Reinhardt Softball Goes 1-1 On Saturday in Double-Header With Thomas

Waleska, GA – The Reinhardt Softball team hosted a double-header this past Saturday, February 18^th, versus the Thomas University Night-Hawks. The Reinhardt Eagles were able to go 1-1 on the day, losing the first game 3-1 and won the second game 11-9. This was great competition for the Eagles as they are about to begin their conference play this upcoming weekend. The Eagles are sitting at 0-0 in the AAC & 4-2 overall. Up next for the Eagles, they will be hosting two double-headers this upcoming weekend. The first one will be on Friday, February 24^th, versus Midway at 2pm & 4pm. Then the following day, Saturday, February 25^th, the Eagles will be playing their first AAC game versus Union College at 1pm & 3pm. 

Game One: Reinhardt 1, Thomas 3

The Eagles struggled getting someone across home plate until the very last inning when Molly Stevens hit a sacrifice fly out to left field, scoring in Alexis Teems. However, Thomas University already had 3 on the board, ultimately clenching this 3-1 win. Ally Andriano was the starting pitcher for the Eagles until Kylie Freije came in and finished out the game. 

SCORING PLAYS:

• The only scoring play this game for the Eagles came from a sacrifice fly to left field form Molly Stevens, which led to Alexis Teems to get across home plate. 

Team Comparison: 

Runs: 3-1 TU

Hits: 8-3 TU

Errors: 1-1 

Game Two: Reinhardt 11, Thomas 9

The Eagles did a great job of responding after the first game loss. Reinhardt was able to come out and score 3 runs the first inning and 5 in the 2^nd, and 3 in the 3^rd, giving them the lead of 11-2 over the Night-Hawks. No more runs came after that fir the Eagles, but instead the Night-Hawks tried hard to make a comeback, scoring 7 runs towards the end of the game making the score 11-9. The Eagles held them scoreless in the last inning of the game, clenching the win 11-9. Whitney Shepherd pitched majority of the game was able to get 6 strikeouts. Offensively, Kyra Lightner had 3 great hits, going 3 for 4, and had 5 RBIs. 

SCORING PLAYS:

• Kyra Lightner singled to RF with 2 RBIs. (2-2)
• Lauren Parker singled to SS with an RBI. (3-2)
• Molly Stevens singled to 2B with an RBI. (4-2)
• Hannah Singleton singled to left field with an RBI. (5-2)
• Kyra Lightner then had another great hit to RF with 2 RBIs. (7-2)
• Eryn Lee hit a single to SS with an RBI. (8-2)
• Emily Loveless singled to CF with an RBI. (9-2)
• Kyra Lightner had another bomb to CF with an RBI. (10-2)
• Lastly, Lauren Parker doubled to CF with an RBI. (11-2) 

Team Comparison:

Runs: 11-9 RU

Hits: 15-13 RU

Errors: 4-1 RU

Up Next: The Eagles will be hosting two double-headers this upcoming weekend, February 24^th and 25^th. First the Eagles will be playing Midway on Friday at 2:00pm and 4:00pm. Then the Eagles will be playing in their first conference match-up on Saturday versus Union College at 1:00pm and 3:00pm.