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Schedule

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5
Western Carolina WCU 19-34
8
Winner Furman FUR 22-32
Western Carolina WCU
19-34
5
Final
8
Furman FUR
22-32
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Western Carolina WCU 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 9 2
Furman FUR 0 1 0 1 0 6 X 8 9 2

W: Buzhardt (5-3) L: Rice, Savannah (10-16)

Catamounts vs. ETSU

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

Catamounts Ends Season with Loss to Furman in SoCon Tourney

Team hit third most home runs in program history in 2022 campaign with 49

The Basics
Score: No. 4 Seed Furman 8, No. 6 Seed Western Carolina 5
Records: Western Carolina 19-34, Furman 22-32
Location: Greensboro, N.C. | UNCG Softball Stadium
 
GREENSBORO, N.C. – No. 6 seed Western Carolina softball's season ended Thursday with an 8-5 loss to No. 4 seed Furman in the second day of the 2022 Southern Conference Championships at UNCG Softball Stadium.
 
Turning Point 
Western Carolina scored five runs in the top of the sixth and took its first lead, 5-2, but Furman scored six runs in the bottom of the inning to reclaim the lead.
 
How it Happened
  • Furman got on the board in the second inning scoring off a pair of Western Carolina errors.
  • The Paladins added a second run with an RBI double in the fourth.
  • Western Carolina had a beauty of a scoring chance in the top of the fifth with bases loaded and one out but hit into a double play to end the threat.
  • The Catamounts exploded for five runs in the top of the sixth. Brooklynn Brewington led off the inning with a walk and stole second. With one out, Myra Twitty hit single to left field and Brewington scored.
  • Western Carolina tied the game off a single by Addie Pate as pinch runner Jeralynn Wells scored off an obstruction call at the plate.
  • Back-to-back home runs by Savannah Rice and Bailey Treadway accounted for three runs.
  • Furman answered back with six runs in the bottom of the sixth.
 
 Inside the Box Score 
  • Junior pitcher Savannah Rice takes the loss falling to 10-16 on the season. She went five innings giving up six runs on seven hits and struck out two.
  • Rice was chased from the game in the sixth inning and replaced by Tessa Juett. She tossed one inning allowing two runs on two hits.
  • Western Carolina had nine hits in the game.  
  • Treadway was 2-for-3 in the game.
  • Furman had a base runner in every inning.
 
News & Notes
  • Rice ends the season with a career season-best 151 strikeouts good for eighth in the WCU record books.
  • Huneycutt and Brewington ended the season tied for the most hits on the season with 50.
  • The Catamounts 49 home runs on the season is good for third in the WCU record books. It is the most home runs for a WCU club since 2016 when the squad had 55.
  • Brewington set the tone in the stolen base column breaking the program record for swiped bags in a season and ending the season with 33. That mark is good for third in the Catamount record books for stolen bases in a career. Looking ahead to next year she needs 18 to break the career record of 50.
  • Huneycutt ends the season holding the WCU record for most walks in a career with 83. She also holds the home run career record with 37. And, she is coming back for the 2023 season.
 
 
 
 
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play WCU FUR
FUR BOT 2nd Fabio reached on an error by 2b (1-0 B); Goldwait advanced to third, scored on the throw, unearned. 0 1
FUR BOT 4th Griffin doubled to right field, RBI (1-1 BK); Goldwait scored. 0 2
WCU TOP 6th Twitty singled down the lf line, advanced to second on an error by lf (1-1 KB); Brewington scored. 1 2
WCU TOP 6th Pate singled down the lf line, advanced to second on the throw (0-0); Wells scored on an error by c, obstruction, unearned. 2 2
WCU TOP 6th Rice homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); Riddle scored. 4 2
WCU TOP 6th Treadway homered to center field, RBI (0-0). 5 2
FUR BOT 6th Griffin singled to left center, RBI (1-1 BK); Morgan advanced to third; Goldwait scored. 5 3
FUR BOT 6th Fabio doubled to left center, 2 RBI (1-1 KB); Griffin scored; Morgan scored. 5 5
FUR BOT 6th Molinar doubled to center field, RBI (1-0 B); Crawford scored. 5 6
FUR BOT 6th Ludlam homered to center field, 2 RBI (1-0 B); Molinar scored. 5 8

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