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Mackenzie Sprinkle
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Winner Lenoir-Rhyne L-R 14-6
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Belmont Abbey BAC 12-2
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne L-R
14-6
3
Final
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Belmont Abbey BAC
12-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne L-R 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 6 1
Belmont Abbey BAC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2

W: L. Rakes (8-1) L: Craver, Abby (6-1)

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Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 15-6
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Belmont Abbey BAC 12-3
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
15-6
5
Final
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Belmont Abbey BAC
12-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 12 2
Belmont Abbey BAC 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 5 1

W: Morgan Beeler (5-4) L: Browne, Alannah (4-2) S: Lauren Rakes (3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Sprinkle Homers, Has Three Hits against Lenoir-Rhyne

BELMONT, N.C. -- Mackenzie Sprinkle homered during a three-hit doubleheader, but Belmont Abbey dropped a pair of close games to Lenoir-Rhyne Wednesday afternoon at Crusader Field. The Bears won the opener 3-1, before taking a 5-4 decision in the nightcap.

In being swept for the first time in seven doubleheaders this season, The Abbey falls to 12-3, while LRU improves to 15-6.

THE OPENER
  • Sprinkle singled in the third and homered in the fifth for the Crusaders' only run.
  • Payton Whitley had the third hit of the game, a single also in the third.
  • Lenoir-Rhyne plated single runs in the first, third and seventh, totalling six hits.
  • Abby Craver (6-1) suffered her first loss of the year. She allowed six hits and two earned runs, while walking two and striking out eight.
  • Lauren Rakes (8-1) earned the win for the Bears. She pitched a complete game, striking out 11.

THE NIGHTCAP
  • Freshman Isabella Kretschmer enjoyed her first multiple-hit game of her career with a double in the fifth and single in the seventh.
  • Sprinkle and Whitley added hits in the second game, as did Cameron Cooper.
  • After falling behind 3-0 in the first inning, The Abbey closed the gap when Whitley drew a bases-loaded walk in the fifth.
  • Whitley doubled in two then scored on an error in the seventh, trimming the final margin to 5-4. The game ended with the potential winning run at first.
  • Alannah Browne (4-2) suffered the loss after allowing five hits and three unearned runs in 1.1 innings.
  • Morgan Beeler (5-4) earned the win with Rakes getting the final two outs for her third save.
UP NEXT
  • Belmont Abbey closes out a short homestand on Saturday when it hosts cross-town rival Queens.
  • First pitch of the doubleheader is set for 1 p.m.
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