CLERMONT, Fla. -- The Wayne State University softball team (11-8 overall) won both of its games on Sunday to extend its winning streak to five games.  With victories over Minnesota-Duluth (10-1 in five innings) and Pace (4-3 in eight innings), the Warriors have won eight of their last nine contests.

In the opener against the Bulldogs, WSU pounded out 12 hits including a two-run home run by junior shortstop Gabby Williams (South Lyon, Mich.), her second career home run, along with a grand slam from sophomore pitcher Lyndsay Butler (Cambridge, Ont. / Centennial C.V.I.).

In the circle, Butler allowed one unearned run on four hits in five innings with six strikeouts and one walk.  Offensively, she finished the contest 4-for-4 with three runs scored and four RBI.  Senior catcher Emily Bryce (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester Adams) went 3-for-3, while both Williams and freshman Kristen Lucas (Newmarket, Ont. / Mulock S.S.) contributed two hits and two runs scored each.

WSU scored an unearned run in the first with Butler, who had led off the game with a single, scoring on a single by Bryce.  Butler led off the third with a single and scored on a wild pitch.

After UMD scored to make it 2-1 in the bottom of the third, the Warriors scored three times in the fourth with Lucas starting the rally with a leadoff double then scoring on Williams' blast.  Sophomore first baseman Allie Buchanan (Cambridge, Ont. / Galt C.I.) later scored on a sacrifice fly by senior second baseman Nikki Fulton (Stratford, Ont. / St. Michael Catholic S.S.).

Lucas began the fifth inning with a double and scored preceding the grand slam from Butler.

In the nightcap, Wayne State snapped a scoreless draw with three runs in the bottom of the fifth.  Lucas had her third double of the day to lead off the frame, and sophomore Emily Cava (Brampton, Ont. / Cardinal Leger S.S.) followed with a two-run home run.  Williams, who walked, later scored on a double by Butler.

The Setters responded with three runs on four hits in the top of the sixth to knot the game at three.

In the top of the eighth, Pace was unable to score even with the international tiebreaker rule being invoked.  After a strikeout, a 5-3-5 double play between junior third baseman Jade McGarr (Guelph, Ont. / St. James Catholic) and Buchanan ended the frame.

Fulton was placed on second to begin the bottom of the eighth.  Bryce delivered a sacrifice bunt, and after back-to-back intentional walks, Cava produced the game-winning single up the middle.

Senior Briana Lee (Canton, Mich. / Salem) started in the circle and allowed three earned runs on four hits in five-plus innings.  She struck out four and walked one, before giving way to Butler (6-4).  The Warrior reliever limited Pace to one hit, while striking out four in her three innings to earn the win.

Butler, Lucas and Cava each had two-hit games for Wayne State.

The Warriors will play a doubleheader at Florida Tech on Monday.