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Lander LUSB24 32-17
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Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 46-14
Lander LUSB24
32-17
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Final
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Lenoir-Rhyne LR
46-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Lander LUSB24 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 2
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 3 0 4 2 0 1 10 13 1

W: Hiers, Alexis (17-3) L: Kamryn Akins (4-3)

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Thomas Holland - Lander Athletics

Game Recap: Softball |

Lander Downed in NCAA Tournament Opener by Lenoir-Rhyne

WINGATE, N.C. - The fifth-seeded Lander Softball team jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning but the fourth-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne Bears took the lead in the bottom half of the inning and never looked back as the SAC Tournament Champions scored ten unanswered runs to down the Bearcats, 10-2, in six innings in the opening round of the NCAA Southeast Regional.

Lenoir-Rhyne advances to play top-seed and host Wingate tomorrow morning while Lander will play Anderson in an elimination game at 1:00 PM.

Saje Jones started the game off with a bang as she laced a leadoff triple to the fence and was brought home three batters later on an Emily Allen RBI single to make it 1-0. That was followed by three straight singles by Logan Coward, Gracie Derrick, and Linda Moore to score Allen and double the Bearcat lead to 2-0.

However, the Bears responded quickly in the bottom of the inning with a solo shot and then took advantage of a pair of Lander errors to take a 3-2 lead after one.

The Bearcats picked up a hit in the second and third but would be held hitless the rest of the game after that.

Lenoir-Rhyne created separation with a four-run third inning and a two-run fourth before walking it off in the sixth with a double.
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play LUSB24 LR
LUSB24 TOP 1st E. Allen singled to right field, RBI (2-0 BB); S. Jones scored. 1 0
LUSB24 TOP 1st L. Moore singled to left field, RBI (1-2 FBF); G. Derrick advanced to second; L. Coward advanced to third; E. Allen scored. 2 0
LR BOT 1st J. Mardigian homered to left field, RBI (2-2 KBBFF). 2 1
LR BOT 1st L. Rakes doubled to center field, 2 RBI (2-1 BKB); L. Wood advanced to third; C. Wall scored; L. Warren scored. 2 3
LR BOT 3rd L. Wood homered to right field, RBI (0-0). 2 4
LR BOT 3rd M. Wilson reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (0-2 KS); K. Rackard advanced to second; K. Brown out at third ss to 3b; L. Rakes scored. 2 5
LR BOT 3rd J. Mardigian singled to center field, RBI (2-2 BFBF); M. Wilson advanced to second; K. Rackard scored. 2 6
LR BOT 3rd L. Warren singled to center field, RBI (0-0); J. Mardigian advanced to second; M. Wilson scored. 2 7
LR BOT 4th L. Rakes doubled, 2 RBI (1-0 B); E. Lookabill scored; C. Wall scored. 2 9
LR BOT 6th K. Brown doubled to left field, RBI (0-0); L. Wood advanced to third; C. Wall scored. 2 10

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