Box Score (PETERSBURG, Va.)  CIAA Rookie of the Year Cassandra Clayborne was 3-for-3 as Bowie State drubbed St. Augustine's 12-1 in five innings in an opening round game of the CIAA Softball Tournament.

The Lady Bulldogs (19-14) banged out 12 hits with Justine Smith and Amanda Ray joined CIAA Player of the Year Cara Nance with two hits apiece. Haley Snyder drove in a game-high five runs.

Bowie State scored five runs in the first inning and added three more in the second to break the game open early.  Haley Flint (5-5) struck out eight and scattered five hits in five innings to earn the win.

Ramadana Simmons had two hits to pace St. Augustine's (12-21) at the plate.

Bowie State advanced to play Winston-Salem State in the winner's bracket while St. Augustine's falls to take on Virginia Union in the loser's bracket.