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HICKORY – Needing a victory to gain a share of a regular-season title, Lenoir-Rhyne University collected it on Saturday in the second game of a doubleheader with visiting Carson-Newman.
After the Eagles won the opening game at Bears Field 3-2, LRU picked up an 8-3 win to share the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) regular season title with Carson-Newman.
The Eagles and Bears each finished 16-4 in the conference.
Carson-Newman (39-11) is the top seed for the league tournament that begins Thursday in Hartsville, S.C., and LRU is the No. 2 seed, playing seventh-seeded Tusculum at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday.
For additional game highlights, visit LRU’s athletic website.
GAME 1
CARSON-NEWMAN 3 LRU 2
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
Fiessinger 2b………….. 4 0 1 0 Erin Boone cf………….. 4 0 1 0
K. Toppel ss…………… 3 0 0 0 Christina Walker rf…….. 4 1 1 0
T. Scott 1b……………. 4 0 2 0 Sarah Kenley c…………. 3 0 1 1
L. Rinus p…………….. 3 0 0 0 Ashten Hinkle pr………. 0 1 0 0
K. Levi c……………… 2 0 0 0 Sydney Landreth 1b……… 2 0 0 0
K. Pritchett 3b………… 3 1 0 0 Cassie Healy pr……….. 0 0 0 0
C. Boles dp……………. 3 1 2 0 Madison Carter ss………. 2 0 0 0
M. Williams pr………… 0 0 0 0 Madison Poe 2b…………. 3 0 1 1
A. Cooper rf…………… 3 1 2 3 Mackenzie Cates 3b……… 3 0 0 0
A. Webster lf………….. 3 0 0 0 Mackensi Swain dp………. 3 0 0 0
Richardson cf………….. 0 0 0 0 Dakota Keller lf……….. 1 0 0 0
Savannah Davis ph/lf…… 2 0 1 0
Sydney Miller p………… 0 0 0 0
Totals………………… 28 3 7 3 Totals………………… 27 2 5 2
Score by Innings R H E
Carson-Newman 000 300 0 – 3 7 2
LRU 000 002 0 – 2 5 1
E – T. Scott 2 (5); M. Carter(6). DP – Eagles 1. LOB – Eagles 6; Bears 6. 2B – S. Kenley (20). 3B – A. Cooper (3). HR – A. Cooper (3). HBP – K. Levi. SH – K. Toppel (13).
Carson-Newman IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
L. Rinus W,22-5……….. 7.0 5 2 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 27 29 14 1
LRU IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
Sydney Miller L,13-5…… 7.0 7 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 28 30 5 15
HBP – by S. Miller (K. Levi). Strikeouts – K. Levi; C. Walker; S. Kenley 2; M. Swain; D. Keller. Walks – S. Landreth; M. Carter.
GAME 2
CARSON-NEWMAN LRU 8
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
Fiessinger 2b………….. 4 0 0 0 Erin Boone cf………….. 3 1 0 1
K. Toppel ss…………… 4 1 0 0 Christina Walker rf…….. 2 1 1 1
T. Scott 1b……………. 4 1 1 0 Sarah Kenley c…………. 3 1 1 2
L. Rinus cf/p………….. 4 0 3 0 Sydney Landreth 1b……… 3 0 1 1
K. Levi c……………… 3 0 1 1 Madison Poe 2b…………. 4 0 1 1
K. Pritchett 3b………… 3 0 1 1 Madison Carter ss………. 3 1 1 0
M. Williams pr………… 0 0 0 0 Mackenzie Cates 3b……… 3 1 1 0
C. Boles dp……………. 3 0 1 1 Natalie Parham dp………. 2 1 0 0
A. Cooper rf…………… 4 0 1 0 Dakota Keller lf……….. 3 2 2 1
A. Webster p/lf………… 2 1 1 0 Sydney Miller p………… 0 0 0 0
Richardson lf/cf……….. 0 0 0 0 Ty Triplett p…………. 0 0 0 0
Brandi Parks p………… 0 0 0 0
Totals………………… 31 3 9 3 Totals………………… 26 8 8 7
Score by Innings R H E
Carson-Newman 000 020 1 – 3 9 1
LRU 040 310 X – 8 8 1
E – A. Webster (7); M. Carter (7). LOB – Eagles 11; Bears 6. 2B – L. Rinus (12); S. Kenley (21); M. Carter (15). HR – D. Keller (7). HBP – K. Levi; C. Walker. SF – S. Kenley (6).
Carson-Newman IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
A. Webster L,17-6……… 1.1 3 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 10 1 2
L. Rinus ……………… 4.2 5 4 3 2 4 0 0 1 0 18 22 9 1
LRU IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
Sydney Miller …………. 3.2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 6 5
Ty Triplett W, 11-2…….. 1.0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 8 2 1
Brandi Parks S,2………. 2.1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 11 4 2
HBP – by L. Rinus (C. Walker); by T. Triplett (K. Levi). PB – K. Levi (6). Strikeouts – A. Cooper; S. Landreth 2; M. Cates; N. Parham 2. Walks – K. Pritchett; C. Boles; A. Webster; E. Boone; C. Walker; S. Landreth; N. Parham.
–Reported by LRU Sports Information