For immediate release – 3/26/2015 - #364
LC Softball Splits Doubleheader with Depauw

LYNCHBURG, VA – The Lynchburg College softball team split a non-conference doubleheader Thursday with visiting Depauw University (IN), taking game one 4-1 and dropping game two 9-3.

Alli Dennie homered in the top of the second inning to put the Tigers up a run. LC tied the score in the bottom of the inning when Logan Walker singled to drive home Amber Ingram and took the lead with Olivia Donohue driving in Kayla St. John in the third.  Nicole Riley and St. John singled in the fourth to plate runs and give the Hornets a 4-1 edge.

Senior Hope Johnson allowed just four hits and no walks with three strikeouts to pick up the complete game victory. St. John had two hits for LC.

Depauw again got on the board first in the nightcap via the longball, this time with Linsey Button leaving the yard in the first inning. Danielle Powell singled to drive in Jessi Hall to tie the score, but DU exploded for five runs in the top of the fifth, aided by two Hornet errors. Lauren Godden hit a three-run home run in the frame.

Lynchburg got two runs back in the third on solo home runs off the bats of Powell and Ingram. Taylor Golden answered with a long ball for Depauw in the fourth to push the lead to 7-3 and Gabby Smart singled in the sixth to add two more runs to the tally.

Powell was 3-4 with two RBI and Ingram had two hits. Golden had two hits for Depauw (9-8).

Lynchburg (17-7) returns to Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) play Saturday with a twinbill at Roanoke College.

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