Hickory, N.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne Softball Team (6-2) split both its games Saturday at the second annual Bear Bash – defeating Concord (10-0) before falling to Virginia-Wise (3-1) – at Bears Field.

Lenoir-Rhyne 10, Concord 0 (five innings)
Lenoir-Rhyne took control early – scoring all 10 of its runs in the first three innings of work – in run-ruling the Mountain Lions.

Lenoir-Rhyne senior outfielder Dakota Keller (Mooresboro, N.C.) hit a home run while sophomore outfielder Erin Boone (Creedmoor, N.C.) added three hits and three runs batted in.  The Bears also finished with 15 hits for the contest.

Lenoir-Rhyne sophomore Brandi Parks (Roaring River, N.C.) improved to 3-0 on the year after earning the complete game victory while Concord's Sarah Herndon (Berryville, Va.) suffered the loss.

Virginia-Wise 3, Lenoir-Rhyne 1
The Cavaliers' Alexa Hernandez (Woodbridge, Va.) came through with a two-run double in the top of the second inning while Taylor Brandts (King George, Va.) (1-0) earned the complete game victory.  Brandts scattered seven hits while striking out three batters.

For Lenoir-Rhyne, freshman third baseman Mackensi Swain (Pinetown, N.C.) hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning while freshman Sydney Miller (East Bend, N.C.) (2-2) suffered the loss.

Lenoir-Rhyne next travels to Spartanburg, S.C., to face Converse in a doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon beginning at 2:00 p.m.