Lincoln Memorial and Carson-Newman Advance at Day One of Softball Championship
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LMU Defeats Top-Seeded Lenoir-Rhyne, Advances to Friday 10:30 a.m. Game
HICKORY, NC – Lincoln Memorial opened the South Atlantic Conference Championship with a statement on Thursday afternoon, knocking off top-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne, 3-1, behind a complete-game effort from Brooke Strickland and timely power from Jordann Reagan.
After three scoreless innings, Reagan provided the breakthrough in the fourth, driving a solo home run to center to give the Railsplitters a 1-0 lead. Lenoir-Rhyne answered in the fifth with a solo shot from Kaylan Brown, but LMU responded immediately. In the sixth, an error opened the door and Cassidy Hack delivered a key sacrifice fly to put the Railsplitters back in front, 2-1.
Three-run seventh inning pushes Carson-Newman past No. 24 Anderson
HICKORY, N.C. – RV Carson-Newman (40-10) displayed its late-game heroics, scoring all five runs in the final two frames, opening the SAC Championship Series with a win over No. 24 Anderson (36-12), 5-2, on Thursday at McCrorie Family Stadium.
The Eagles scored the first runs on a two-run single from Anne Marie Richards (Spring Hill, Tenn.) in the sixth, as Grace Gregory (White House, Tenn.) delivered the game-winning hit with an RBI double with two outs in the top of the seventh. Gregory set the single-season record in program history with her 22nd double on the game-winning play.