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Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 26-4, 3-0 SAC
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Catawba CATAWBA 13-15, 1-2 SAC
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
26-4, 3-0 SAC
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Final
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Catawba CATAWBA
13-15, 1-2 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 2
Catawba CATAWBA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0

W: Parks, Brandi (12-3) L: Preston Ellenberg (4-2)

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Lenoir-Rhyne LR 26-5, 3-1 SAC
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Winner Catawba CATAWBA 14-15, 2-2 SAC
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
26-5, 3-1 SAC
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Final
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Catawba CATAWBA
14-15, 2-2 SAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 6
Catawba CATAWBA 4 0 1 1 2 0 X 8 8 1

W: Madison Hunter (7-3) L: Kenley, Emily (13-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

No. 11 Lenoir-Rhyne Softball Splits Road Doubleheader With Catawba

Salisbury, N.C. – The No. 11 Lenoir-Rhyne Softball Team (26-5, 3-1) split a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader with Catawba (14-15, 2-2) Thursday afternoon at Whitley Field.  The Bears prevailed in game one by a 2-1 score while the Indians took the nightcap, 8-1, to salvage the split.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 2, Catawba 1; Catawba 8, Lenoir-Rhyne 1
Records: No. 11 Lenoir-Rhyne (26-5, 3-1 SAC), Catawba (14-15, 2-2 SAC)
Location: Whitley Field | Salisbury, N.C.
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STATS OF THE GAME (Game 1):
•    Lenoir-Rhyne freshman first baseman Kylee Leonhardt (Lincolnton, N.C.) produced the lone offense of the game for the Bears with a two-run double in the fourth inning.
•    LR junior Brandi Parks (Roaring River, N.C.) improved to 12-3 after picking up the complete game victory.  Parks allowed to just one unearned run while striking out five batters and pushed her winning streak to seven games.
•    Catawba's Preston Ellenberg (Leland, N.C.) fell to 4-2 on the year after taking the loss.

STATS OF THE GAME (Game 2):
•    Catawba took control early with a four-run first inning – aided by three Lenoir-Rhyne errors – on its way to the split.  The Indians did not register a hit in the frame and finished with six unearned runs in the contest.
•    Catawba's Jordan Dean (Hope Mills, N.C.) hit a solo home run while Madison Hunter (Rockwell, N.C.) (7-3) earned the complete game victory.
•    Leonhardt drove in the Bears' lone run with an RBI double in the third frame.  Lenoir-Rhyne junior Emily Kenley (Charlotte, N.C.) (13-2) lost for the first time in 14 decisions.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
•    With the setback in the second game, Lenoir-Rhyne saw its 16-game winning streak come to an end.
•    Lenoir-Rhyne is in sole possession of second place in the South Atlantic Conference standings.

UP NEXT:
Lenoir-Rhyne returns home to take on Lincoln Memorial in a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Bears Field beginning at 2:00 p.m.  Catawba hosts Mars Hill in a league doubleheader Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
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