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Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

Rakes
0
Le Moyne LEM 2-3
3
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 9-5
Le Moyne LEM
2-3
0
Final
3
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
9-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Le Moyne LEM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 3 9 2

W: Rakes, Lauren (5-1) L: Laura Bennett (1-2)

2
Le Moyne LEM 2-4
10
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 10-5
Le Moyne LEM
2-4
2
Final
10
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
10-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Le Moyne LEM 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 4
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 3 0 2 2 3 10 9 1

W: Beeler, Morgan (4-3) L: Mckenzie Bergdoll (0-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Sweeps Le Moyne to Close Homestand with a Perfect 8-0 Mark

Hickory, N.C.-- The Lenoir-Rhyne Softball team swept a doubleheader from visiting Le Moyne on Monday afternoon to finish with a perfect 8-0 home stand. Lauren Rakes struck out a career-high 16 in the shutout and Katelyn Rackard and Julia Mardigian hit their first career home runs. In the finale, Cassidy Wall recorded her first career 2-HR game as LR needed just five innings to complete the sweep. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game 1 Final:  Lenoir-Rhyne 3, Le Moyne 0
Game 2 Final:  Lenoir-Rhyne 10, Le Moyne 2 (5 inn.)
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (10-5), Le Moyne (2-4)
Location:  Bears Field I Hickory, N.C.

STATS OF GAME ONE:
  • Rackard broke the scoreless tie with her first career homerun with two outs in the bottom of the third to give the Bears the 1-0 lead. 
  • Cassidy Wall's 12th RBI of the season gave the Bears a 2-0 lead after a two-out single scoring Kory Hammett.
  • Mardigian then gave the Bears an insurance run with her first career homerun to leadoff the bottom of the 6th. 
  • Rakes threw her third complete game shutout of the home stand. Rakes allowed just three hits while striking out 16. 
  • Rakes had a perfect game until the 18th batter of the game reached via a fielding error. The no-hit bid was broken up with a single following the error in the top of the 6th.
  • Le Moyne's Dominque Russo was the only starter for the Dolphins that did not strike out.
STATS OF GAME TWO:
  • Dominique Rinaldi got the Dolphins on the board with a solo home run in the top of the 1st.
  • Bears responded with three in the bottom half including RBIs from Wall and Hannah Jennings. 
  • After the Dolphins cut the lead to one in the top of the 3rd, Wall extended the lead back to two with her second home run of the season.
  • LR then added an unearned run to make it 5-2 after three innings.
  • Wood smoked her second bomb of the game, a 2-run shot in the fourth to push LR's lead to 7-2.
  • In the fifth, Savannah Moorefield drove in a run and Leanna Sherrill complete the win with a 2-RBI base hit to invoke the mercy rule.
  • Morgan Beeler got the start and improved to 4-3 in the circle by allowing just two runs and striking out four. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

  • This is the first time these two programs have met on the softball diamond. 
  • Moorefield exnded her hitting streak to 15 games with hits in both ends of the double header.
  • Rakes came into the game 7th in all of DII with 12.4 strikeouts per seven innings. 
  • Rakes also passed assistant coach Emily Kenley to move into 9th place for most strikeouts in program history. 
  • Rakes ran her consecutive scoreless inning streak to 27.
  • The Bears are a perfect 10-0 at home this season.
UP NEXT: LR will head to Florence S.C. on Friday to play in the Patriot Invitational. Bears will open play Friday night at 6:00 against Kutztown.
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