Staff report

SALISBURY — Catawba softball is scoring runs and giving up runs at a dizzying pace.

The Indians (11-13, 1-3 South Atlantic Conference) are batting .344 as a team and scoring six runs per game.

Brianna Gallagher is having a monster season with 10 homers, 25 RBIs and a .440 batting average.

Kary Hales (Carson) has cooled off a little, but is still batting .438 with three homers and 21 RBIs.

Maddy Altiers has eight homers, 18 RBIs and a. 345 batting average.

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Abbey Nixon (Carson) starts in left field every game for Lenoir-Rhyne (16-10, 5-1 SAC), although the Bears have been using her as the flex player, so she hasn’t been swinging much lately. Nixon is 6-for-33 with four RBIs.

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Karsen Simpson (West Rowan) had a slump in early March that knocked her out of the Emory & Henry lineup, but she had three hits in the recent doubleheader sweep of Mars Hill. Simpson is batting .281 with a homer and nine RBIs for the Wasps (20-10, 3-3 SAC).