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Bailey Huneycutt
MIKE SLADE
0
Western Carolina WCU 18-19, 9-2 SoCon
6
Winner Mercer MER 19-17, 4-5 SoCon
Western Carolina WCU
18-19, 9-2 SoCon
0
Final
6
Mercer MER
19-17, 4-5 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Western Carolina WCU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Mercer MER 0 1 0 1 3 1 X 6 7 1

W: Ashlyn Donner (7-4) L: Eilers, Jayme (8-9)

Game Recap: Softball | | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Catamounts Fall to Mercer but take the SoCon Series

Bailey Huneycutt has reached base safely in the last 20 games

The Basics 
Score: Mercer 6, Western Carolina 0
Records: Western Carolina 18-19, 9-2 SoCon; Mercer 18-18, 4-5 SoCon
Location: Macon, Ga., Sikes Field
 
MACON, Ga. – Western Carolina softball dropped the final game of the three-game series at Mercer 6-0 Sunday at Sikes Field. 
 
Mercer 6, Western Carolina 0
 
Turning Point 
The Bears took the early lead with a home run in the second and went on to score in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings. 
 
How it Happened 
  • Mercer took its first lead of the series with a second-inning lead-off home run. 
  • The Bears got runners on first and second to begin the fourth and scored on a Catamount error. 
  • Mercer plated three runs in the fifth and one in the sixth. 
  • The Catamounts had runners in scoring position three times, including a runner at third in the fourth, and bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, but just couldn't push a run across.
 
 Inside the Box Score 
  • Sophomore pitcher Jayme Eilers takes the loss falling to 8-9 on the season. She tossed 4.2 innings giving up five runs, four earned, on four hits, and struck out five. 
  • Savannah Rice replaced Eilers with two outs in the fifth. She completed the game giving up a run and three hits. 
  • The Catamounts had five hits in the contest while Mercer had seven. 
  • Bailey Huneycutt drew three walks in the game. 
 
News & Notes 
  • Huneycutt extends her on-base streak to 20 consecutive games. She is chasing the program record of 30 set by former Catamount Nikki Bost in 2007.
  •  Kailey McNeil pushed her on base-streak to 13. 
  • Western Carolina snapped its streak of nine-straight conference wins. 
  • Western Carolina's nine conference wins this season are the most since the 2016 club ended the season with nine. 
  • The Catamounts have won their last three conference series. 
  • Eilers has 91 strikeouts on the season, ranking second in the conference. For her career, she has 119, which ranks 11th in the WCU record books. 
 
Up Next 
Western Carolina travels to USC Upstate Tuesday for a doubleheader set to begin at 4 p.m. Both games of the doubleheader will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
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