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Wolves look to continue hot start with twinbill vs. Emmanuel Tuesday

NEWBERRY - The Newberry Wolves' softball team is off to its best start in six years and will look to keep that season-opening streak going, welcoming the Emmanuel College Lions to the Smith Road Complex for a Tuesday doubleheader.

WHO: Emmanuel College at Newberry College
WHERE: Newberry's Smith Road Complex
WHEN: The first game of the doubleheader will start at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9. The second game will begin approximately 20 minutes following the completion of the first.
RECORDS: Newberry is 4-0 overall. Emmanuel is 1-1.
LIVE STATS: www.NewberryStats.com 
WEATHER FORECAST: A chilly day with high temperatures around 40 degrees with 12 mph winds expected.

THE WOLVES

  • Newberry is off to a 4-0 start for the first time since 2009. That team started the season with 14 consecutive victories.
  • The Wolves' pitching staff has a 1.69 ERA through those four games.
    • Maude McCourry has a 2-0 record with a save and a 0.47 ERA. She has allowed one earned run on five hits in 15.0 innings.
    • Devon Morrison has a 0.00 ERA with a 1-0 record and 2 saves. She has allowed no runs on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts in 7.0 innings.
    • Newberry's opponents are hitting .189 against the Wolves early in the season.
  • The Wolves hit .322 in the opening weekend, led by four players hitting .400 or above.
    • Allison Van Atta led the Wolves with a .462 average, drivingin three runs on six hits, including her first career homerun.
    • Freshman Natalie Willis and junior college transfer Christina Linton each hit .429. Willis had two doubles and four RBIs in her six hits, while Linton had a double and a sacrifice fly with two RBIs.
    • Hailey Drawe had .400 and was perfect in 22 chances in the field.
    • McCourry also hit .364 with four RBIs and drew three walks.

THE LIONS

  • Emmanuel split its season-opening doubleheader at NAIA Point University on Saturday. The Lions lost the opener 4-2 before earning an 11-2 win in five innings in the second contest.
  • Kalen Callaway led the team with five RBIs on three hits, while Cheyenne Galloway notched four hits. Crystal Busbee had three hits and a steal.
  • Erin Harden has a 1-0 record in the cirle with a 1.40 ERA, while Martie Rodgers was tagged with the loss in the opener and has a 2.33 ERA. In 11.0 innings of softball, the duo has allowed 11 hits and 11 walks, striking out eight. Harden has also unleashed three wild pitches.
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