FARMVILLE, Va. – It appears Emily Murphy is getting quite comfortable batting cleanup for the Lancers, judging by her second straight five-RBI outing Friday against Charleston Southern

Murphy belted her third home run in two games and added a two-RBI double an inning later, as Longwood earned an 8-0 run-rule victory over Charleston Southern to open the final home series of the season at Lancer Field.

"Obviously, we're really happy to get the win and the way the game went," Riley said. "If you look at it, we had eight runs on six hits. It just goes to show you how well we did in terms of our plate discipline and getting big hits with people on base."

Murphy went 2-for-2 at the plate with her third home run in two games, as she enjoyed her second straight five-RBI. Murphy has now posted five RBI's in three games in her career, including two in a row.

"Really over the past three weeks, she has started to play well for us," said head coach Kathy Riley. "First it started with offense and now its transferred over to defense. She just played a terrific all-around game."

Murphy's classmate, Barbour, also enjoyed her second straight solid day at the plate, with another multi-hit day. Barbour went 2-for-3 at the dish, scoring two runs and adding a pair of RBI to go along with it.

Riley said she moved Barbour to the two-hole and Murphy to cleanup in the batting order prior to the game at Elon in order to protect Megan Baltzell. The pair has responded in a big way by combining to go 8-for-12 with 13 RBI and seven runs scored in the last two games.

Murphy also extended her streak of reaching base safely to nine straight games and a three-game hit streak, while Barbour has now reached base in six straight contests and extends her hit streak to four games.

Longwood earns its fifth run-rule victory of the season and moves to .500 for the first time since Feb. 7 at 24-23. More importantly, the Lancers improve to 15-4 in the Big South this season and are now three wins in reach of capturing its first Big South regular season title.

Libby Morris got her first start since March 24 at Virginia Tech and allowed just two hits and two walks in 3.1 innings of work while also adding a strikeout. Elizabeth McCarthy came on to pitch for the senior and worked 1.2 innings, allowing just two walks while also adding a strikeout.

"I thought our pitchers did a good job for us," Riley said. "They did a really nice job of keeping hitters off balance."

Jennifer Giles (23-14) got the start for Charleston Southern and took the loss. She gave up seven runs, all earned, on six hits and a pair of walks. She lasted just 1.2 innings and retired just four Longwood batters.

Murphy made the first of several terrific plays in the field in the first inning, where she helped turn an inning-ending double play with a runner on first base.

After Barbour notched the first of her hits on the night and Baltzell was walked with one out, Murphy lifted the fourth pitch she saw for her 12th home run of the season. It also marked the junior's fifth homer in her past six games.

"It feels really great to be honest," Murphy said of her second straight five-RBI game. "I was just trying to go out and play hard and help my team pick up a big win."

Following a three-up, three-down inning from Morris in the top-half of the second, Longwood added to its lead in the bottom half of the inning following a Justina Augustine triple to score Carly Adams from second. Barbour brought home Augustine with a base hit to right field in a 3-1 count, before Murphy brought home Barbour and Baltzell with a two-RBI double to center field.

Following a scoreless third inning, the Lancers added their eighth run of the day, as Barbour brought home Lifsey on an RBI groundout to second base.

Longwood and Charleston have pushed up Saturday's doubleheader to 10 a.m., due to anticipated poor weather in the Farmville area. The senior class comprised of Megan Baltzell, Casey Lifsey, Libby Morris, Chelsea Sciacca and Katie Shinrock will be honored in between the two games.

"Each year, senior day is always special," Riley said. "We go through a lot of ups and downs as a team, because we're really trying to get the best out of each other. Senior day is really a celebration of all the hard work and dedication they put in during their time here. It'll be great day with their families and I look forward to spending time with all of them."