March 21, 2008

No. 20 Lenoir-Rhyne Softball Routs North Carolina Central, 12-1, Friday On The Road

Bears pound out twelve hits in the win

Cary, N.C. - The No. 20 Lenoir-Rhyne College Softball Team (25-8) routed North Carolina Central University (1-21) Friday afternoon by a score of 12-1 at Thomas Brooks Park in Cary, N.C.

Leading 1-0 after one inning, the Bears put the game away in the second, scoring six runs on four hits and three Lady Eagle errors.

Redshirt freshman shortstop Kat Rivers (Royston, Ga./Franklin County HS) led off the bottom of the second with a triple and was driven home by sophomore third baseman Lauren Johnson's (Chesterfield, Va./Manchester HS) single up the middle. N.C. Central committed two straight errors as L-R plated four more runs in the second stanza.

In the bottom of the third frame, Lenoir-Rhyne tallied five more runs highlighted by two-out, two-run base hits by senior catcher Karie Pushard (Harrisburg, N.C./Central Cabarrus HS) and Rivers.

The Lady Eagles got on the board in the bottom of the fourth when Michelle Ishida (San Gabrielle, Calif.) scored on a single by Ashanti Stroud (Kenansville, N.C.).

Senior Meredith O'Connor (Charlotte, N.C./Appalachian State Univ.) (15-5) picked up the win for the Bears while Kristen Schooler (Mitchellville, Md.) (0-11) suffered the loss.

Lenoir-Rhyne will return to South Atlantic Conference action on Tuesday when it travels to Jefferson City, Tenn., to face Carson-Newman College. First pitch is set for 1:00 p.m.

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