Box score
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. --- The Lees-McRae College
softball team opened the 2011 season in impressive fashion,
sweeping a doubleheader against Fayetteville State University on
Sunday afternoon by scores of 4-0 and 8-2.
Lees-McRae (2-0) posted a .250 batting average on the day,
scoring a combined 12 runs on 13 hits while holding the Broncos
(0-2) to two tallies on 10 base knocks. The Bobcat pitching staff
also struck out a combined 13 batters on the day.
Lindsey Huntsinger (Asheville, N.C.) paced the Bobcats with a
4-for-6 day, including three base hits in the night cap, while
tying Paige Coleman (Thomasville, N.C.), Kim Coley (Marion, N.C.),
and Anna Carter (Hurdle Mills, N.C.) for the team-high with two
runs batted in. Coleman, Coley, and Kierstie Moon (Oxford, Ga.)
each tallied a pair of base knocks on the day, as Huntsinger
recorded a trio of stolen bases.
Laurel Gregg (Mars Hill, N.C.) tossed a two-hit shutout in game
one, fanning eight batters in six innings of work to notch her
first career win at LMC. Magen West (Whitney, Texas) followed in
the night cap, allowing one run on four hits in five innings of
work to earn the victory. Freshman Hollie Crickenberger (Boydton,
Va.) pitched a total of three frames on the day in relief, allowing
one run on four hits and striking out three Broncos.
Game One: Lees-McRae 4, Fayetteville State 0 (Box Score)
Lees-McRae got on the board early in game one, pushing across
the season's first run when Moon drew a leadoff walk, advanced to
second on a sacrifice, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored
on a sacrifice by Huntsinger.
The Bobcats doubled the lead on a Coley RBI single in the fourth
that scored Coleman from second. Meagan Knowles (West Palm Beach,
Fla.) scampered home on a passed ball in the fifth to push the lead
to 3-0 before Huntsinger scored on a sacrifice fly by Coleman in
the sixth to cap the scoring.
Game Two: Lees-McRae 8, Fayetteville State 2 (Box Score)
The Bobcats took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning when Moon
scored on a wild pitch, and Huntsinger stole third and scored on a
Bronco error. Fayetteville State answered in the bottom of the
inning, cutting the margin in half when Quristeen Brown
(Greensboro, N.C.) doubled home April Branch (Watha, N.C.) to cut
the lead to 2-1.
Lees-McRae responded in the third, pushing across two runs when
Coleman reached on a Bronco error, allowing Huntsinger and Karli
Robb (Hayes, Va.) to score and widen the margin to 4-1. The Bobcats
then broke the game open in the fifth, scoring four runs on three
hits and a Bronco error to push the lead to 8-1. An RBI double by
Huntsinger and a two-run two-bagger by Carter highlighted the
inning for the Bobcats.
Fayetteville State showed some fight in the late innings,
stranding a runner in scoring position in the sixth before Ashley
Wlezen (Charlotte, N.C.) singled home Olivia Peavey (Siler City,
N.C.) after Peavey stroked a lead-off double in the frame.
Crickenberger then shut the door, recording a pair of strikeouts
with runners in scoring position to quell the rally.
Lees-McRae returns to the diamond on Monday when the Bobcats
travel to Raleigh, N.C. to take on Shaw University in a
non-conference doubleheader. The twin-bill, rescheduled from
Saturday, is slated to begin at 12:00 p.m.
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