Catamounts Host Presbyterian Tuesday

Final nonconference doubleheader of the season

CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Western Carolina softball hosts Presbyterian Tuesday in the Catamounts' final non-conference doubleheader of the season. The twin-bill is set to begin at 4 p.m. at the Catamount Softball Complex.

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Series Breakdown

PRESBYTERIAN

Western Carolina and Presbyterian meet for the 22nd and 23rd time on Tuesday.
The Blue Hose swept the doubleheader in Clinton, S.C. on April 14, 2021, 2-1, 3-0, and have won three of the last five meetings.
Western Carolina is 5-2 at home against Presbyterian.
The two teams last met in Cullowhee on Mar. 29, 2016, with the Catamounts taking the doubleheader 7-3, 2-1.

Notes:

Presbyterian comes into Cullowhee with a 26-10 record and has won three of its last five games.
The Blue Hose have only played nine games on the road with a record of 4-5.
Kaitlyn Tucker leads Presbyterian with a .385 batting average. She has 37 hits. Layna Johnson paces the Blue Hose in home runs with five.
As a team, Presbyterian has hit 30 home runs on the season.
In the circle, Morgan Hess has a 2.01 ERA with an 11-4 record and 100 strikeouts. Fellow hurler Jenna Greene has a 2.06 ERA with a 13-5 record and 146 strikeouts.

WESTERN CAROLINA NOTES

Western Carolina took its second Southern Conference series of the season taking two of three from Mercer over the weekend.
Seniors Bailey Huneycutt and Myra Twitty each hit grand slams in the series with the Bears.
In the series with Mercer, Western Carolina hit nine home runs as a team and scored 30 runs.
Huneycutt has 33 career home runs and is three shy of breaking the program record for home runs in a career.
Huneycutt's 41 RBI on the year is a season-high and ranks second in the Southern Conference.
Junior Brooklynn Brewington's program record of 22 stolen bases this season is good for second in the conference. That mark also ranks 32^nd in the NCAA.
Western Carolina's 41 home runs this season ranks fifth in the WCU record books.
Catamount hurler Savannah Rice now has 127 strikeouts on the season moving her ninth in the WCU record books for strikeouts in a season.

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Players Mentioned

#35 Bailey Huneycutt: SS; 5' 10"; Senior; R/R

#00 Savannah Rice: P; 5' 4"; Junior; R/R

#22 Myra Twitty: 1B; 5' 3"; Senior; R/R

#13 Brooklynn Brewington: IF; 5' 6"; Junior; L/R

Players Mentioned

#35 Bailey Huneycutt
: 5' 10"; Senior; R/R
: SS

#00 Savannah Rice
: 5' 4"; Junior; R/R
: P

#22 Myra Twitty
: 5' 3"; Senior; R/R
: 1B

#13 Brooklynn Brewington
: 5' 6"; Junior; L/R
: IF