HICKORY, N.C. - Lenoir-Rhyne's quest for a 3-peat is over, falling 8-5 to Anderson in the SAC tournament.
The Bears will await until Monday's selection show for their NCAA Tournament assignment.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: (2) Anderson 8, (1) Lenoir-Rhyne 5
Records: #24 Anderson (37-12), #12 Lenoir-Rhyne (39-13)
Location: Hickory, N.C. | McCrorie Family Stadium
STORY OF GAME:
- Lenoir-Rhyne went up 3-0 in the fourth thanks to RBIs from Faith Carrigan and Autumn Joyce.
- Anderson got hot late, picking up four spots in both the fifth and sixth innings.
- A 2 RBI double from Kaylan Brown cut into the lead in the seventh, but a groundout on the next at bat ended it.
STATS OF GAME:
- Kaylan Brown was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored.
- Faith Carrigan (16-5) struck out four in the loss.
- Anderson out hit Lenoir-Rhyne 11-8.
- The Bears committed a season high five errors.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- Lenoir-Rhyne's last season winning both the SAC Regular Season and Tournament titles was 2012.
- The Bears have won both titles in 2000, 2007, 2010, 2011, and 2012.
- Kaylan Brown had five hits in her two tournament games the previous two days.
- Anderson won the late game over Carson-Newman and will face Lincoln Memorial for the SAC title tomorrow at noon.
UP NEXT: Lenoir-Rhyne is the No. 3 ranked team in the region and will wait until Monday to hear their NCAA Tournament seed and assignment. The top two seeds and potential hosts are North Georgia and Francis Marion.
