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Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

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Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 18-3
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King University KING 7-12
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
18-3
9
Final
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King University KING
7-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 4 0 1 0 2 2 0 9 11 1
King University KING 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 8 2

W: Rakes, Lauren (8-3) L: Casey Gilbert (4-4) S: Beeler, Morgan (2)

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Lenoir-Rhyne LR 18-4
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Winner King University KING 8-12
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
18-4
1
Final
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King University KING
8-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1
King University KING 0 0 0 0 0 4 X 4 7 0

W: Emma Hughes (4-3) L: Beeler, Morgan (7-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

No. 17 Bears Split Pair at King

Bristol TN--Lenoir--Rhyne's Softball team spilt a doubleheader with host King on Thursday. Bears took the first game 9-5 but fell in the nightcap 4-1. This was the Bears last non-conference tuneup before conference play starts on Tuesday at Queens.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game 1 Final: #17 Lenoir-Rhyne 9, King 5
Game 2 Final: King 4, #17 Lenoir-Rhyne 1
Records: #17 Lenoir-Rhyne (18-4),  King (8-12)
Location: Bristol, TN

STATS OF GAME ONE:
  • LR jumped up to a 4-0 lead with a four run first. Machensi Swain had a two-run double then Lauren Rakes had her first of two SAC fly's in the game before a throwing error allowed the fourth run to score.
  • King cut the lead in half with a two run homerun in the bottom half.
  • Rakes drove in the next two runs with a double in the 3rd and SAC fly in the 5th.  Rakes helped the Bears stretched the lead to 7-2.
  • After King battled back to cut the lead to 7-5, Talon LaClair added a much needed insurance runs with a two run homerun in the 6th.
  • Rakes picked up her 8th win in the circle allowing 5 runs in 4 innings while Morgan Beeler picked up the save, finishing the last 2 1/3 innings, only allowing one hit.

STATS OF GAME TWO:
  • Bears scored first with a rbi single by Hannah Jennings in the 5th inning but King got four unearned runs in the bottom of the 6th to take the game 4-1.
  • Morgan Beeler went the distance in the circle, Beeler allowed 7 hits, 4 runs (0 earned) while striking out 2 hitters. It was Beeler's first lost of the season.
  • Emma Hughes got the win for King, Hughes went all 7 and held the Bears to just four hits in the game and did not walk any.
  • No Bears had multiple hit games and the top four in the lineup combined to go 2-12 on the game.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • Since the Bears took eight straight games from King from 2014-2017, King has won four of the last seven with the Bears.
  • Kylee Leonhardt scored her 75th career run in the first game.
  • With her two RBIs in the first game, Talon LaClair is at 98 career RBIs for the Bears.

UP NEXT:  Bears will return to the field on Tuesday to open SAC play with Queens. First pitch at 2:00 PM

 
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