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Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

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Winner Tusculum TU 11-10, 5-4 SAC
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Lenoir-Rhyne LR 15-8, 11-6 SAC
Winner
Tusculum TU
11-10, 5-4 SAC
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Final
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Lenoir-Rhyne LR
15-8, 11-6 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Tusculum TU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

W: Sappington (5-3) L: Rakes, Lauren (6-4)

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Tusculum TU 11-11, 5-5 SAC
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Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 16-8, 12-6 SAC
Tusculum TU
11-11, 5-5 SAC
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Final
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Lenoir-Rhyne LR
16-8, 12-6 SAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Tusculum TU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 0 0 0 0 1 2 X 3 5 0

W: Beeler, Morgan (6-0) L: Sappington (5-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Falls in 10-Inning Thriller; Earns Spilt vs Tusculum

Hickory, N.C.- In the opening game today, the Lenoir-Rhyne's Softball Team fell in a 1-0 10-inning thriller. Tusculum's Emily Sappington threw a no-hitter for the Pioneers as they came away with the win. In the nightcap, Morgan Beeler threw a complete game shutout and Hannah Jennings clubbed a two-run home run to help the Bears earn the spilt with a 3-0 win. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game 1 Final: Tusculum 1, Lenoir-Rhyne 0 (10 innings)
Game 2 Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 3,Tusculum 0
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (16-8, 12-6 SAC), Tusculum (11-11, 5-5 SAC)
Location:  Bears Field I Hickory, N.C.

STATS OF GAME ONE:
  • Pitchers were the story in game one as Tusculum's Emily Sappington threw her second career no-hitter in the 10-inning game. Sappington did not walk a hitter and stuck out nine Bears. Lora Beth Wood reached first after getting hit by a pitch in the fifth and was the Bears' only base runner. 
  • Lauren Rakes (6-4) started in the circle and threw all ten innings for the Bears. Rakes only allowed one unearned run in the 10th. Rakes stuck out five on the afternoon. 
  • LR had a chance to win it in the ninth inning without a hit but the Pioneers threw out Leanna Sherrill at home with a perfect relay from left to end the inning.
  • The Pioneers scored in the 10th inning with a SAC bunt from Anna Alloway then a single from Alexis Grampp to score Mya Maddux for the only run in the game. 
STATS OF GAME TWO:
  • Sappington opened game two with two hitless innings before Kendall Osborne laced a single up the middle to open the third for the first hit of the day. 
  • LR finally broke through in the fourth with a two-out triple by Savanah Moorefield to drive in Osborne to give the Bears a 1-0 lead. 
  • Hannah Jennings gave the Bears their insurance runs with her first career homerun, a two-run shot to left-center. 
  • Morgan Beeler (6-0) went the distance for her first shutout of the season. Beeler scattered six hits in the complete game while tying a career-high with eight strikeouts. 
  • Moorefield and Jennings had two hits apiece on the afternoon. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

  • The last time these teams played an extra-inning game was in the SAC Tournament on April 27, 2017. Sarah Kenley hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth for the Bears to advance. 
  • Moorefield entered the game two runs shy of 150 career runs. 
  • Rakes ten inning complete game was her longest complete game as a Bear. 
  • Jennings has at least two hits in five of her last eight games. Jennings is hitting .478 during that span. 
  • LR moves to 90-20 since 2015 when they hit at least one home run in the game. 
UP NEXT: LR will finish their eight-game homestand with a double-header against Belmont Abbey Tuesday at 3:00 PM.
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