Wednesday, March 19
Carrollton, Ga.
5 p.m.
Mercer University
16-14
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West Georgia
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Bears Finish Off Season Sweep Of West Georgia
3/19/2025 7:33:00 PM | Softball
MACON – Visiting Mercer recorded 10 or more hits for the third time in the last five games and tacked up 4-spots in the first and third innings on the way to an 11-4 rout of West Georgia on Wednesday afternoon at UWG's University Softball Field.
The triumph snapped a two-game skid for the Bears (16-14) who used Wednesday's decision to finish off a home-and-home season sweep of the Wolves. It was the seventh loss in the last eight games for West Georgia (9-16) who dropped a 4-3 contest to MU earlier this season in Macon.
Six players registered at least one base hit for the Orange & Black, including 3-hit outings from both Hallie Langford and Taylor Rogers. Hannah Pitts (4-2) struck out four in three innings of relief to pick up the win for the visitors. Starter Katheryn Rearley pitched the first three innings of the afternoon, while Grace Taylor struck out two in her season debut in the fourth frame, but neither was awarded a decision.
The triumph snapped a two-game skid for the Bears (16-14) who used Wednesday's decision to finish off a home-and-home season sweep of the Wolves. It was the seventh loss in the last eight games for West Georgia (9-16) who dropped a 4-3 contest to MU earlier this season in Macon.
Six players registered at least one base hit for the Orange & Black, including 3-hit outings from both Hallie Langford and Taylor Rogers. Hannah Pitts (4-2) struck out four in three innings of relief to pick up the win for the visitors. Starter Katheryn Rearley pitched the first three innings of the afternoon, while Grace Taylor struck out two in her season debut in the fourth frame, but neither was awarded a decision.
| GAME SUMMARY | |
| FINAL | Mercer 11, West Georgia 4 |
| PITCHERS | WP: Hannah Pitts (4-2) LP: Dixiana Sims (3-5) |
| RECORDS | Mercer 16-14 (0-0 SoCon); West Georgia 9-16 (1-2 ASUN) |
| KEY INNINGS | |
| TOP 1 | Hallie Langford (single) and Parris Wiggs (error) both climbed aboard and stole a base to set the table for a RBI single from Tori Hedgecock that put the Bears ahead for good. However, Mercer added a trio of insurance runs after that on a 1-out RBI single off of the bat of Laura Vigna, as well as an ensuing 2-run single from Taylor Rogers. |
| MU LEADERS | UWG LEADERS |
| Taylor Rogers 3-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R Hallie Langford 3-4, 2 RBI, 3 R Tori Hedgecock 2-4, 3 RBI Parris Wiggs 1-3, 2 BB, 2B, RBI |
Ally Long 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI Blaire Bizette 2-4, 2 2B, 2 R Megan Waites 2-3, BB, 2 R Madison Vandergriff 1-2, BB |
| UP NEXT | |
| Mercer will head to Birmingham, Ala., this weekend to open up Southern Conference play with a three-game set at Samford (18-12, 0-0 SoCon). The squads will lift the lid on the weekend with a 2 p.m. ET doubleheader on Saturday, and close out the series with a 2 p.m. single dip on Sunday. | |
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Pitts, Hannah (4-2)
L: Dixiana Sims (3-5)
Batting:
2B: Wiggs, Parris 1
HR: Rogers, Taylor 1
RBI: Langford, Hallie 2 ; Wiggs, Parris 1 ; Hedgecock, Tori 3 ; Vigna, Laura 1 ; Rogers, Taylor 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Langford, Hallie 3 ; Wiggs, Parris 1 ; Hedgecock, Tori 1 ; Drijvers, Sietske 1 ; Rogers, Taylor 2 ; Barton, Avery 1 ; Fernandez, Isabel 1 ; Dorval, Emma 1
SB: Langford, Hallie 2 ; Wiggs, Parris 1 ; Hedgecock, Tori 1 ; Fernandez, Isabel 1
Batting:
2B: Blaire Bizette 2 ; Ally Long 1
RBI: Jacelyn Lahr 2 ; Ally Long 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Megan Waites 2 ; Blaire Bizette 2
Game Leaders
Hitting
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RBI
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AB
4
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2
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3
RBI
3
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
3
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
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