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leonhardt
2
Queens QUSB21 5-10, 1-6 SAC
8
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 9-4, 5-2 SAC
Queens QUSB21
5-10, 1-6 SAC
2
Final
8
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
9-4, 5-2 SAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Queens QUSB21 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 2
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 3 3 0 0 2 0 X 8 10 1

W: Rakes, Lauren (3-1) L: S. McGuire (2-5)

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Winner Queens QUSB21 6-10, 2-6 SAC
0
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 9-5, 5-3 SAC
Winner
Queens QUSB21
6-10, 2-6 SAC
9
Final
0
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
9-5, 5-3 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Queens QUSB21 0 0 3 6 0 9 7 0
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3

W: Victoria Elder (4-2) L: Bryant, Payton (1-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Bears and Royals Spilt Doubleheader on Sunday

Hickory, N.C--Lenoir-Rhyne's Softball Team spilt their SAC doubleheader for the second day in a row. On Sunday, the Bears won game one against Queens as Lauren Rakes struck out 12 Royals and Savannah Moorefield and Kylee Leonhardt hit homeruns to give the Bears a 8-2 win. In the night cap, the Bears suffered their first shutout at home since March 28, 2015 as the Royals won 9-0 and held  the Bears to four singles in the game. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game 1 Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 8, Queens 2
Game 2 Final: Queens 9, Lenoir-Rhyne 0
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (9-5, 5-3 SAC), Queens (6-10, 2-6 SAC)
Location:  Bears Field I Hickory, N.C.

STATS OF GAME ONE:
  • Savannah Moorefield got the Bears up early with a lead-off homerun in the bottom of the 1st. LR added two more runs with a Kendall Osborne double.
  • Kylee Leonhardt hit her 32rd career homerun, a three run shot in the second to give the Bears a 6-1 lead.
  • Leonhardt's 150th career hit was a RBI single in the 5th to give the Bears a 8-1
  • Queens got a solo homerun in the 7th by Chloe Linton but it was not enough as starter Lauren Rakes went the distance to pick up her third win of the year. 
  • Rakes allowed just the one earned run. 

STATS OF GAME TWO:
  • Bears starter Payton Bryant (1-1) held the Royals hitless through the first trip through the lineup but ran into trouble with two out in the third. Back-to-back singles by Kayla Smith and Bre Martinez allowed McKenzie Mccullen to hit a three-run homerun to give the Royals a 3-0 lead. 
  • Royals added six unearned in the 4th to take a 9-0 lead with Mccullen's second homerun as the big hit. 
  • Bears were held to four hits in the second game as Moorefield and LaClair were the only Bears to record hits. 
  • LR did not have a runner reach third during the contest as the Bears were shutout for the first time since February 9, 2019 against Valdosta State. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • Leonhardt's homerun moves her into a tie for seventh all-time 
  • LaClair entered the day one of four SAC hitters with a .500 batting average or better this year. 
  • The Bears entered the day as one of three SAC teams with a team average of .300 or better but Queens came in last in the SAC with a .192 team average.
  • On this day this 2004, the Bears swept a doubleheader from Queens in Charlotte by the scores of 4-0 and 6-1. 

UP NEXT:  The Bears are scheduled to face Wingate in Hickory on Wednesday at 2 PM for a SAC doubleheader. 
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