WINGATE, N.C. – The Lady Railsplitters will make their final road trip of the regular season on Saturday when they pay Wingate a visit for a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader. 
 
Lincoln Memorial (21-19, 4-10 SAC) split a doubleheader at Mars Hill on Tuesday to remain in a tie for 10th place in the SAC standings, winning a wild game one 16-13 in 10 innings before falling in the nightcap 11-9. Wingate (18-24, 6-8 SAC) is in a tie for eighth place in the league but has won four straight games to create some separation with the two teams it is in front of, LMU and Mars Hill. The Bulldogs most recently swept a doubleheader at Catawba on Wednesday by scores of 4-3 and 4-2. 
 
Schedule / Game Day Links: 
 
Saturday, April 14 at Wingate (1pm) – Live Stats / Video 
Saturday, April 14 at Wingate (3pm) – Live Stats / Video 
 
Quick Hits: 
 
- The Lady Railsplitters had a 9-1 lead midway through the fourth inning and took an 11-6 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning in game one, but Mars Hill rallied all the way back to force extra innings, where Lincoln Memorial eventually pulled out the 16-13 win on the strength of a three-run bomb by Ty-Kella Goins. 
 
- In addition to the 29 runs, the two teams combined for 35 hits, 12 walks and 30 runners left stranded. Lincoln Memorial set the program record for at-bats with 48 and runners left on base with 14. It was the team's longest game since an 11-inning contest on April 10, 2008. 
 
- The Lady Railsplitters squandered 7-4 and 9-7 leads to drop game two at Mars Hill 11-9. Lincoln Memorial lost despite racking up 14 hits and scoring in each of its first five trips to the plate. Kelsie Hocutt went 3-for-5 with two RBI while Grace Cochran drove in five as part of a 2-for-4 effort that included a home run. Three other LMU players produced multiple hits in the contest. 
 
- Hocutt went 6-for-10 in the series at Mars Hill and now has produced multiple hits in four consecutive games. The junior is ranked third in the SAC in batting average (.437), fifth in slugging percentage (.706) and eighth in on-base percentage (.469). On top of that, she ranks fifth in RBI with 37, sixth in total bases with 84 and eighth in total hits with 52. 
 
- Goins went 5-for-7 in game one at Mars Hill and matched the program record with seven RBI, including the game-winning homer in the top of the 10th. She is second on the team with a .387 batting average and leads the way with 53 hits and 12 doubles. 
 
- After the Mars Hill games, the Lady Railsplitter pitching staff is last in the league with a .374 batting average against in SAC play. The team is second-to-last in SAC earned run average with a 6.42 clip.
 
- Allie Jones went 5-for-11 against Mars Hill to lift her average from .289 to .304. The junior has produced 10 doubles and 29 RBI while leading the team with 20 walks. 
 
Know the Opponent: 
 
- The Bulldogs scored four runs in the top of the second inning and held on to defeat Catawba 4-3 in game one of Wednesday's SAC doubleheader in Salisbury. Mikayla Hannah hit a solo home run to start that rally while Aubrey Reep drove in two. Wingate had just six hits but Reep also limited the Indians to only five hits with eight strikeouts to pick up the win. 
 
- Hannah hit a two-run, go-ahead home run in the third inning of game two to power the Bulldogs to a sweep-clinching 4-2 victory. Gracyn Polk went 3-for-4 to account for a third of Wingate's hits while Haley Cashwell chipped in a pair of singles. 
 
- Wingate has struggled offensively this season, ranking dead last in the conference in batting average (.261), on-base percentage (.329) and slugging percentage (.390). The Bulldogs have been even worse in SAC play with a .251/.327/.389 slash line. 
 
- Reep is the only Bulldog that is hitting over .300 with at least 100 at-bats. The sophomore sports a team-leading .333 average with 10 doubles, eight home runs, 27 RB and 17 walks but has also struck out 26 times. 
 
- Sophomore infielder Emma Swenson is batting .295 with nine doubles, five homers and 19 RBI, while junior Taylor Wells has amassed five homers and 22 RBI despite hitting just .261. Naomi Sapp leads the team with 133 at-bats but is hitting a mere .256 with only four extra-base knocks. 
 
- Wingate pitching hasn't fared much better with a .292 batting average against and 3.70 ERA, both ranked ninth in the SAC. The Bulldogs have allowed the most at-bats against in the SAC and been outscored 184-159 this season. 
 
- Reep has thrown 161.1 of the team's 279.2 total innings. The sophomore is 13-9 with 17 complete games, a 2.47 ERA and 127 strikeouts over that span. Junior Rachel Weidner is the only pitcher with more than 40 innings of work, and she sits at 3-9 on the year with a 4.40 ERA. 
 
- Wingate is 7-11 at home compared to 10-10 on the road. The Bulldogs have a .275/.339/.437 slash line at home compared to a .250/.327/.354 mark on the road. 
 
Series History: 
 
- The Lady Railsplitters are 7-15 all-time against Wingate, which has won six of the last eight games in the series dating back to 2013. 
 
- Lincoln Memorial was swept in last season's doubleheader at Dorothy Neely Field by scores of 6-0 and 7-6. In the Lady Railsplitters' last trip to Wingate in 2016, LMU won game one 4-3 before dropping the finale 8-0. 
 
- The Lady Railsplitters are 3-5 all-time in Wingate.