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Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

Moorefield
4
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 5-2, 1-0 SAC
1
Coker COKER 2-3, 0-1 SAC
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
5-2, 1-0 SAC
4
Final
1
Coker COKER
2-3, 0-1 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 8 0
Coker COKER 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0

W: Rakes, Lauren (1-1) L: B. Davis (0-3)

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Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 6-2, 2-0 SAC
3
Coker COKER 2-4, 0-2 SAC
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
6-2, 2-0 SAC
9
Final
3
Coker COKER
2-4, 0-2 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 9 15 2
Coker COKER 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 3

W: Beeler, Morgan (2-0) L: H. Fisher (2-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Sweeps Coker to Open SAC Play

Hartsville, S.C.--The Lenoir-Rhyne Softball team opened SAC play today with a sweep of host Coker. In game one, the Bears saw Lauren Rakes strike out a career high twelve Cobras to earn the win in the circle. In Game two, the Bears got a two-run home run from Lora Beth Wood to help the Bears win 9-3. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game 1 Final: #21 Lenoir-Rhyne 4, Coker 1
Game 2 Final: #21 Lenoir-Rhyne 9, Coker 3
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (6-2, 2-0 SAC), Coker (2-4, 0-2 SAC)
Location: Saleeby-Stokes Field  I Hartsville, S.C.

STATS OF GAME ONE:
  • Lauren Rakes got the Bears going with a two-run double in the top of the 1st to help her self out as Rakes started in the circle as well for the Bears. 
  • LR added a run in the third, when Kendall Osborne was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded then Rakes walked with the bases loaded in the 4th to gave the Bears the 4-0 lead.
  • Coker's Jena Dewalt got the Cobra's first hit with a single to left in the bottom of the 5th off Rakes but she worked out of trouble to keep the Cobras off the scoreboard. 
  • Rakes had a career-high 12 strikeouts in her first complete game, giving up one run in the 7th inning.
  • Savannah Moorefield went 4-for-4 with two runs scored. Moorefield and Kylee Leonhardt scored the four runs for the Bears.
STATS OF GAME TWO:
  • LR scored three runs in the top of the first, highlighted by RBI singles by Talon LaClair and Osborne. 
  • After the Cobras scored a run in the bottom of the first, the Bears added two unearned runs in the top of the 2nd of the bat of Wood.
  • In Wood's next at-bat, she drilled a two-run home run to left to extend the Bears lead to 7-1, which was the first colligate long ball for the sophomore. 
  • Rakes extended her hitting streak to eleven games with a two-run double in the 5th to give the Bears a 9-1 lead. 
  • LaClair went 4-4 on the game with four run scoreds. 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • Before today's contests, Coker won the last meeting in 2019 by the score of 19-3. In the ten previous meetings, the Bears won nine while the Cobra scored only a total of 17 runs. 
  • This was the 4th career game of at least four hits for senior Moorefield in game one and LaClair third four hit game in game two. 
  • LaClair four run scored was the most since Moorefield scored four time on March 1 of last year. 
  • Twelve strikeouts is the most for a LR pitcher since Rakes struck out ten at Augusta 366 days ago. 
  • Leonahardt extended her hitting streak to seven games and now has hits in 21 of 25 games dating back to last year. 
UP NEXT:  LR will travel to play a three-game series with #5 Young Harris this weekend. Game one is set for 2 p.m. on Saturday. 
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