Hartsville, S.C. —- The Catawba College softball team closed out the regular season with a sweep over South Atlantic Conference foe Coker on Saturday to grab the sixth seed in the upcoming SAC Tournament.
GAME ONE | Catawba 13, Coker 5 - 5 innings
TEAM STATISTICS
- Catawba out-hit Coker 15-6
- The Catawba Indians hit the lone homer and have four of six extra-base hits
- Both teams committed three errors
- The Cobras left five runners on base; Catawba stranded eight
- The Catawba Indians recorded all five stolen bases
- Catawba's starter threw five innings with no earned runs, allowing six hits and two walks, striking out three; Coker's staff allowed nine earned runs on 15 hits and six walks, striking out five
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Grace Flynn was 4-for-4 with a homer, three RBI and three runs scored
- Lainey Ruscoe added a pair of hits with three RBI and a run scored
- Brianna Gallagher singled, drove in two and scored
- Jordan McCorkle doubled, drove in two and scored
- Alex Baquie threw the complete five innings with no earned runs along with her first career base hit
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST INNING
- Gallagher started the scoring with a two-run single up the middle
- The Catawba Indians loaded the bases to set up Ruscoe's two-run single to go up 4-0
- Flynn followed with an RBI single in her second at-bat of the frame to lead 5-0
SECOND INNING
- Ruscoe's two-out RBI single kept the scoring for Catawba going in the second to take a 6-0 lead
- McCorkle's two-run double pushed the lead to 8-0
- A throwing error allowed Catawba's ninth run to cross before Flynn launched a two-run homer to lead 11-0 after two innings
FOURTH INNING
- A bases-loaded walk from Rachel Pressley and an RBI fielder's choice made it 13-0, Catawba
- Coker scored four in the bottom half to cut the deficit back to single digits
FIFTH INNING
- The Cobras scratched across another run in the fifth on an error in the field
GAME TWO | Catawba 9, Coker 4
TEAM STATISTICS
- Catawba out-hit Coker 15-6
- The Cobras recorded two of three extra-base hits
- The Catawba Indians committed two of three errors
- Coker left five runners on base; Catawba stranded eight
- The Catawba Indians recorded all four stolen bases
- Catawba pitchers allowed four runs on six hits and one walk, striking out five; Coker's staff allowed nine runs on nine hits and one walk, striking out five
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Gallagher went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored
- Micaela Hartman had a three-hit game with three RBI
- Alexis Monroe was 2-for-4 with three runs scored
- Maddy Altiers singled and drove in three
- Dakotah Wilkins added three hits with an RBI and a run scored with the win in the circle
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST INNING
- Flynn singled and stole second in the top of the first
- Gallagher drove in the game's first run once again on a single up the middle
- Altiers' sac fly and Hartman's RBI single made it 3-0 Catawba after the first inning
FIFTH INNING
- Monroe was hit by a pitch and stole second to lead off the fifth
- Gallagher's RBI single up the middle to lead 4-0
- Hartman followed with another RBI base knock to lead 5-0
SIXTH INNING
- Catawba loaded the bases with one out in the sixth
- Altiers drove in two on a single through the left side
- Hartman sent home another run to go up 8-0
- Coker scored two on separate RBI base hits in the bottom half to cut the deficit to six runs
- Hannah Welsh's two-run double cut the deficit to 8-4
SEVENTH INNING
- Adda Prescott led off the seventh with a double
- Wilkins drove her in with an RBI single for the final score of the ballgame
UP NEXT
- Catawba earns the 6-seed in next week's SAC Tournament opening series; they'll travel to 3-seed Carson-Newman with game one on Saturday
