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Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 30-9, 7-4 SAC
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UVA Wise WISE 13-24, 3-12 SAC
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
30-9, 7-4 SAC
8
Final
4
UVA Wise WISE
13-24, 3-12 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 8 13 0
UVA Wise WISE 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 8 1

W: Rakes, Lauren (11-5) L: J. Jones (3-8)

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Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 31-9, 8-4 SAC
0
UVA Wise WISE 13-25, 3-13 SAC
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
31-9, 8-4 SAC
9
Final
0
UVA Wise WISE
13-25, 3-13 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 3 0 0 2 4 9 13 1
UVA Wise WISE 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

W: Wilson, Madison (9-3) L: Alivia Nolley (5-8)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Rebounds to Sweep UVA-Wise

Wise, Va.-- The Lenoir-Rhyne Softball team rebounded to sweep UVA-Wise on Friday afternoon. After the Bears dropped a pair to Catawba on Tuesday, the Bears used two homeruns from Lauren Rakes to beat UVA-Wise 8-4 in game one as Rakes picked up her 11th victory in the circle as well. In the night cap, Madison Wilson spun a two-hit shutout as the Bears blow out the Cavs 9-0. This is the 20th time the Bears have won 30 games in the Hollar Era. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game One Final: No. 18 Lenoir-Rhyne 8, UVA-Wise 4
Game Two Final:  No.18 Lenoir-Rhyne 9 , UVA-Wise 0 (5 Inns.)
Records:  Lenoir-Rhyne (31-9, 8-4 SAC) . UVA-Wise (13-25, 3-13 SAC)
Game Location: Wise, VA.

STATS AND INFO:

  • Bears have won six straight against the Cavaliers 
  • Eight of the first ten games in this series, were played in Hickory.
  • This is only the second trip to Wise for the Bears.
  • Julia Mardigian already has posted a top 7 season in double as Mardigian has 17 doubles this season.
  • Mardigian was named to the Tucci/NFCA Player of the Year watchlist earlier this week. 
GAME ONE INFO:
  • All nine starters had hits in this one including three by Mardigian.
  • Addy Prescott got the Bears on the board with a RBI double in the second then Prescott went back to back with Rakes to give the Bears a 8-2 lead.
  • Rakes also hit a solo homerun in the 4th inning before going back to back with Prescott in the 5th.
  • Rakes also picks up her 11th in the circle as Rakes stuck out 7 while allowing four runs. 
  • Prescott and Rakes went 4-8 with 3 homeruns and 5 RBIs combined. 

GAME TWO INFO:
  • WIlson allowed just two singles as Wilson picks up the complete game shutout with six strikeouts. The win was Wilson's 9th of the year in the circle. 
  • Katelyn Rackard and Lani Wilson each had three hits while Wilson, Cassidy Wall and Lauren Jackson had two RBIs.
  • Jackson's two RBI came from her two-run homerun in the 5th to extended the lead to 9-0. 
  • The Bears scored three times in the first inning, twice in the fourth then Jackson's homerun helped the Bears scored four times in the fifth. 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • Rakes's two homeruns moves her to sixth all-time with 34 career homeruns. 
  • Wall and Jackson extend their hit streak to five games each. 
  • Lani Wilson now had five three-hit games this season while Rackard has three. 
  • Bears now have 54 homeruns this season after four more today. 

UP NEXT:  Bears will host Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday. First pitch from Bears Field is at 2:00 PM.

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