Area Sports Briefs: Catawba softball sweeps

Published 12:49 am Tuesday, February 9, 2016

From staff and wire reports
Catawba’s softball team swept North Greenville in a doubleheader at Whitley Field on Monday, winning 9-1 and 6-0.
Preston Ellenberg pitched the opening game that went five innings.
Ellenberg, Katherine Shumaker and Kristen Stinnard had two hits each.
In the second game, Caroline Turner pitched a seven-inning shutout and struck out eight. Carley Tysinger and Morgan Brann homered for the Indians (4-0). Shumaker and Holli Chandler had two hits each.
Catawba hosts Pfeiffer on Wednesday.
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The first college hit for Mars Hill’s Lacee Hunsucker (Carson) was a run-scoring double in a win against Lynn.

College baseball
Mars Hill is off to a 6-1 start.
Matt Honeycutt (South Rowan) had a tiebreaking double in the sixth inning of a win on Saturday against Kutztown.
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Brevard is off to a 3-0 start. Parker Hubbard (South Rowan) had a double and a sacrifice fly in a win on Saturday against Emmanuel.
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Omar Bautista (West Rowan) pitched three innings in his first outing for Catawba Valley Community College. He allowed a hit, two walks and no earned runs.

College golf
Catawba’s women opened the spring season at the Kiawah Invitational over the weekend.
Victoria Hedrick was the top finisher for Catawba with a two-round total of 170 to finish 51st.

College hoops
Catawba’s Bri Johnson was named the SAC’s women’s basketball player of the week.
The junior averaged 25.5 points per game to lead the Indians to two wins.
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Karleigh Wike (East Rowan) had six points and three rebounds for Richmond in a 62-47 loss to George Washington on Sunday.
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Doreen Richardson (Salisbury) scored 11 points for Fayetteville State in Saturday’s 91-81 win against J.C. Smith.
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Morehead State’s Shay Steele (West Rowan) scored 16 points in Wednesday’s 99-71 loss to Belmont. She scored five in Saturday’s 78-76 loss to East Tennessee State.
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Kennesaw State’s Kelly Dulkoski (Carson) scored 14 points in a 66-57 loss to USC Upstate on Thursday and also had 14 in Saturday’s 82-77 double-overtime win against NJIT.
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Cassidy Chipman (South Rowan) had seven points and five rebounds for St. Andrews in Saturday’s 99-61 loss to Bryan.
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Columbia’s Alison Sobataka (West Rowan) played well last week in losses to Bryan and Tennessee Wesleyan. She scored 19 points.
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Western Nebraska’s Michael Connor Jr. (North Rowan) scored eight points in Thursday’s 96-94 win against McCook.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Notre Dame coach Mike Brey was glad Zach Auguste got mad after spending much of the first half on the bench in foul trouble in the Fighting Irish’s 89-83 win over Clemson on Monday night.
Auguste dominated both the offensive and defensive end, scored 15 of his 19 points during the final 20 minutes and held the Tigers two centers to just five points and five rebounds.
“He was a man — what he gave us in the second half,” Brey said.
The win keeps Notre Dame (17-7, 8-4 Atlantic Coast) in line to finish in the top four seeds at the ACC tournament and get a double bye.

Prep basketball
Central Davidson’s Jordan Chavis has been selected to particpate in the Carolinas All-Star Basketball Classic game on March 19 at Myrtle Beach.