Greeneville, Tenn.----The 19th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs picked up a pair of league road wins Sunday afternoon, sweeping a doubleheader at Tusculum University in South Atlantic Conference softball action. Wingate won the opener 4-3 in eight innings, while prevailing 4-0 in game two to improve to 31-8 overall and 11-3 in the SAC, while the Pioneers fall to 17-18 overall and 4-10 in league play.

GAME ONE | WINGATE 4 TUSCULUM 3 (8 INNINGS)

KEY STATS

- Each team had five hits
- Tusculum had three of the five extra-base hits; the Bulldogs had the lone homer
- The Pioneers left five on base; the 'Dogs stranded three
- Wingate committed two of the three errors
- TU pitching struck out seven and walked one; WU had four strikeouts and no walks

KEY BULLDOGS

- Ragan Liles was two-for-three with a double, homer, three RBI and two runs scored
- Savanna Brooks drove in a run
- Heaven Maness went three-for-three
- Jillian Thomas and Hali Scott each added a run scored
- Thomas went six innings in the circle, allowing just two runs
- Scott tossed an inning without allowing an earned run to earn the win
- Raechel Cutcher struck out both batters she faced to earn the save

FIRST INNING

- Kallyn Newport doubled to start the frame, then scored on a Wingate error

THIRD INNNING

- Maness started the frame with a single
- Liles gave Wingate a 2-1 lead with a two-run homer to left center

SEVENTH INNING

- An RBI double from Hannah Hughes tied the game at two
- Tusculum had the winning run on third, but Scott induced two straight groundouts to send it to extras

EIGHTH INNING

- Liles ripped an RBI double to left center to give WU a 3-2 lead
- A Brook sacrifice fly plated Liles to give the 'Dogs a two-run leada
- An RBI single from Newport made it 4-3
- With the tying run on second, Cutcher entered the game with one out
- She struck out both batters she faced to finish off the win

WRAPUP

- Scott got the win, moving to 9-3 on the year
- She allowed an unearned run on two hits in an inning of work
- Cutcher notched her first save of the year, striking out both batters she faced
- Thomas went six innings, allowing two runs on three hits while striking out two
- Emily Sappington took the loss, allowing four runs on five hits in eight innings, striking out seven

GAME TWO | WINGATE 4 TUSCULUM 0

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit Tusculum 7-4
- The Bulldogs had all three extra-base hits
- The 'Dogs left eight on base; the Pioneers stranded four
- Wingate had the lone stolen base of the game
- Tusculum had the only error
- WU pitching struck out 11 without a walk; TU had three strikeouts and four walks

KEY BULLDOGS

- Cutcher tossed a four-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts
- Katy Kahlich was two-for-three with two double and two RBI
- Alyssa Hall added a triple and an RBI
- Liles went two-for-four with two runs scored
- Savanna Brooks added a hit and a run scored
- Maness also scored a run

FOURTH INNING

- Liles started the inning with a single, while Maness drew a one-out walk
- Kahlich ripped a two-run double to center to give the 'Dogs a 2-0 lead

FIFTH INNING

- Brooks drew a leadoff walk, then moved to second on a sacrifice
- She scored when Liles reached on an error
- Hall followed with an RBI triple to right center to make it 4-0

WRAPUP

- Cutcher got the win, moving to 9-3 on the year
- She allowed four hits in seven shutout frames, striking 11 without a walk
- Keylon Reynolds took the loss, allowing a run on three hits in three innings

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday, hosting Carson-Newman for a 12 p.m. doubleheader