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Moorefield
13
Winner Young Harris YHC 13-2
4
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 16-3
Winner
Young Harris YHC
13-2
13
Final
4
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
16-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Young Harris YHC 0 0 1 7 2 3 13 11 2
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 9 3

W: Shope (4-0) L: Rakes, Lauren (6-3)

2
Lees-McRae LMC 6-6
15
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 17-3
Lees-McRae LMC
6-6
2
Final
15
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
17-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Lees-McRae LMC 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 0
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 10 3 0 2 X 15 14 2

W: Rakes, Lauren (7-3) L: Katelyn Wyat (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Falls to No.1 Young Harris but Rebounds to Beat Lees-McRae

Hickory, N.C -- Lenoir-Rhyne's Softball team fell to No. 1 Young Harris in today's opening game but rebounded to beat Lees-McRae in the nightcap. Talon LaClair went 3-4 with a homerun and four RBIs  while Savannah Moorefield added five more hits in six at-bats in today's action. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game 1 Final: #1 Young Harris 13, #20 Lenoir-Rhyne 4
Game 2 Final: #20 Lenoir-Rhyne 15, Lees-McRae 2
Records: #20 Lenoir-Rhyne (17-3),  #1 Young Harris  (13-3), Lees-McRae (6-6)
Location: Bears Field | Hickory, N.C.

STATS OF GAME ONE:
  • Young Harris got on the board first with a solo homer to lead off the 3th by Maddie Urquiola.  
  • Bears responded with three runs in the bottom of the third, with LaClair's two-run homer the big hit in the inning. 
  • After the Bears took the 3-1 lead, it was the Mountain Lions the rest of the way. Young Harris scored 12 runs in the next three innings including a seven-run 4th.
  • Lauren Rakes took the loss in the circle, Rakes allowed 7 runs (5 earned) in her 3.2 innings. Rakes falls to 6-3 on the season.
  • Moorefield had her 10th multiple hit game on the season as she went 2 for 3 with a walk. 
  • For the third game of the weekend the Bears had at least two errors in a game. LR had five errors in the two games against Young Harris. 
STATS OF GAME TWO:
  • LR did not waste any time jumping ahead of Lees-McRae in the finale, scoring 10 runs in the bottom of the first. 
  • Lora Beth Wood had three RBIs in the first inning in her two at-bats.  Wood was hit by a pitch with bases loaded to get the Bears on the board, then later in the inning finished the scoring with a two-run single down the right field line. 
  • Kory Hammett went 3 for 3 with 2 doubles for the Bears. It was Hammett's first three hit game in her career. 
  • Moorefield stayed hot with three more hits. Moorefield has at least three hits in 5 of her last 7 games.  Moorefield also scored a season high four runs in the contest. 
  • Taylor Hammett finished the scoring with a two-run homerun in the bottom of the fourth. 
  • Lauren Rakes pitched the complete game allowing two runs (0 earned) on three hits while striking out four. Rakes moved to 7-3 with the win. 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • Through 20 games, Bears 17-3 record is their 4th best in program history. Bears started 18-2 in 2007, 2010, and most recently 2017.
  • Moorefield is hitting .679 in her last 7 games. (19-28)  Moorefield is currently leading the SAC in hitting with a .522 average. 
  • Taylor Hammett's homerun was her first of her collegiate career.  
  • LR struggled fielding this weekend with 10 errors in four games, Bears had at least two errors in each game. 
UP NEXT:  The Bears will head to Bristol for a Thursday doubleheader against King. First pitch is schedule for 1:00 PM.
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