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bella dickinson makes the throw from short stop
Jim Stankiewicz
0
SNH SNH 0-1
8
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 5-5
SNH SNH
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Final
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Lenoir-Rhyne LR
5-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
SNH SNH 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 0 3 0 3 2 8 11 0

W: Lauren Rakes (3-1) L: Griffin, Chloe (0-1)

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SNH SNH 0-2
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Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 6-5
SNH SNH
0-2
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Final
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Lenoir-Rhyne LR
6-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
SNH SNH 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 1
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 2 0 1 0 3 0 X 6 8 2

W: Brooklin Heavner (1-1) L: Hammond, Gwyn (0-1) S: Lauren Rakes (1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Drops Season-Opening Doubleheader at Lenoir-Rhyne

Bella Dickinson notched a pair of hits in game two for the Penmen

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2
When and Where: Feb. 18, 2022, Hickory, N.C. (Bear Field)
Game 1 Score: Lenoir-Rhyne 8, Southern New Hampshire 0 (5 inn.)
Game 2 Score: Lenoir-Rhyne 6, Southern New Hampshire 2
Records: SNHU 0-2, Lenoir-Rhyne 6-5
(Hickory, N.C.) - The SNHU softball team opened the 2022 regular season dropping a doubleheader on Friday at Lenoir-Rhyne. The Penmen were shut out 8-0 before falling 6-2 in the nightcap.
KEY MOMENTS - GAME 1
  • Senior Chloe Griffin (Scarborough, Maine) starts in the circle and did not allow an earned run in 3.2 innings. Overall, she allowed six unearned runs on eight hits.
  • Sophomore Leine McKechnie (Passadumkeag, Maine) tossed the final 0.2 inning, allowing 2 earned runs on three hits.
  • Junior Bryn Garczynski recorded the Penmen's first hit in the third inning but was stranded at second base.
  • Griffin notched the squad's only other hit in the fourth, but again was left on second.
  • Lenoir-Rhyne scored three in the second, three in the fourth and a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth to secure the win.
  • Lauren Rakes and Morgan Beeler combined to shutout the Penmen on just two hits over five innings.
KEY MOMENTS - GAME 2
  • Trailing 2-0 in the third, the Penmen rallied to tie it at 2-2 on an RBI single by sophomore Bella Dickinson (Scarborough, Maine) and a groundout by Griffin.
  • The Bears got back on top with a single run in the home half of the third, before opening things up with a three-run fifth inning to conclude scoring at 6-2.
  • Dickinson paced the offense with a pair of hits (2-4; 1 RBI).
  • In the circle, freshman Gwyn Hammond (Los Angeles, Calif.) started and allowed six runs, all earned, on eight hits and a walk in 4.1 innings.
  • McKechnie closed out the game by allowing no runs in 1.2 innings including a pair of strikeouts.
NOTES
  • The games were the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
  • The February 18th start date was the earlier since 2019 when the team played on Feb. 15 in Myrtle Beach.  
  • The game marks the first non-conference contests since March 11, 2020 before the pandemic.
UP NEXT
  • SNHU continues its southern tour at Belmont Abbey for a non-conference doubleheader. Game times are 12, 2 pm.
  • The Penmen home their home slate on Thursday, March 24 against Queens College.
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