BLUEFIELD – Bluefield University softball won its second straight game and picked up its first Appalachian Athletic Conference win in Tuesday's doubleheader opener against Tennessee Wesleyan University. The Rams won game one 8-6, but fell 7-0 to the Bulldogs in game two.
GAME ONE
BLUEFIELD 8, TENNESSEE WESLEYAN 6
INSIDE THE GAME

• The Rams jumped ahead 2-0 in the first on RBI singles by Kenidy Harris and Breyana Ellett.
• The Bulldogs scored twice in the third and three times in the fourth to go ahead.
• Two 13-pitch at-bats by the Rams in the fourth were key as Brooklyn Schwartz followed her long at-bat with a two-run single, and Chloe Hicks long plate appearance culminated with an RBI double. Alexis McDuffie added a run-scoring single to put Bluefield ahead 8-.
• TWU added a run in the sixth.
• Five of Tennessee Wesleyan's six runs came on three TWU home runs.

LEADERS

• Hallie Cox won her second game in as many outings and struck out six.
• Gianna Sloan-Lebron was 3-for-4.
• Kaylee Hughes, Harris, Ellett, and Hicks had two hits apiece.

GAME TWO
TENNESSEE WESLEYAN 7, BLUEFIELD 0
INSIDE THE GAME

• The Rams were held to three hits in the contest.

LEADERS

• Sloan-Lebron had a double while Harris and Hicks each picked up a single.

NEXT IN LINE

• The Rams travel to Richmond, Virginia, Saturday to take on Virginia Union University in a non-conference doubleheader.