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4
Winner Western Carolina WCU 9-8
2
Col. of Charleston COFC 5-10
Winner
Western Carolina WCU
9-8
4
Final
2
Col. of Charleston COFC
5-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Western Carolina WCU 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 9 0
Col. of Charleston COFC 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 6 0

W: Rice, Savannah (4-2) L: Drayton Siegling (1-2)

Catamounts vs. College of Charleston
Morgan Maddaluna

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

Twitty Hits Three-Run Bomb as Catamounts Knock off Cougars

Catamounts back in action Wednesday at S.C. State

Score: Western Carolina 4, College of Charleston 2
Records: Western Carolina 9-8, College of Charleston 5-10
Location: Mt. Pleasant, S.C. | Patriots Point
 
Mt. Pleasant, S.C. – Western Carolina softball closed out the Cougar Classic with a 4-2 win over host College of Charleston Sunday at Patriots Point. 
 
Turning Point 
Western exploded for four runs in the top of the fifth to overcome a 2-0 College of Charleston lead. The Cougars had only two baserunners in their final three innings at the plate. 
 
How it Happened 
  • College of Charleston scored the first run of the game on a sacrifice bunt that sent the Cougar runner home in the bottom of the third. 
  • The Cougars scored the second run of the contest on back-to-back doubles in the bottom of the fourth. 
  • Western Carolina's fourth-inning run explosion began with a double by Bethany Dobias. Brooklynn Brewington pushed Dobias to third with a ground out to first. 
  • With one out, Natalie Henry was hit by a pitch to place runners at the corners. Bailey Huneycutt came to the plate and hit a frozen rope through the left side scoring Dobias. 
  • With two outs, in the fourth, and runners on first and second, Myra Twitty blasted a three-run home run to right-center field.  
  • Western Carolina took that offensive momentum into their defense in the bottom of the third. After the Cougars got a runner on first from a bunt single she was erased when she was caught trying to steal second. A flyout for the second and a strikeout ended the Cougars' fifth.
  • The Catamounts only allowed one College of Charleston base runner in the final two innings. 
 
 Inside the Box Score 
  • Junior pitcher Savannah Rice tossed a complete game giving up two runs on six hits, striking out four, and did not yield a walk. She improves to 4-2 on the year. 
  • The Catamounts had nine hits in the game. 
  • Neither team committed an error. Henry was 2-for-3 and Huneycutt was 2-for-4 in the game.
  • College of Charleston was sat down in order in three of the seven innings. 
 
 News & Notes 
  • Twitty has hit a home run in back-to-back games. 
  • Bailey Treadway got her first start of the season.
  • With four wins in the circle, Rice is tied with Jayme Eilers for wins on the season. 
  • With 144 career strikeouts, Rice sits in 10th place in the WCU record books.
  • Huneycutt has 105 hits in her career and is in 22nd place in the WCU record books and needs two hits to move into 21st place.
  • With 62 RBI, Huneycutt is tied for 21st in the WCU record books for RBI in a career.
  • Western Carolina has hit a total of eight runs, four in the last two, over the last two games after being shut out in the previous three contests. 
  • The Catamounts are 3-1 in away games in the young season. 
 
Up Next
Western Carolina travels to Orangeburg, S.C. Wednesday to play a mid-week game at South Carolina State. The first pitch of the doubleheader is set to begin at 1 p.m. 
 
For the latest information on Catamount softball, follow @catamounts and @catamountsb on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com.
 
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play WCU COFC
COFC BOT 3rd Roman out at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt, RBI (0-0); Dittoe advanced to third; K. Carter scored. 0 1
COFC BOT 4th Wade doubled to left center, RBI (1-0 B); Helberg scored. 0 2
WCU TOP 5th Huneycutt singled through the left side, RBI (2-2 KFBB); Henry advanced to second; Dobias scored. 1 2
WCU TOP 5th Twitty homered to right center, 3 RBI (3-1 BKBB); Huneycutt scored; Henry scored. 4 2

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