GREENSBORO, N.C. --- Old Dominion Athletic Conference member Guilford College hosted the Vixen Softball team in Greensboro on Saturday, April 6.  Both teams entered the doubleheader looking for a season's first league win.

Game 1 started with Guilford taking a three-run lead in the top of the first.  The Quakers extended their lead in the bottom of the third to go up 4-0.  The Vixen side got on the board in the top of the fourth to put the score at 4-1.

Neither team scored in the fifth, but a big run bottom of the sixth solidified the win for Guilford.

In Game 2, SBC fell behind earlier and could not recover as GC dashed out to a 5-0 lead in the top of the first.  Sweet Briar threatened to score in several innings, but could not plate a run.  The Quakers took the 11-0 Game 2 win.

Sweet Briar returns to the friendly confines of the Vixen Softball for a doubleheader with Roanoke College on Sunday, April 7.  Just prior to the Game 1 start (1 p.m.), Vixen Athletics will honor two softball players, Alyssa Berkeley (Lynchburg, Va./Jefferson Forest) and Nikki Thompson (Axton, Va./Magna Vista) who are playing in their final home games for SBC. 

Sunday's game is also designated as the Vixen Softball Division III Week game.  Division III Week is a National Collegiate Athletics Association initiative geared toward highlighting Division III student-athletes and their many accomplishments as scholars, athletes and citizens. 

Look for more SBC student-athlete videos, pictures and releases through the week.  Along with stories posted on the SBC Athletics flagship site, Vixenathletics.com, DIII Week highlights will be shared across a variety of social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Blogspot and YouTube.   

Fans are invited to sign up for Vixen Athletics social media outlets at the Vixenathletics.com social media page.  A full slate of Sweet Briar College Division III Week athletics contests is also available online.