve to 15-16 overall and 10-8 in conference play. The wins moved the Lady Lions into third place in the conference standings.

Freed-Hardeman scored runs in the first, third and fifth innings of the first game while Cousar stranded seven Cougars on base in the shutout. Three of FHU's seven hits came in the first inning, capped by Natalie Nelson's RBI single. Brittny Johnson had an RBI groundout in the third to score Cousar, who previously hit a one-out triple that nearly cleared the right-center field fence.

Amber Vansandt singled home Bailey Morgan in the fifth inning for the Lady Lions' final run of the game.

Cousar cruised until the seventh inning when MCU got a pair of singles to put runners on first and second with two outs, but the freshman struck out Kelly Fougerousse to end the game.

Mid-Continent seemed to figure out Cousar in game two, putting together four straight hits with two outs to score twice in the first inning. But FHU answered with aggressive baserunning in the bottom of the inning which led to three runs thanks in large part to four stolen bases, including a double-steal by Johnson and Vansandt which saw Johnson narrowly avoid a tag to steal home.

For the next four innings, the game turned into a pitchers' duel with neither team able to cross the plate. FHU finally broke through in the sixth with Augusta McClary and Cousar drawing one-out walks and coming around to score when MCU right fielder Lacee Underwood misplayed a fly ball off the bat of Vansandt with two out.

As it turned out, those runs were needed. The Cougars opened the top of the seventh with three straight singles to load the bases but only managed one run as Cousar got three consecutive ground ball outs that included a force at home to limit the damage to only one run.

Vansandt went 2-for-3 in game one while Johnson and Brittany Yates each had a pair of hits in game two.

FHU returns to the field with a double-header against Martin Methodist (Tenn.) College on Sunday beginning at noon.