PARAGOULD, Ark. — Myleah Hardy launched her career's 31st and 32 big flies to tie FHU's career record to open a set of midweek matchups. The (RV) Freed-Hardeman University Lady Lions defeated the Crowley's Ridge (Ark.) College Lady Pioneers in both games of a doubleheader. FHU won the first game, 8-3, before taking game two, 10-1, in eight innings.
Game 1
(RV) Freed-Hardeman - 8
Crowley's Ridge - 3
Both the Lady Lions (14-14) and the Lady Pioneers were held scoreless across the first three innings of action before
Christa Warren opened the scoring with an RBI single.
Crowley's Ridge (1-30) tied the game with a pair of one-run frames, but three-run innings in both the sixth and seventh innings, including two-run singles from
Abbi Storey and Warren, gave FHU the victory.
Christa Warren was a perfect 4-for-4 from the dish while driving in a team-high three runs.
Lana Rowland tallied three base hits in the win, while
Abbi Storey's two base hits drove in two runs.
Katy Gartrell (5-5) had her second double-digit strikeout performance of the season with 11 punchouts in a complete-game victory.
Scoring Summary
Top 4
Lana Rowland led off the inning with a single to center, the first of four straight base hits for the Lady Lions.
Christa Warren's single would drive home Rowland before
Lynnlee Brown would steal home after earlier reaching on a single.
FHU 2, CRC 0
Bottom 4
The Pioneers picked up a run thanks to a leadoff double and an RBI single.
FHU 2, CRC 1
Bottom 5
Crowley's Ridge would tie the game on a throwing error.
FHU 2, CRC 2
Top 6
The Lady Lions got the lead back with a three-run sixth inning where they notched five base hits. Rowland led off the inning with a single before Warren reached with a single.
Abbi Storey's single drove both of those runners home before Storey herself score on
Chloe Carter's RBI double.
FHU 5, CRC 2
Top 7
Kaylea Howell led off the frame with a pinch-hit single, followed by Rowland's third base hit. Both runners would score thanks to Warren's double before Warren scored on
LuLu White's pinch-hit RBI single.
FHU 8, CRC 2
Bottom 7
A wild play featured a run scoring before a second possible run was thrown out at the plate to cement the victory.
FHU 8, CRC 3
Game 2 (6 inn.)
(RV) Freed-Hardeman - 10
Crowley's Ridge - 1
The Freed-Hardeman (15-14) bats were alive in the second game, with FHU connecting for 15 base knocks while plating 10 runs.
Myleah Hardy and
Alivia Eggleston had three-run homers in the first and second innings to jump out to a big lead.
Though Crowley's Ridge (1-31) added a run in the bottom of the first, another three-run inning from FHU in the sixth pushed the Lady Lions to the needed amount to enforce the run rule.
Karli Quillin reached base with hits all four times she came to the plate, while
Myleah Hardy's two base hits were homers to drive in four runs. Hardy's season total now sits at 12, one shy of the program's single-season record.
Lynnlee Brown,
Chloe Carter, and
Alivia Eggleston each added two hits with Eggleston also driving in four runs.
Anna Rogers (2-1) had the complete-game victory, fanning seven Lady Pioneers while allowing just one run.
Scoring Summary
Top 1
Back-to-back singles from
Karli Quillin and
Chloe Carter put a set of runners on base for
Myleah Hardy to smash a three-run blast to give FHU the early advantage.
FHU 3, CRC 0
Bottom 1
An RBI single down the line in right put the Lady Pioneers on the scoreboard.
FHU 3, CRC 0
Top 2
Annalee Qualls and Quillin began the second with singles, later scoring on another three-run big fly, this time off of the bat of
Alivia Eggleston.
FHU 6, CRC 1
Top 4
Hardy smashed her second long ball of the game. The 12th of the season, the homer broke her previous season-high, and puts her one shy of FHU's single-season record.
FHU 7, CRC 1
Top 6
The Lady Lions put up another three-run frame, highlighted by
Chloe Carter's triple plating Quillin. Carter would later score on Eggleston's sacrifice fly before
Madelyn Cornelius had a pinch-hit triple.
Lynnlee Brown's single drove in the 10th run of the game.
FHU 10, CRC 1
