Kissimmee, Fla. -- The Wayne State University softball team (4-4 overall) began its spring break trip with a pair of wins on Saturday at the Rebel Spring Games.
In the opener, sophomore
Briana Lee (Canton, Mich. / Salem) limited Notre Dame College to four singles, while recording 10 strikeouts and no walks to notch her first win (1-2) of the season in Wayne State's 1-0 triumph.
Senior outfielder
Stephanie Foreman (Cambridge, Ont. / Preston) smacked a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the sixth on an 0-1 offering to deep left center field. It was WSU's first home run of the campaign.
Foreman tallied two of the Warriors four hits, while Lee and
Logan White (Brantford, Ont. / Johnson C.V.I.) had the other singles.
In the nightcap WSU defeated Minnesota State-Moorhead 5-2 behind the pitching of
Mackenzie Boehler (Saginaw, Mich. / Swan Valley) and Lee. Boehler (2-0) went the first six allowing two earned runs on three hits. Lee pitched a scoreless seventh to earn the save.
In the contest vs. the Dragons, the Warriors took an early 1-0 advantage in the top of the first as singles by White, Foreman and Lee loaded the bases with White scoring on a fielder's choice by
Emily Bryce (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester Adams).
WSU increased its lead in the third as Lee led off with a single and scored on a two-out double by
Amanda Burnard (Canton, Mich. / Plymouth). Burnard scored after advancing to third on a bunt single by
Catherine Rayos (Warren, Mich. / Mott/Macomb Mathematics Science Technology Center) along with a throwing error by the Dragons.
Wayne State added to its lead in the fifth as
Jade McGarr (Guelph, Ont. / St. James Catholic) had a two-out single and stole second, where scored on a single by Burnard.
The Dragons tallied two runs in the bottom of the sixth on three hits to make it a two-run game.
WSU scored an insurance run in the seventh as Lee was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on an error and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by McGarr. Burnard put down a bunt single with Lee scoring on an errant throw.
White led WSU with three hits while Lee and Burnard each had two singles.
