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Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 10-11
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Lenoir-Rhyne LR 16-9
Winner
Belmont Abbey BAC
10-11
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Final
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Lenoir-Rhyne LR
16-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Belmont Abbey BAC 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 7 10 2
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 0

W: Annabeth Watkins (6-6) L: Watts, McKayla (2-4)

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Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 11-11
1
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 16-10
Winner
Belmont Abbey BAC
11-11
4
Final
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Lenoir-Rhyne LR
16-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Belmont Abbey BAC 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 8 1
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1

W: Alannah Browne (4-4) L: Beeler, Morgan (6-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Drops a Pair to Belmont Abbey on Tuesday

Hickory, N.C.-The Lenoir-Rhyne Softball team dropped a pair of non-conference home games to visiting Belmont Abbey on Tuesday. LR lost 7-3 and then 4-1 in the twin bill as Kylee Leonhardt hit her 38th career homerun in the nightcap. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game 1 Final: Belmont Abbey 7, Lenoir-Rhyne 3
Game 2 Final: Belmont Abbey 4, Lenoir-Rhyne 1
Records: Belmont (11-11),  Lenoir-Rhyne (16-10) 
Location:  Bears Field I Hickory, N.C.

STATS OF GAME ONE:
  • LR got on the board first with solo runs in the first and second. In the first, Lora Beth Wood drove in Savannah Moorefield with a RBI single. The following inning, Moorefield drove in Cherise Cowoski who tripled the at-bat before. 
  • The Crusaders struck for a pair of three run innings after the Bears jumped out to a 2-0 lead. A three-run third and fifth gave Belmont Abbey a 6-2 lead. 
  • Crusaders Payton Whitley hit her fourth homerun of the season to extend their lead to 7-2 in the sixth. 
  • Bears scored an unearned run in the 7th but Belmont Abbey came away with the 7-3 win. 
  • McKayla Watts (2-4) took the loss in the circle for the Bears, giving up three runs in two innings of work. 
  • Moorefield finish the game 3-4 with a double, rbi and run scored.

STATS OF GAME TWO:
  • A three run third inning for the second straight game for Belmont Abbey gave the Crusaders a 3-0 lead with a two-out, two-run single by Morgan Smith being the big hit in the inning. 
  • The Crusaders added on with an unearned run in the 5th to give them a 4-0 lead. 
  • Morgan Beeler (6-1) suffered her first loss of the year in the circle. Beeler went the complete game allowing four runs.
  • Bears avoided the shutout with a Leonhardt homerun with two-outs in the bottom of the seventh. 
  • LR left ten runners on base including the bases loaded twice. 
  • Hannah Jennings went 2-3 on the afternoon for her 6th multi hit game in her last ten games. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

  • Moorefield's three-hit game in the first game was her 60th career multi-hit game. 
  • Cowoski's triple was her first of her career. 
  • This is the first time Belmont Abbey has swept the Bears in doubleheader. 
  • The Bears fall to 4-4 in non-conference matchups this year. 
UP NEXT: Bears will travel to #7 Lincoln Memorial on Friday for a SAC Showdown
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