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The Lions pulled to within one victory of tying the most wins the team has had since the 2008 season when they split an away HCAC-doubleheader at Hanover College, losing game one. 9-0 in six innings, and winning the second game against the Panthers, 13-4. The Mount improves to 16-10 overall, 4-6 in the conference. The Mount won 17 games in both 2008 and 2006, and the Lions will look to equal and eclipse those win totals on Apirl 22 when they play a twin-bill at Anderson University. The Ravens lead the HCAC with a 21-7 overall mark, 10-2 in the HCAC.
Hanover busted open a scoreless first game in the third inning, scoring seven runs and adding two more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to record the run-rule victory. The Panthers had nine hits in the game off Mount starter Danielle Nichelson (Glencoe, KY/Gallatin County), who pitched a complete game and dropped to 7-6 on the season. The Mount recorded four hits in the game, with Morgan Kain (Batesville, IN/Batesville) recording a double.
The Lions did the scoring early and often in the second game to gain the split, bolting out to leads of 5-2 and 8-2 by the third inning. Mallory Wright (Germantown, OH/Valley View) had two big hits in the first three innings, driving in three runners with a bases loaded double in the second inning, and adding a two-run single in the third. Kain had a two-run single in the Mount's three-run sixth inning, and the Lions added two more runs in the seventh inning. The Mount had 14 hits in the second game, Morgan Hoehn (Cincinnati, OH/Colerain) and Wright led the offense with three hits each, while Wright had five RBI Hoehn added three RBI. Three other players had two hits each, as Paige Kiesewetter (Piqua, OH/Miami East) upped her record to 9-4, tossing a complete game. Sierra Sydnor (Dry Ridge, KY/Grant County) scored three runs.
