Emory, Va.--Julia Mardigian went 2-3 with two homers and 4 RBIs in the Bears 10-1 win in game one then Mardigian went 5-5 with a homerun and 3 RBIs in the night cap as LR completed the sweep with a 13-3 win in game two. Mardigian finished the day with seven hits, three homeruns and seven RBIs.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game One Final: No. 19 Lenoir-Rhyne 10, Emory & Henry 1
Game Two Final: No. 19 Lenoir-Rhyne 13, Emory & Henry 3 (6 Inns.)
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (39-11, 16-6 SAC), Emory & Henry (17-20, 8-14 SAC)
Game Location: Emory, Va.
STATS AND INFO:
- This was the first trip to Emory & Henry for the Bears.
- This is the second stop in a three game road trip in six days for the Bears.
- LR will travel 840 miles this week to close the regular season.
- This was a rain makeup from April 8th.
GAME ONE INFO:
- Bears scored five unearned runs in the second inning highlighted by Mardigian's first homerun a three-run shot with two outs in the second.
- Mardigian then hit her second homerun in her next at bat in the 4th.
- After the Wasps got on the board, LR responded with a four spot in the 6th including RBIs from Lani Warren, Madison Primm and Lora Beth Wood.
- Mardigian, Warren and Katelyn Rackard each had two hits as the top three in the order went 6-11.
- Lauren Rakes picked up win number 15 in the cirlce as Rakes went the distance allowing one run and striking out seven.
GAME TWO INFO:
- Mardigian had the Bears first five hit game of the season including a RBI single in the second inning, a solo homerun the 5th and RBI single an inning later.
- Warren and Lora Beth Wood each had three hits as LR pounded out 20 hits. 20 hits is a season-high as six Bears had multi-hit games.
- Wood and Rakes added two RBis as LR only had seven RBIs out of the 13 runs scored.
- As the Wasps made six errors in the game while the Bears made a season-high four errors themselves.
- Madison Wilson picked up her 13th win as Wilson threw a compelte game allowing three runs (1 earned).
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- Savannah Moorefield was the last Bear to have five hits. Moorefield went 5-5 against Columbus State on February 1, 2020.
- Bears have 48 hits in their last three games this week.
- Mardigian is up to .455 on the season with 11 homeruns and 54 RBIs.
- LR has a team is up to .338 team average. Which is would be third best in a single season.
UP NEXT: Regular season finale on Saturday at Carson-Newman. First-pitch scheduled for 1:00 PM