Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Salisbury, N.C.----For the second straight day, Wingate graduate student Aubrey Reep put the Bulldogs on her first-game shoulders, lifting the visitors to a 4-3 South Atlantic Conference softball triumph at Catawba Wednesday. The Indians rebounded for a 5-2 victory in the nightcap. Wingate is 16-16 overall and 9-9 in the SAC. Catawba is 22-8 overall and 9-7 in the conference loop.
 
GAME ONE | Wingate 4, Catawba 3

KEY STATS

- Wingate had seven hits to Catawba's four
- The Bulldogs and the Indians combined for six extra-base hits
- Both teams had an error
- The 'Dogs stranded four runners; the Indians left three on base
- Both starting pitchers surrendered one home run and one walk

KEY BULLDOGS

- Reep hurled a complete game, allowing three runs on four hits
- Reep and Haley Cashwell had two hits each; Reep had a double and two RBI
- Ragan Liles and Sam Hogan had a triple and a homer, respectively

FIRST INNING

- Reep wasted little time providing offensive fireworks
- The 2019 SAC Player of the Year had a two-run double in the opening frame

FIFTH INNING

- Heaven Maness broke a 2-2 tie with an RBI sacrifice bunt, plating Sara Stroud
 
SIXTH INNING
 
- Sam Hogan gave the visitors a cushion with a solo home run to center field
 
WRAPUP

- Reep won her second one-run game in as many tries
- She faced only 27 batters
- Cashwell added a stolen base to her two-hit effort
- The two teams combined for 11 hits, six of which went for extra bases
- Brooke Walser took the loss, giving up four runs (three earned) on seven hits

GAME TWO | Catawba 5, Wingate 2

KEY STATS

- Eight Catawba players had at least one hit as the hosts held a 9-5 edge in safeties
- Three Bulldogs accounted for the visitors' five hits
- All five of Catawba's runs came with two outs
- Neither team committed an error in the nightcap
- Catawba pitching scattered five hits with seven strikeouts and only one walk

KEY BULLDOGS

- Laney McLaurin had a pinch-hit, two-RBI homer, accounting for both WU runs
- Morgan Nunnery and Gracyn Polk had two hits each
- Polk contributed a double

SECOND INNING

- Catawba scored four runs on five hits to put the game away
- Sydney Goertzen and Bailey Benton contributed run-scoring doubles in the frame
 
FIFTH INNING

- Polk started a two-out rally with a single
- She scored on McLaurin's pinch-hit home run
- The Bulldogs would post only one single the rest of the way

WRAPUP

- Catawba's Whitley Arnott salvaged the split in the circle, striking out seven and walking one
- Kaitlyn Knuckles took the loss, giving up four runs on five hits in 1.2 innings pitched
- She struck out two

UP NEXT

- Wingate starts its busy weekend Saturday, hosting Mars Hill for a 1 p.m. twin bill
- The Bulldogs step out of the league fray Sunday, entertaining UNC Pembroke at the same time