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Schedule

Full
8
Winner Chattanooga UTC 23-25
7
Western Carolina WCU 18-30
Winner
Chattanooga UTC
23-25
8
Final
7
Western Carolina WCU
18-30
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Chattanooga UTC 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 8 9 0
Western Carolina WCU 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 11 5

W: Alyssa Lavdis (2-2) L: Rice, Savannah (10-14)

10
Winner Chattanooga UTC 24-25
6
Western Carolina WCU 18-31
Winner
Chattanooga UTC
24-25
10
Final
6
Western Carolina WCU
18-31
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Chattanooga UTC 0 0 3 0 4 2 1 10 14 1
Western Carolina WCU 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 6 9 4

W: Alyssa Lavdis (3-2) L: Juett, Tessa (4-11)

Catamounts vs. Chattanooga
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Game Recap: Softball | | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Huneycutt Breaks Career Home Run Record in Pair of Losses

Final game of season begins at noon Sunday

The Basics
Score: Chattanooga 8, Western Carolina 7, Chattanooga 10, Western Carolina 6
Records: Western Carolina 18-31, 4-13 SoCon; Chattanooga, 24-25, 8-9
Location: Cullowhee, N.C. | Catamount Softball Stadium
 
CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Senior Bailey Huneycutt broke the career program record for home runs (36) but it wasn't enough as errors and unanswered runs plagued Western Carolina softball in its 8-7, 10-6 losses to Chattanooga Saturday at the Catamount Softball Complex. 
 
Chattanooga 8, Western Carolina 7
 
Turning Point 
Chattanooga overcame a 7-1 deficit scoring seven unanswered runs over the final three innings. 
 
How it Happened
  • A base-clearing three-run double by Savannah Rice put the Catamounts up 3-0 in the bottom of the first. 
  • The Catamounts went up 5-0 on a two-run home run by Huneycutt which broke the Catamount record for home runs in a career. 
  • Chattanooga scored a run in the top of the third with a solo home run. 
  • Myra Twitty's two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth gave WCU a 7-1 lead.
  • Throughout the fifth and sixth inning, Western Carolina had four errors and Chattanooga scored seven unanswered runs – four in the fifth and three in the sixth.
 
 Inside the Box Score 
  • Rice got the start tossing 5.2 innings falling to 10-14 on the season. She only gave up one earned run and struck out three.
  • Freshman Makenzie Martin replaced Rice throwing 1.1 scoreless innings.
  • Western Carolina had 11 hits in the game.
  • The Catamounts committed five errors.
  • Huneycutt was 3-for-3 with three runs scored, two RBI, and drew one walk.
Chattanooga 10-6
 
Turning Point 
Eerily similar to game one, Western Carolina took the early lead, and then Catamount errors and six unanswered runs doomed WCU.
 
How it Happened
  • Twitty's RBI single past third base gave WCU a 1-0 lead after one inning.
  • A three-run home run by Chattanooga put the Mocs up 3-1 in the third.
  • WCU posted three runs of its own in the bottom of the third with an RBI single up the middle by Twitty and a two-run home run by Addie Pate.
  • WU took a 5-3 lead with an RBI single by Brooklynn Brewington in the fourth.
  • Chattanooga cut the WCU lead to 5-4 with a lead-off home run in the fifth. Two Catamount errors aided in the Mocs scoring a total of four runs in the inning – three more after the solo home run.
  • Two more Catamount errors were part of Chattanooga scoring two more runs in the top of the sixth.
  • Chattanooga scored its 10th run of the game in the top of the seventh.
  • With two outs, Pate hit her second home run of the game in the bottom of the seventh. 
 
 Inside the Box Score 
  • Tessa Juett tossed 5.1 innings in her start in game two. She gave up 12 hits, nine runs, four earned, and struck out two. She falls to 4-11 on the season.
  • Makenzie came into the game in relief in the sixth giving up one run on two hits.
  • Western Carolina had nine hits in the game and committed four errors.
  • Brewington was 3-for-4 in the game with a run scored and an RBI.
  • Both of Pate's hits in the game were home runs.
 
News & Notes 
  • Brewington stole two bases in the pair game against Chattanooga and now has 32 on the season – which continues to lead the Southern Conference.
  • Huneycutt's 14 home runs on the season tie her career season-high. She also had 14 in 2021.
  • As a team, the Catamounts have 47 home runs on the season which ranks third in the WCU record books for long balls in a season. 
  • Twitty hit her 11th home run of the season in the doubleheader against Chattanooga. She and Huneycutt have combined for 25 of WCU's 47 home runs on the season. 
  • Huneycutt's 102 career RBI is good for third in the WCU record books. She needs five to take over second place.
  • For the season, Huneycutt has a career-season high 48 RBI which is good for fourth in the WCU record books. She needs three RBI to move into third. 
 
 
For the latest information on Catamount softball, follow @catamounts and @catamountsb on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com.
 
 
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