Concord Takes Game Two to Split Doubleheader with West Virginia Wesleyan

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University softball team lost game one but surged in game two to secure a 1-1 split against West Virginia Wesleyan in a Mountain East Conference doubleheader at the CU Softball Field Sunday afternoon.
 
With the split, CU moves to 17-13 and 5-5 in MEC action, while WVWC's record is now 11-14 overall and 3-7 in MEC play.
 
Game 1: West Virginia Wesleyan 4 – Concord 1
Three runs in the top of the seventh inning for WVWC sealed a game one win for the Bobcats.
 
The first two innings were quiet for both sides until Concord struck first in the third. Junior infielder Kylee Stacy got the rally started with a bunt single with one out. The next at-bat, freshman infielder Kendall Morgan hit a triple to the right center gap, scoring Stacy and taking a 1-0 lead.
 
The Bobcats led off the fourth inning with a solo home run to knot the game, 1-1.
 
West Virginia Wesleyan plated three more runs in the top of the seventh inning to win game one, 4-1.
 
Sophomore pitcher/infielder Madison Hollis (7-6) took the loss, pitching all seven innings and allowing four hits and three earned runs, while walking one and striking out one batter.
 
Stacy and Morgan collected the only two hits for CU, with Morgan picking up her second triple of her career.
 
Game 2: Concord 5 – West Virginia Wesleyan 4
Five runs for the Mountain Lions in the first two innings was enough to outlast WVWC in game two.
 
After the Bobcats took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, CU answered in the bottom half of the frame. Stacy doubled to left center field to lead off the CU batting order. After Stacy stole third and Morgan walked, junior infielder Courtney Raines singled to right field and scored both runners to jump in front, 2-0.
 
WVWC tied the game in the second inning, 2-2.
 
Sophomore catcher/utility Morgan Gleason led off the second CU frame with an infield single. Gleason moved to second base after a sacrifice bunt and was driven in on a double from graduate outfielder Jolie Privett. The next at-bat, Stacy hit an infield single that advanced Privett to third with one out. Stacy swiped second base to earn her second stolen bag in the game.
 
Stacy's stolen base in the second inning made her the all-time program leader in stolen bases with 47 in her career.
 
After a fly ball into shallow center field tracked down by the Bobcats shortstop, Privett scored. Raines capped off the inning with an RBI single to give CU a 5-2 advantage.
 
The Bobcats threatened yet again, scoring two runs in the third to cut CU's lead down to one, 5-4.
 
However, senior pitcher Nancy-Jo Roberts (8-5) shut down WVWC for the final four innings in the circle, allowing seven hits and no runs on 60 pitches to hang on for Concord's 17^th win of the season.
 
Stacy was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with two stolen bases, two doubles, and two runs scored. Raines had two hits with two runs batted in, her eighth multi-RBI game this spring.
 
The Mountain Lions head to Lady Jackets Field in Institute, W.Va. for an MEC doubleheader against West Virginia State Friday at 1:00 p.m.