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Kristen Lucas had three hits and three RBI in the win over William Jewell.
17
Winner Wayne State WS 6-4
7
William Jewell WJC 12-5
Winner
Wayne State WS
6-4
17
Final
7
William Jewell WJC
12-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Wayne State WS 0 2 4 1 1 9 17 23 3
William Jewell WJC 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 9 2

W: Guitar, Megan (4-2) L: Biondo, Anna (6-3)

2
Winner S. New Hampshire SNH 12-0
1
Wayne State WS 6-5
Winner
S. New Hampshire SNH
12-0
2
Final
1
Wayne State WS
6-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
S. New Hampshire SNH 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 1
Wayne State WS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 3

W: Sarah Lavallee (6-0) L: Kressler, Bryanna (2-2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Jeff Weiss, Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Media Relations

Softball Splits On Monday; Sees Six-Game Winning Streak End

Warriors rally from 6-0 deficit to win game one; fall 2-1 in the nightcap.

CLERMONT, Fla. – The Wayne State University softball team (6-5 overall) continued spring break play on Monday with two very different games.  In the opener, the Warriors rallied from a 6-0 deficit to defeat in-region foe William Jewell (12-5 overall) 17-7 in six innings.  In the nightcap, WSU let a 1-0 advantage slip away into a 2-1 setback to Southern New Hampshire (12-0 overall).

GAME ONE RECAP

The Cardinals scored six times in the bottom of the first on four hits, two Wayne State miscues and a walk, capped off by a grand slam home run from Phoebe Dabbour.

The Warriors cut into the deficit with a pair of runs in the top of the second.  Junior Megan Guitar (Croswell, Mich. / Croswell-Lexington) singled and senior Kylee Barrett (Croswell, Mich. / Croswell-Lexington) doubled.  Junior Ashley Messina (Troy, Mich.) followed with an RBI ground out and sophomore Emma Adams (Rockwood, Ont.) plated Barrett with a single.

WSU drew even with a four-run third inning.  A WJC error and a walk were sandwiched around two outs.  Senior Hailey Lazarek (Allen Park, Mich.) and Adams had back-to-back singles to score one and leave the bases loaded.  Senior Kristen Lucas (Newmarket, Ont.) tied the game with a bases clearing double to center.

Wayne State scored an unearned run in the fourth on an RBI single by Guitar, then added another run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by freshman Rainey Psenicka (Guelph, Ont.).  William Jewell pulled within one (8-7) with a solo home run in the fifth.

In the top of the sixth, the Warriors exploded for nine runs on 11 hits as 14 players came to bat.  Adams had an RBI single, Psenicka had a two-run single, sophomore Brooke Turkalj (St. Jacobs, Ont.) had an RBI single, freshman Bryanna Kressler (Kitchener, Ont.) had an RBI single, and junior Hannah McClounie (Essex, Ont.) contributed a two-run single to make 15-7.  Guitar followed with an RBI double and Barrett had an RBI single.

IN THE CIRCLE

Guitar improved to 4-2 after allowing seven runs (three earned) on nine hits in six innings of work.  She struck out eight and walked one.

Anna Biondo (6-3) pitched the first 5.2 innings for the Cardinals and surrendered 14 runs (nine earned) on 18 hits.  She struck out three and walked two.  Sarah Lewis recorded the final out after allowing three earned runs on five hits with one strikeout.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Guitar went 4-for-5 with three runs scored, while both Lucas and Barrett were 3-for-4.  Lucas and Psenicka tied for team-high honors with three RBI each.  Adams and Lazarek each had three hits as well.

LEADING THE CARDINALS

Nine different players had one hit apiece for WJC.

GAME TWO RECAP

WSU snapped a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth.  Kressler and McClounie had back-to-back singles to start the frame.  With one out and the bases loaded, Messina singled scoring McClounie.  A 5-2-6 double play ended the inning.

The Penmen tallied two runs in the top of the sixth on a one-out home run by pitcher Sarah Lavallee, and a two-out RBI single by xxx Critch.

The final six Warrior batters were retired.

IN THE CIRCLE

Kressler (2-2) allowed two earned runs on seven hits in seven innings.  She struck out one and walked one.

Lavallee (6-0) allowed one earned run on five hits with two strikeouts to one walk.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Kressler had two of WSU's five hits.

LEADING THE PENMEN

Seven different batters had one hit apiece.

UP NEXT

Wayne State will play PSAC member Millersville (7-2 overall) at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, then face in-region foe Illinois Springfield (11-6 overall) at 4:30 p.m.


 
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