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Schedule

Full
Jayme Eilers with Lindsay Perillo
Greg Ryder
0
Western Carolina WCU 25-24
5
Winner UNC Greensboro UNCG 31-15
Western Carolina WCU
25-24
0
Final
5
UNC Greensboro UNCG
31-15
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 2 1
UNC Greensboro UNCG 0 2 2 0 0 1 X 5 4 0

W: Morgan Scott (17-8) L: Eilers, Jayme (12-11)

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

Catamounts Earn No. 2 Seed after Loss to UNCG Sunday

Will travel to Greensboro and face No. 3 seed

The Basics 
Score: UNCG 5, Western Carolina 0
Records: Western Carolina 25-24, 12-5 SoCon; UNCG 31-15, 14-4 SoCon
Location: Greensboro, N.C., UNCG Softball Stadium
 
GREENSBORO, N.C. – With Western Carolina's 5-0 loss at UNCG Sunday the Catamounts earn the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Southern Conference Championship to be held on the Spartan's UNCG Softball Field May 13-15.
 
News & Notes 
  • The No. 2 seed is the second-highest for the Catamounts in program history. The 2006 inaugural team entered that year's championship as the No. 1 seed. Prior to this years' No. 2 seed, the Catamounts' second highest was a No. 3 seed in 2006.
  • This is a huge accomplishment for a Catamount squad that was picked to finish seventh besting its pre-season prognostication by five spots.
  • Western Carolina's 12 wins in conference play is the second-most in program history only behind the 2006 team's 16 wins.
  • With the three-straight losses to UNCG, Western Carolina was swept in a conference series for the first time this season.
  • Jayme Eilers ends the regular season with 156 strikeouts on the season which ranks 7th in the WCU record books.
 
Turning Point 
UNCG used a three home runs to build a lead Western Carolina could not overcome.
 
How it Happened 
  • UNCG hit a two-run home run in the second and a pair of home runs in the third.
  • The Spartans tacked on a fifth run for good measure with an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth.
 
 Inside the Box Score 
  • Sophomore hurler Eilers had a complete game and takes the loss. She falls to 12-12 on the year. 
  • The Catamounts had only two hits in the game.
  • UNCG had just three hits but all three were home runs.
 
 Up Next 
Western Carolina travels to Greensboro, N.C. to compete in the 2021 Southern Conference Championship on the UNCG campus. The No. 2 seed Catamounts will face the No. 3 seed Chattanooga at 3 p.m. this upcoming Thursday. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
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