Box Score (Game 1)
Box Score (Game 2)


ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — Averett pounded out 13 hits for a 7-1 win at N.C. Wesleyan College on Saturday, but the Cougars fell 3-2 in nine innings in Game 2 of the doubleheader.

A Heather Carnes RBI single and an RBI groundout by Emily Atkinson gave Averett a 2-0 lead in the first inning. The Cougars (13-7, 4-4 USA South) went ahead 3-0 in the fourth thanks to a bases loaded walk.

N.C. Wesleyan scored its lone run in the opener on a passed ball in the bottom of the fourth.

Carnes finished 4-for-4, while Emily New and Kaci Bentley went 2-for-3 in the win. 

Left-hander Sandra Dennison picked up the victory while striking out five.

N.C. Wesleyan won Game 2 on an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth. Averett held a 1-0 lead after scoring on an infield single in the second inning. The Bishops tied the game in the bottom of the seventh on a two-out single to center to force extra innings. 

Heather Trainum s single scores Sara Lassiter to put Averett ahead 2-1 in the top of the ninth, but N.C. Wesleyan won the game with a pair of RBI singles later that inning.

Bentley and Erin Anderson each had two hits for the Cougars.

Averett hosts Ferrum College on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.