Hickory, N.C.--  For the second time in her career, Morgan Beeler threw a no-hitter for the Bears as the senior no hit No. 18 Wingate on a chilly, windy day at Bears Field.  After the Bears dropped game one 11-3, Beeler responded in a huge way as she did not allow the Bulldogs to record a hit then watched LR score three times in the bottom of the sixth to win 3-0. Beeler has now thrown back-to-back shutouts against No. 24 Anderson and No. 18 Wingate in a span of four days. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game One Final: No. 18 Wingate 11, No. 23 Lenoir-Rhyne 3 
Game Two Final: No. 23 Lenoir-Rhyne 3, No. 18 Wingate 0
Records:  No. 23 Lenoir-Rhyne (22-4, 5-3 SAC) , No. 18 Wingate (24-7, 8-2 SAC)
Game Location: Bears Field I Hickory, N.C.

STATS AND INFO:

• Beeler's no-hitter was the 22nd in program history.
• Beeler's first career no-hitter was against Queens on March 11, 2020 in five innings. 
• These teams split four games last year including three one-run ball games.
• After the Bears defeated Wingate in the first game of the NCAA Southeast Regional, the Bulldogs knocked the Bears out on the second day. 
• LR will start an eight-game road stretch after today's games. 
• LR moved back into the national rankings today as LR came in at No. 23 in this week's NFCA poll. 

GAME ONE INFO:

• Wingate scored runs in six of seven innings including a three-spot in the second and seventh innings.
• Wood hit her 5th home run in the second inning as Wood extended her hitting streak to nine games. 
• Talon LaClair and Anna Blume had two hits apiece for LR in game one. 
• Lauren Rakes (8-2) took the loss in the circle as the senior was tagged for a season-high eleven runs (seven earned). 
• Bears defense struggled as LR committed seven errors in the game which led to four unearned runs. 

• Bears did not get their first hit until one out in the bottom of the sixth as Wingate's starter Raechel Cutcher walked only one in the first five innings. 
• LR broke through in the sixth with a Kaylan Brown single to right field then, after a wild pitch, scored on a Katelyn Rackard double. 
• LR did add on two unearned runs highlighted by a Wood RBI single, the Bears third hit of the inning and game. 
• Beeler moves to 11-2 on the day she was named SAC pitcher of the week. Beeler struck out seven in her second straight complete game shutout. 

• Rackard's 14-game hitting streak came to an end in the first game.
• Wood however extended her hitting streak to 10 games. 
• Seven errors in game one was the most since March 22, 2018 at Catabwa where LR made six.
• Beeler won SAC pitcher of the week for the third time in her career early today. 
• Bears suffered their first home loss of the season and is 13-1 currently at Bears Field. 
• Rakes and Beeler both crossed the 100 strikeout mark today as the duo are two of seven players to accomplish that this year so far. 

UP NEXT:  Bears will take a trip up the mountain as LR will face Lees-McRae on Thursday in Banner Elk. The non-conference matchup will start at 1:00 P.M.