BANNER ELK, N.C. -- Casey Laing homered and drove in four runs during a doubleheader at Lees-McRae Tuesday, but the Bobcats swept both games, 13-4 in five innings and 7-6.

With the results, the Crusaders fall to 20-24 overall and 7-15 in league play, while Lees-McRae improves to 9-33, 3-17.

THE OPENER

• Laing led the five-hit attack with a third-inning two-run home run that made the score 5-3.
• Sage Farmer, Payton Colbert, Lily Garnett-Brown, Ruthie Allen and Abby Peisker all had singles.
• Farmer scored twice -- on an error in the first and on Laing's round-tripper.
• Lilly Hartsell (10-10) took the loss, allowing four runs on three hits and a walk in 1+ innings of work.

THE NIGHTCAP

• Belmont Abbey pounded out 12 hits in the contest, led by Sami Kirk with a career-high three and Vicky Lott and Trinity Wall with two each.
• Laing had a two-run double in the second that put the Crusaders up 4-1.
• The Abbey was up 5-4 in the fourth, but the Bobcats plated three in their half of the frame.
• Erin Gill allowed just one earned run in 4.0 innings of relief, but took the loss to fall to 2-4.

UP NEXT

• Belmont Abbey closes out the regular season tomorrow afternoon at home.
• The Crusaders welcome Converse to Crusader Field for a 1 p.m. doubleheader.