Salisbury, N.C. — The Catawba College softball team fell via mercy rule in both ends of a double header with 24th-ranked Carson-Newman in South Atlantic Conference action at Whitley Field on Thursday afternoon.
GAME ONE | Carson-Newman 12, Catawba 2 - 5 innings
TEAM STATISTICS
- Carson-Newman out-hit Catawba 14-3
- The Eagles hit the lone homer and the only two extra-base hits of the game
- C-N committed the lone error of the contest
- Carson-Newman left five on base; Catawba stranded nine
- The Eagles' staff allowed two runs on three hits and six walks, striking out two; Catawba's staff allowed 12 runs on 14 hits and two walks, striking out two
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Lainey Ruscoe pitched the final 2.2 innings without allowing a run on just one hit
- Alexis Monroe singled and drove in a run
- Dakotah Wilkins singled and scored
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST INNING
- Grace Gregory's three-run home run started the scoring for the Eagles in the first
THIRD INNING
- A hit-by-pitch and two singled loaded the bases for Carson-Newman in the third
- A bases-loaded walk, two RBI singles and a sac fly made it 7-0 Carson-Newman
- Three consecutive RBI singles with the bases loaded pushed their lead to 10-0
- Addie Saunders' two-run double scored the eighth and ninths run of the frame, with the Eagles up 12-0
FOURTH INNING
- Catawba scored its first run with a hit-by-pitch and three walks
- Monroe's sac fly to center field scored another
GAME TWO | Carson-Newman 15, Catawba 5 - 5 innings
TEAM STATISTICS
- Carson-Newman out-hit Catawba 17-7
- The Eagles hit the lone homer and three of five extra-base hits
- Catawba committed all three errors in the game
- The Catawba Indians left four runners on base; C-N stranded nine
- Catawba recorded all five stolen bases in the game
- Carson-Newman's pitchers allowed five runs on seven hits and three walks, striking out one; Catawba's staff allowed 11 earned runs on 17 hits and four walks, striking out two
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Monroe was 2-for-2 with a double, a walk, two RBI and a run scored
- Wilkins added two hits, including a double, and two runs scored
- Grace Flynn singled, drove in two and stole two bases
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST INNING
- Carson-Newman's Macauley Bailey hit a solo homer to start the scoring in game two
SECOND INNING
- A throwing error scored the Eagles' second run in the second
- Saunders' two-run single with two outs pushed the Eagle lead to 4-0
- Abbey Nixon's two-out RBI single drove home Adda Prescott to score Catawba's first run of game two
- Monroe's infield single cut C-N's lead to two runs
- Flynn's opposite-field single scored two more to tie the game at 4
THIRD INNING
- Abbi Martin's two-run single started the scoring again for Carson-Newman in the third
- Back-to-back base hits drove in runs for the Eagles, making it 9-4
- A fielding error and a single made it 11-4 before C-N added another score on another RBI single to make it a 12-4 lead
FOURTH INNING
- Wilkins and Monroe hit back-to-back doubles to pull within seven runs of the lead
FIFTH INNING
- A two-out infield single put Carson-Newman ahead 13-5
- They would score two more runs on RBI base hits to reach 15 runs in game two
UP NEXT
- Catawba returns to SAC play this weekend, traveling to Lincoln Memorial for 2 and 4 p.m. starts
