College softball: Catawba splits with LMU
Published 11:27 pm Saturday, April 1, 2017
- Submitted photo by Tyler Buckwell ... Catawba catcher Monica Taylor tags out LMU pinch-runner Kristen McAndrew (6), in the 7th inning of Saturday’s first game. Left fielder Taylor Martin (West Rowan) made the throw to the plate. Catawba won, 2-1.
Staff report
Catawba’s softball team split a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader with Lincoln Memorial University on Saturday afternoon at Whitley Field.
Catawba (10-29, 3-7) won the opener, 2-1, when Ashley Wagoner’s walk-off double scored pinch-runner Beth Ann Martin from second base. Brooke Walser pitched a complete game, scattering seven hits and striking out four.
LMU had a chance to take the lead in the top of the seventh, but on Jennifer Moose’s two-out single to left, Taylor Martin threw out pinch-runner Kristen McAndrews Allie Jones at the plate.
In the second game, LMU retaliated with a 2-1 win of its own. Grace Holland knocked in Catawba’s only run in the third inning. LMU (20-15, 3-7) took control with a two-run fourth that knocked out Catawba starter Kaylee Cook.
