Concord Splits Doubleheader Against Davis & Elkins

ATHENS, W.Va. - The Concord University softball team split a Saturday doubleheader with Mountain East Conference foe Davis & Elkins at the CU Softball Field.
 
Concord (15-11, 5-3 MEC) shut down Davis & Elkins (7-23, 3-5 MEC) in a 2-0 affair. The Senators rallied late in game two to take game two, 2-1.
 
Game 1: Concord 2 - Davis & Elkins 0
The Mountain Lions produced enough offense in the game one, and senior pitcher/infielder Madison Hollis did the rest in the circle.
 
In the bottom half of the first inning, Concord capitalized on a Senators' error with some aggressive baserunning. After stealing second base, junior infielder Kendall Morgan scored from second on a dropped fly ball.
 
D&E threatened as it loaded the bases in each of the first three innings, but Hollis found her way out of it each time to keep the Mountain Lions ahead 1-0.  
 
Hollis helped her own cause in the bottom of the third inning with an RBI double down the right field line to score Morgan after she had reached base on a second Davis & Elkins error in the game.
 
Hollis kept getting sharper as the game went on, tossing a 1-2-3 sixth and seventh inning to secure the victory.
 
Hollis had the lone RBI with her bat as senior infielder Lacie Lewis and senior catcher Kayla Sholter each picked up hits. Morgan scored both runs for the Mountain Lions.
 
Hollis (9-4) racked up her third complete-game shutout of the season. She allowed six hits, walking and striking out a pair.
 
Game 2: Davis & Elkins 2 - Concord 1 (Eight Innings)
CU started on the front foot in back-to-back games. Sophomore infielder Kristy McCord laced a single to the opposite field to score Morgan as Concord took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first.
 
However, D&E got a run across in the sixth inning to tie the game before going ahead in the top of the eighth.
 
Sophomore pitcher/outfielder Reghan Hintz continued her hot streak in the circle as eight of the first 12 outs she recorded were strikeouts.
 
The top of the sixth saw D&E tie up the ballgame at 1-1 with a two-out single. However, Hintz escaped further scoring by recording her 10^th strikeout, a new career high, for the final out of the sixth.  
 
After a scoreless seventh inning for both teams, the game was heading to extras.
 
The Senators broke the tie with a solo home run on the first pitch of the inning to take a 2-1 advantage.
 
Despite two hits in the bottom of the eighth inning, Concord was unable to tie or win the game.
 
McCord was the only Mountain Lion with multiple hits. Morgan, Hollis, Sholter and freshman catcher/infielder Hannah Niten each finished with a single.
 
Hintz (5-7) was tagged with the loss in a career effort. She went eight innings, allowing five hits, two runs (one earned)and punching out 10.
 
The Mountain Lions host West Virginia Wesleyan for an MEC doubleheader Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Concord Softball Stadium.