The Swain County Maroon Devils will venture away from home to  take on the Hiwassee Dam Eagles  at 4:30  p.m.  on Friday. Swain County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.9  runs per game  this season.
On Tuesday, Swain County didn't have quite enough to beat Hiwassee Dam and fell  4-2. The  matchup marked the Maroon Devils' lowest-scoring  contest so far this season.

 Rylee Rawls
| 03/11/25 vs Hiwassee Dam | 10 | 
| 03/07/25 @ Tuscola | 6 | 
| 03/05/25 @ Rosman | 13 | 
| 03/04/25 @ Asheville | 11 | 
| 02/28/25 @ Chase | 8 | 
| + 2 more games | 
 Rylee Rawls spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered  just two earned  (and two unearned) runs on four hits and racked up ten Ks. She has been consistent : she hasn't  tossed less than six  strikeouts any time she's  pitched this season.
 On the hitting side, Swain County saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was  Hadley Shuler, who  scored a  run while  getting on base  in all three of her plate appearances.
 This is the second loss in a row for Swain County and  nudges their season record down to 4-3. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the  defeats came by an average of only 1.5 runs. As for Hiwassee Dam, their win  ended  a  three-game drought on the road  dating back to last season and  puts them at 1-0.
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