Interim Head Coach Katie Duvall and her Lady Cavaliers hit the road this past weekend in the team's 2008 debut. "We opened up our season against some rather tough NCAA D-II teams," said Duvall, "in hopes of it preparing us for our conference games later in the year." The Lady Cavs start the season 0-6, though two of the games were lost by only one run. Montreat's first game of the Tusculum Softball Tournament was against Seaton Hill and was one of the one-run games. Shelby English (Fr., Marion, NC) recorded six strikeouts, though was credited with her first loss. Both Haven Payne (Sr., Canton, NC) and Brittany Burns (Sr., Charlotte, NC) went 2-for-3 with one run. The Lady Cavs fell to Seaton Hill, 2-3. Later that day, Montreat went on to lose another tight game, 1-2 to Glenville State. Payne once again had a solid game at the plate, batting .500 (2-for-4). "Amanda Wolfe pitched an amazing game for us," praised Duvall, "unfortunately we fell a little short this game."

In their second day of play, Montreat dropped another two games; Bellarmine defeated Montreat 0-5, and Tusculum came out on top, 3-10.  Freshman Morgan Mills (Fr., Waynesville, NC) had a stellar game against Bellarmine, going 2-for-2 with a double.  Freshman Lacy Robinson (Huntersville, NC) recorded nine strikeouts in her first loss of the season.  In game two versus Tusculum, Mandi Pike (Jr., Burlington, NC)  went 2-for-4.  "This was a rather disappointing series of games," said Coach Duvall, "we were able to get our runners on base, but couldn't find a way to score."

And, in Montreat's first double-header at home, the Lady Cavs fell to Breneau University, 0-6 in game one, and 7-9 in game two.  Shining at the plate in game one was Erin Cross (So., Morganton, NC) by going 2-for-2, with one walk.  Lacy Robinson earned her second loss of the season.

In game two, it was Haven Payne who once again demonstrated her senior leadership by going 2-for-4 at the plate, including a walk.  Mandi Pike also had a solid game going 3-for-5.  Haven Payne recorded six strikeouts while being credited with the loss.

Montreat continues double-header action this Tuesday, February 12th as they play host to another NCAA team, Mars Hill College; game one begins at 1:00pm.

Written By: Jose Larios
Posted By: Jose Larios
Date Posted: 2/12/2008
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