Lenoir-Rhyne And Presbyterian Split Doubleheader In Softball

HICKORY, N.C. — The Lenoir-Rhyne College softball team split a doubleheader with Presbyterian College in a South Atlantic Conference match up Saturday afternoon at Bears Field.  The Bears (26-11, 1-1) won the first game, 5-2, before Blue Hose (34-9, 3-3) took the second contest, 13-1.

Game One-Lenoir-Rhyne 5, Presbyterian 2

The Bears jumped ahead early thanks to a two-run single by junior second baseman Chrissy Lunsford (Tyrone, Ga.) in the first inning.

L-R senior left fielder Brandi Mueller (La Porte, Texas) added an RBI single in the second to make it 3-0 before PC's Jamie Vining (Fayetteville, Ga.) connected on a run-scoring triple in the top of the third inning for the Blue Hose's first run.

However, the Bears pushed the lead to four, 5-1, in the fourth inning on senior third baseman Brady Horne's (Decatur, Ga.) two-run single. Vining (2-for-3, 2 RBI) finished the scoring with a solo home run in the fifth inning.

Lenoir-Rhyne sophomore Alexis Kreske (Miami, Fla.) pitched the complete-game victory to improve to 13-4 on the year while Megan Wheelus (Florence, S.C.) suffered the loss for PC.

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Game Two-Presbyterian 13, Lenoir-Rhyne 1

PC took advantage of four L-R errors to overwhelm the Bears. After holding a 1-0 lead after four innings of play, PC broke out with four runs in the fifth and exploded for eight more in the seventh frame.

Amanda Teal (Chapin, S.C.) got things going with a two-triple in the fourth and followed that with a solo home run and a bases-clearing double in the seventh inning.  Teal went 3-for-5 in the contest with six RBI. Vining added a solo home run and pair of RBI while Rachel Bailey (Howard, Ohio) chipped in two hits and three runs batted in.

Samantha Slater (Westerville, Ohio) gave up one unearned run en route to the complete-game win. Senior Sarah Cox (Hudson, S.C.) took the loss for the Bears.

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