Feb. 12, 2008

Final Stats

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles split a pair of games with Columbus State Tuesday afternoon in Jefferson City.

C-N grabbed the first game, winning 8-0 in five innings, only to see Columbus State win the nightcap, 7-2.

Game 1

Senior Whitney Hickam (Knoxville, Tenn.) hit a three-run home run and Stephanie Templeton (Ringgold, Ga.) pitched out of a number of tough jams as the Lady Eagles took game 1 from the Lady Cougars 8-0 (5).

C-N pounded out 10 hits, as Mandy Stevens (Knoxville, Tenn.), Brianne Coon (Orlando, Fla.), and Jessie Howard (Knoxville, Tenn.) each had a pair in the win.

Junior Amber Palmer had a two-run double in the third to score Hickam and Howard. Stevens followed with her third double of the season, scoring Palmer.

Hickam, an All-American in 2007, hit a blast off the practice facility in the fourth inning to put the Lady Eagles up 8-0.

Templeton (WP, 3-0) forced Columbus State into leaving 11 runners on base in just five innings. She pitched out of a no-out, bases-loaded jam in the top of the first, after giving up a pair of infield hits. The third runner reached on a fielder's choice.

Game 2

Carson-Newman (5-1) was its own worst enemy, as the Lady Eagles surrendered five unearned runs in dropping their first game of the year.

Senior Zoe Heim (Gallatin, Tenn.) lost for the first time this season (LP, 2-1), allowing two earned runs and 10 hits. C-N committed four errors behind her, including a key mistake in a five-run second inning for Columbus State (3-3).

Howard added a pair of hits in the loss, to finish with four on the day. Sophomore Sara Little (Calhoun, Ga.) was the victim of a stiff wind that wreaked havoc throughout the day.. The sophomore hit two balls in game two the were kept in the park by the stiff breeze. She finished with a pair of hits on the day, including a double in the second game.

Carson-Newman will travel to USC Aiken for a doubleheader on Friday.