HICKORY, N.C. -- The No. 25 Lenoir-Rhyne Softball Team earned a doubleheader split at Bears Field on a sunny afternoon against Conference Carolinas foe Lees-McRae. The LR offense was stymied by Lonna Addison in the opner but the Bears rebounded to run-rule the Bobcats in the night cap.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game One Final: Lees-McRae 3, No. 25 Lenoir-Rhyne 1
Game Two Final:  #25 Lenoir-Rhyne 10, Lees-McRae 2 (5 innings)
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (10-4), Lees-McRae (3-5)
Game Location: Hickory, N.C. I Bears Field 

STATS AND INFO:

• This is just the second time in Shena Hollar's 25-year tenure that Lees-McRae earned a win. Hollar is now 24-2 all-time against Lees-McRae. This is also the first home loss to the Bobcats.
• The teams have split the past two doubleheaders but LR won the first 22 in the series.
• LR is in the midst of a six-game home stand this week.

• Addison was the standout in the opener as she struck out 11 LR batters and allowed just a solo home run to Julia Mardigian in the sixth inning. 
• Lauren Ritchie hit a 2-run bomb to center field to put the Bobcats up 2-0 in the sixth inning as Addison and Lauren Rakes put up five zeroes each. 
• Mardigian erased the shutout bid with a solo shot before Addison did some work at the plate. Her solo HR in the seventh just snuck over the fence to put LMC up 3-1.
• The Bears had a runner on second and no one out in the seventh before Addison retired the final three batters.
• The play of the game came in the sixth as Lora Beth Wood came up with two outs and two runners on with the Bears trailing by one. She lined a shot to right-center but CF Destiny Brown made a running catch to rob Wood of extra bases. 
• The two teams each had four hits in the game.

• The Bears broke out the bats in game two as they scored in each of their five at bats. 
• LR scored on an error in the first to take a 1-0 lead and added three runs in the second inning as Katelyn Rackard, Madison Wilson and Mardigian drove in runs.
• LMC added two unearned runs to make it 4-2 but the Bears would score the final six of the game.
• Cassidy Wall knocked in one with a sacrifice fly and Lora Beth Wood drove in a pair with a double and came around to score on an Adda Prescott base hit.
• Wood would walk it off in the bottom of the fifth with two outs and LR up six. Wood's base hit plated two and invoked the mercy rule.
• Wood finished with 5 RBI and went 2-for-4 while Wilson went 4-for-4 with four runs scored.
• The Bears had 14 hits in 29 at bats.

• In a tale of two games, the LR offense struck out 11 times in game one but none in the finale.
• The Bears scored 10 runs in game two without a home run but got the only run of the game in the opener on a long ball.
• Wilson added two stolen bases in game two to go with her four hits and four runs.
• The Bears stole five bases in the two games today.

UP NEXT:  Bears will return to action on Saturday when they host the Bears Bash. They take on Barton at 1 p.m. and Johnson C. Smith at 3 p.m.