Harding (11-19) vs. Lyon College (15-10)
When: Tuesday
Time: 2 p.m. DH,
Coaches:
Harding – Phil Berry (43-45, 2nd season)
Lyon – Elliott Sampley (15-10, 1st season)
Live Stats/Live Video – Available on a link at HardingSports.com
HARDING
- Harding will take a break from Great American Conference action on Tuesday when it hosts Lyon College in non-conference action in a doubleheader that starts at 2 p.m.
- The Lady Bisons head into Tuesday with an 11-19 record. Harding has won its last three games as they took three out of four from Northwestern Oklahoma in GAC action.
- Harding is 8-4 at home this season. The Lady Bisons have won four of their last six games at home.
- The Lady Bisons are led by sophomore Kimmy Hendricks who is hitting .405 to rank eighth in the GAC. Fellow sophomore Mackenzie Jones is second on the team in hitting with a .389 batting average. Jones is tied for third in the GAC in doubles with nine.
- Senior pitcher Amber Rollins leads Harding's pitching staff with a 2.81 ERA which is fourth in the GAC. She has made 15 starts this season, has thrown 11 complete games and has one shutout. She ranks fourth in the GAC in strikeouts with 76.
- Hendricks ranks third in the GAC in on base percentage (.542) and tied for seventh in runs scored (29). She also has been walked 24 times this season which is the second most in the GAC.
- Harding ranks sixth in the GAC with a .308 team batting average. The Lady Bisons rank fifth in the GAC in hits (252) and RBIs (145). Harding also ranks first in doubles (53) and is tied for fifth in triples (4).
- Harding's pitching staff ranks third in the GAC with a 3.89 ERA. The Lady Bisons have given up 17 home runs this season which is the fewest in the GAC.
- Harding leads GAC in stolen bases with 60. Sophomores Courtney Derrick and Kimmy Hendricks are both tied for second in the GAC with 16.
LYON
- Lyon, who is a NAIA member of the American Midwest Conference and is located in Batesville, Arkansas, heads into the doubleheader with a 15-10 record. The Scots have won their last four games and have won 10 of their last 12 games.
- To start the season, Lyon defeated GAC foe Ouachita Baptist 5-4 and 13-9.
- The Scots are led on the season by Savannah Fuller who is hitting 3.73 in 75 at bats. Fuller leads the team in hits with 28. She has six doubles and is tied with Tess Hurley-Brown for a team-high three home runs. Kristen Blagg has knocked in a team-high 19 runs for Lyon.
- The Scots are led in the circle by Ashten Welch who has a 3.35 ERA and an 8-4 record. She has thrown eight complete games and has recorded one shutout.
- This season Lyon is 8-7 away from its home field.
SERIES
- It will be the first meeting between the two teams.