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Wood
9
Winner CATAWBA CATSB 17-6, 6-5 SAC
1
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 12-7, 8-5 SAC
Winner
CATAWBA CATSB
17-6, 6-5 SAC
9
Final
1
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
12-7, 8-5 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
CATAWBA CATSB 2 0 0 0 4 3 9 11 1
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1

W: B.Walser (7-3) L: Rakes, Lauren (5-3)

4
CATAWBA CATSB 17-7, 6-6 SAC
6
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 13-7, 9-5 SAC
CATAWBA CATSB
17-7, 6-6 SAC
4
Final
6
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
13-7, 9-5 SAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
CATAWBA CATSB 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 5 0
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 6 12 3

W: Beeler, Morgan (4-0) L: M.Hunter (4-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Wood's Walk-Off Homer Gives Softball Split with Catawba

Hickory, N.C.- Lora Beth Wood's homerun in the bottom of the 7th of game two gives the Lenoir-Rhyne's Softball a spilt against visiting Catawba in a SAC doubleheader on Tuesday. After the Bears fell in game one 9-1, LR used homeruns by Kylee Leonhardt and Wood to come away with the 6-4 win in the night cap. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game 1 Final: Catawba 9, Lenoir-Rhyne 1 (6 innings)
Game 2 Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 6, Catawba 4
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (13-7, 9-5 SAC), Catawba (17-7, 6-6 SAC)
Location:  Bears Field I Hickory, N.C.

STATS OF GAME ONE:
  • Three batters into the game, Catawba took a 2-0 lead with a two-run homer from Jordan Dean, her 7th of the season.
  • Kendall Osborne saved a run in the top of the third with perfect one-hop throw from left field to cut down the Indians' Sydney Goertzen at the plate to end the inning.
  • The Bears took advantage of a two-out error in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead in half with a Lora Beth Wood RBI single. 
  • Four runs for Catawba in the 4th on just two hits, Indians used a walk, wild pitch, Sac fly. and a LR error to take a 6-1 lead. 
  • Dean delivers again for Catawba with a three-run homerun in the 6th to gave the Indians a 9-1 lead. 
  • Lauren Rakes took the loss in the circle and falls to 5-3 on the year. Rakes gave up four runs in four innings on the afternoon. 
  • The bullpen for the Bears gave up 5 runs (3 earned) in two innings of work.
  • 1-3 hitters for Catawba went 6-9 with eight runs. 
  • Wood went 2-2 for the Bears and had two of the three Bear hits. 
STATS OF GAME TWO:
  • Savannah Moorefield and Kylee Leonhardt singles to open the first allowed the Bears to score first with a RBI groundout by Rakes.
  • Indians tied it up in the next half inning with a lead-off triple by Gracie Gibson then a single by Riley Tucker. 
  • After an one-out double by Moorefield, Leonhardt hit her 7th homerun of the year with a blast to left. 
  • Hannah Jennings with a RBI single in the bottom of the 4th extended the Bears lead to three through four innings. 
  • A solo shot by Catawba's Bailey Benton to lead off the top of the 5th cut the Bears lead to 4-2
  • A drop fly ball by LR with two-outs allowed Catawba to tie it at four later in the 5th.  
  • The game stayed tied until Rakes opened the bottom the seventh with a single then Wood lined a 2-0 pitch just over the left field fence to walk it off. 
  • Morgan Beeler (4-0) got the win in the circle throwing the complete game while striking out five and allowing just two earned runs. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

  • Game one today marked the 1700th career game for the program. 
  • Leonhardt entered today's action 13th in the Nation in doubles (8) and total bases (55).
  • With hits in both games, Wood extended her hitting streak to five games. 
  • Leonhardt's homerun moved her into sole possession of fourth place in program history. It was her 36th career homerun. 
  • Moorefield went 3-4 in game two and it was her 20th career game with at least three hits. 
  • Bears move to 9-0 in night games since 2015. 
UP NEXT: LR will travel to #13 Young Harris for a non-conference matchup Thursday. 
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