Randall finishes Spring Practice strong at Carson-Newman
- The Mountaineers added what seemed to be an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth.
- With one out in the seventh, Gibbons drew a walk and motored to third off a double to right center by Reed. Kailey McNeil hit a groundout RBI to pull within one run, 4-3. Pate followed with a two-run homerun to left field to give the Catamounts the 5-4 lead. - Appalachian State’s rally attempt in the bottom of the seventh was thwarted by a pair of nifty defensive plays at third by Danielle Chapman and a strikeout by pitcher Lily Hayes to end the game.
Inside the Box Score: - Junior pitcher and former Sonoraville High standout Lily Hayes tossed a complete earning the win. She improves to 4-8 on the season. She gave up four runs, three earned, on six hits walked one and struck out eight.
- E. Hayes went 3-for-3 in the game with a run scored and an RBI.
- Pate went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two RBI.
- The Catamounts had 10 hits in the game and Appalachian State had six.
News & Notes: - In game one of the doubleheader with Appalachian State, Western Carolina had back-to-back-to-back homeruns for the first time in a game in program history.
- Gibbons hit two homeruns in the first game against Appalachian State pushing her seasonal total to six and her career total to 23. With the 23 career homeruns, she moves into a tie for third in the WCU record books. She needs one homerun to take over third place, two to take over second place and seven to break the school record.
- With the eight strikeouts against Appalachian State, L. Hayes now has 164 strikeouts continuing to rank her seventh in the WCU record books. - Gibbons drew a walk in the top of the seventh to extend her on-base streak to 10-straight.
- Western Carolina had a total of five homeruns in the doubleheader, four in the first game on and one in the second. The four homeruns in game one tied for second in the WCU record books for most homeruns in a game. The record is five and has been done only once.