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Wingate, N.C.----Wingate University junior pitcher/designated player Aubrey Reep had a homer and five RBI in game one, while piling up a career-high 13 strikeouts in the circle in game two to lead the Bulldogs to a doubleheader sweep over Belmont Abbey in NCAA Division II softball action Monday afternoon. Wingate won by scores of 14-4 (5 innings) and 2-1 to improve to 2-2 overall, while the Crusaders fall to 2-2 on the season.

GAME ONE | Wingate 14 Belmont Abbey 4 (5 innings)

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit BAC 14-4 in game one
- Every Wingate starter had a hit, RBI or run scored
- WU hitters struck out just one, while the Crusaders struck out 11 times
- The Bulldogs piled up five extra-base hits
- The 'Dogs had five or more runs in two of four innings at the plate

KEY BULLDOGS

- Reep was three-for-four with a double, homer, five RBI and three runs scored
- Mary Claire Coyne went two-for-two with a double, two RBI and two runs scored
- Taylor Wells was two-for-three with three RBI
- Elizabeth Swenson drove in two runs and scored a run
- Naomi Sapp had a pair of RBI and two runs scored
- Emma Swenson went two-for-three with a double and two runs scored
- Rachel Weidner allowed two earned runs in five innings of work, striking out 11

FIRST INNING

- A Swenson single and Coyne walk put two on for Reep, who started the scoring with an RBI single
- Wells ripped an RBI single to left to make it 2-0

SECOND INNING

- A Claire Doyle double and Wingate error got Belmont Abbey on the board
- WU answered with five runs in the bottom of the frame
- Coyne's two-run double made it 4-1
- Reep followed with an RBI double, while a two-run double from Wells put the 'Dogs on top 7-1

THIRD INNING

- A bases-loaded walk and Doyle two-run double got the Crusaders within three at 7-4

FOURTH INNING

- The Bulldogs plated seven runs in the bottom of the fourth
- Reep started the scoring by blasting her first homer of the year, a three-run shot to left
- Sapp's two-run single made it 12-4
- Elizabeth Swenson added a two-run single to make the final margin 14-4

WRAP UP

- Weidner struck out a career-high 11, walking three to move to 1-1 on the year
- The senior allowed just four hits on the day
- Ivorie Maltby took the loss, falling to 1-1
- She allowed seven runs on six hits in 1 2/3 innings, walking two

GAME TWO | Wingate 2 Belmont Abbey 1

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit Belmont Abbey 6-4
- The Bulldogs had the only extra-base hit of the game
- Each team committed an error
- WU left seven on base; BAC stranded four runners
- The Crusaders struck out 13 times; WU struck out five times

KEY BULLDOGS

- Jordan Floyd was two-for-three with a triple and a run scored
- Rebekah Woods went one-for-two with an RBI
- Haley Cashwell added a hit and a run scored
- Reep struck out 13, allowing just one run

FIRST INNING

- Doyle's RBI single plated Brianna Embler to give the Crusaders a 1-0 lead
- Wingate answered with a run in the bottom of the frame
- Cashwell reached on an error, then moved to third on Sapp's single
- Cashwell scored on a wild pitch to tie it

SIXTH INNING

- With two outs and nobody on base, Floyd ripped a triple to right
- She scored when Woods lined an RBI single to right, give Wingate the 2-1 lead

WRAP UP

- Reep got the win, moving to 1-1 on the year
- She struck out a career-high 13 without walking a batter, allowing just four hits
- Annabeth Watkins took the loss, falling to 1-1
- She allowed two runs on six hits in six innings, striking out five and walking two

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday, traveling to Barton for a 12 p.m. doubleheader
- WU returns home Feb. 14 to host North Greenville at 1 p.m.