Kissimmee, Fla. -- The Wayne State University softball team won its second consecutive game with a
3-1 victory over Minnesota-Duluth Sunday afternoon in action at the Rebel Spring Games.
The Bulldogs scored their lone run in the bottom of the first on a walk, a single, and two ground outs sandwiched around a walk.
WSU had a golden chance to knot the game in the top of the second as sophomore catcher
Brittany Omelanchuk (Brooklin, Ont. / Wilson S.S.) had a leadoff double and sophomore center fielder
Steph Foreman (Cambridge, Ont. / Preston) followed with a bunt single. A strikeout and a line-out double play ended the frame.
The Warriors were able to tie the contest in the top of the sixth as junior right fielder
Alison Allen (Redford, Mich. / Farmington Hills Mercy) was hit by a pitch leading off the inning. After a sacrifice bunt by junior
Rebecca Stanley (Waterloo, Ont. / Waterloo C.I.) advanced Allen to second and a ground out, Omelanchuk delivered her second double of the game scoring Allen.
In the top of the seventh, freshman second baseman
Nikki Fulton (Stratford, Ont. / St. Michael Catholic S.S.) reached on a fielding error and advanced to second on freshman left fielder Logan White's (Brantford, Ont. / Johnson C.V.I.) bunt single. Both runners moved up a base on a sacrifice bunt by junior shortstop
Lauren Histed (Shelby Twp., Mich. / Utica). Following a strikeout, Allen's hit to left center landed between the shortstop and left fielder plating both runners.
WSU freshman pitcher
Lauren McLaughlin (Oakville, Ont. / Holy Trinity) retired three of the four UMD batters in the bottom of the seventh to even her record at 2-2. McLaughlin struck out two and walked two while allowing one earned run on five hits.
Megan Mullen (1-4) went the distance for the Bulldogs. She struck out seven and did not walk a batter while giving up three runs (one earned) on seven hits.
Omelanchuk was the lone Warrior with a multiple-hit contest. White extended her hitting streak to four games with her bunt single in the seventh.
