Newberry, S.C. — With seven hits between both ends of a doubleheader sweep at Newberry, Brianna Gallagher became Catawba Softball's all-time career hits leader on Saturday, surpassing her own head coach Allie Lyerly's 237 career base hits.
GAME ONE | Catawba 15, Newberry 8
TEAM STATISTICS
- Catawba out-hit Newberry 19-9
- Both teams hit a homer; the Catawba Indians hit four of five extra-base hits
- The Wolves committed two of three errors in the contest
- Newberry left six runners on base; Catawba stranded eight runners
- The Catawba Indians recorded all four stolen bases in the game
- Catawba's pitchers allowed eight runs on nine hits and four walks, striking out two; Newberry's staff allowed 13 runs on 19 hits and three walks, striking out five
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Gallagher was 4-for-5 with four RBI and two runs scored
- Maddy Altiers also went 4-for-5 with a homer, two doubles, four RBI and two runs scored
- Grace Flynn added three hits, including a double with two RBI and three runs scored
- Alexis Monroe singled, stole a base, drove two home and scored three times
- Kate Holland earned the win in relief, tossing 3.1 scoreless innings without allowing a hit
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST INNING
- Flynn doubled to lead off the game
- Gallagher scored her on an RBI base hit to right field
- Adda Prescott sent a base hit the other way to score the second run of the inning
- Two walks and a single loaded the bases for Newberry in the second half
- Katie Henri's grand slam helped her own cause to put the Wolves on top, 4-2
SECOND INNING
- Abbey Nixon singled and stole second to lead off the second
- She moved to third on a flyout and scored on Flynn's sac fly
THIRD INNING
- Gallagher singled to lead off the third and Altiers doubled to score her to tie the game at 4
- Newberry scored on three singles to regain the lead in the bottom half
FOURTH INNING
- Flynn singled and stole second in the fourth
- Gallagher scored her on her third hit of the game to tie the game at 5
- Altiers' two-run homer put the Catawba Indians ahead 7-5
- Three singles scored another run for Newberry, cutting their deficit in half
- Haidyn Campbell's two-run single gave the Wolves an 8-7 lead
FIFTH INNING
- A walk loaded the bases for Catawba in the fifth
- Flynn sent a single to center field to tie the game once again
- Monroe sent a single to right to score two runs to go ahead, 10-8
- Gallagher scored two more with her fourth of the hit, leading 12-8
SEVENTH INNING
- Altiers' double scored Catawba's 13th run of the game
- Dakotah Wilkins scored two more on a single for the final scores of the game
GAME TWO | Catawba 16, Newberry 7
TEAM STATISTICS
- Catawba out-hit Newberry 18-10
- The Catawba Indians hit all four homers and six of seven extra-base hits
- Catawba committed three of four errors in the game
- The Catawba Indians recorded all five stolen bases in the contest
- Catawba's pitchers allowed three earned runs on 10 hits and four walks, striking out five; Newberry's staff allowed 15 earned runs on 18 hits and four walks, striking out one
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Gallagher was 3-for-5 with two homers, four RBI and five runs scored
- Jordan McCorkle added a homer in two hits with four RBI and two runs scored
- Monroe singled twice, drove in a run and scored three times
- Ellie Southern homered in her lone at-bat
- Macie Crutchfield, Southern and Holland did not allow any earned runs in the final 4.1 innings to help hold on for the win
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST INNING
- Altiers' RBI double started the scoring in game two
- McCorkle's RBI groundout gave Catawba a 2-0 lead
SECOND INNING
- A walk loaded the bases for Newberry in the second
- A bases-loaded walk scored the Wolves' first run of the inning
- Newberry took the lead on a two-out, two-run single
THIRD INNING
- McCorkle cranked a three-run homer to left field to regain the lead in the third, 5-3
- Newberry scored on an error in the bottom half to cut the deficit to 5-4
- Another two-out RBI base hit from the Wolves tied the game at 5
FOURTH INNING
- Gallagher regained the lead with a two-run homer in the fourth
FIFTH INNING
- Prescott doubled to lead off the fifth
- Micaela Hartman's sacrifice fly made it 8-5, Catawba
- Flynn added another score with an RBI infield single
- Catawba scratched across another run on a fielder's choice, up 10-5
- Southern helped her own cause with a three-run homer to right field to make it 13-5
- Prescott's two-out RBI base knock gave Catawba a 14-5 advantage
- A two-out error scored two runs for Newberry in the bottom half
SIXTH INNING
- Gallagher's two-run homer in the sixth broke the program's all-time career hit record
UP NEXT
- Catawba travels to Wingate on Wednesday as it continues SAC play; first pitch of game one is set for 1 p.m.
