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Wayne State University Athletics

2018 Softball Seniors
2018 Softball Seniors (L-R): Shelby Fridline, Kylee Barrett, Kristen Lucas and Hailey Lazarek.
9
Winner Ferris State FS 15-28, 9-18 GLIAC
8
Wayne State WS 24-22, 9-16 GLIAC
Winner
Ferris State FS
15-28, 9-18 GLIAC
9
Final
8
Wayne State WS
24-22, 9-16 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Ferris State FS 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 9 8 4
Wayne State WS 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 8 10 3

W: Highway (9-8) L: Guitar, Megan (15-9) S: Bates (1)

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Winner Ferris State FS 16-28, 10-18 GLIAC
2
Wayne State WS 24-23, 9-17 GLIAC
Winner
Ferris State FS
16-28, 10-18 GLIAC
10
Final
2
Wayne State WS
24-23, 9-17 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Ferris State FS 3 2 5 0 0 10 12 1
Wayne State WS 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 2

W: Bates (7-14) L: Kressler, Bryanna (5-8)

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

Softball Drops Two On 2018 Senior Day

DETROIT – The Wayne State University softball team (24-23 overall, 9-17 GLIAC) suffered a pair of home setbacks on Senior Day.  The Warriors were edged 9-8 in the opener by Ferris State University (16-28 overall, 10-18 GLIAC), before the Bulldogs claimed game two by a 10-2 score in five innings.

GAME ONE RECAP

WSU grabbed a 1-0 advantage in the bottom of the second as junior Ashley Messina (Troy, Mich.) was hit by a pitch.  Freshman Rose Myers (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester) followed with a single advancing runner Hailey Lazarek (Allen Park, Mich.) to second.  After a line drive out to centerfield and a strikeout, senior Kristen Lucas (Newmarket, Ont.) delivered an RBI single to center.

FSU's Sarah Meredith smacked a three-run home run to right center accounting for three unearned runs following a Wayne State error on the leadoff batter in the inning.

The Warriors tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the third as junior Hannah McClounie (Essex, Ont.) had a one-out single, and Messina reached when her fly ball to right center was dropped.  Junior Megan Guitar (Croswell, Mich. / Croswell-Lexington) had an RBI single to left with Messina scoring on a Bulldog fielding error to knot the game at 3-3.

WSU took a 5-3 lead in the fourth as freshman Rainey Psenicka (Guelph, Ont.) lined a 3-1 offering through the first baseman's legs.  Following an FSU miscue, freshman Bryanna Kressler (Kitchener, Ont.) reached on a bunt single to load the bases.  McClounie followed with a two-run single up the middle.

Bulldog Emily Reed had a two-run double in the fifth following a walk and a Wayne State error.  Katie Scheuer had an RBI double accounting for the second unearned run of the frame.

Ferris increased its advantage to 8-5 in the sixth on a two-run double by Logan Fleming following a Warrior error and a single.

The Warriors battled back to tie the game at 8-8 on a three-run home run by Messina, her first collegiate round-tripper.  Sophomore Brooke Turkalj (St. Jacobs, Ont.) started the inning with a bunt single, and McClounie worked a walk with one out.

Scheuer led off the top of the seventh with a solo home run to make it 9-8.

IN THE CIRCLE

Guitar (15-9) allowed nine runs (three earned) on eight hits in seven innings.  She struck out nine and walked four.

Abby Highway (9-8) earned the win despite allowing eight runs (six earned) on 10 hits in six innings.  She struck out one and walked five.  Sam Bates had a perfect seventh inning for her first save of the year.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

McClounie and Guitar each had two hits.

LEADING THE BULLDOGS

Meredith and Scheuer each had two hits, including a home run for each.

GAME TWO RECAP

FSU took a 3-0 lead eight pitches into the contest on back-to-back singles and a three-run home run by Reed.

Wayne State responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first.  Luca singled and went to second on a ground out.  Turkalj followed with an RBI single.  After an infield hit by freshman Presly Buchanan (Cambridge, Ont.).  Both runners advanced on a foul out, with pinch-runner Kelsey Ramus (Macomb, Mich. / Dakota) scoring on an infield single by Messina.  Buchanan would have scored the tying run except for a diving stop by FSU shortstop Logan Fleming.

Fleming had a two-run double in the second, then Ferris State added five runs in the third, including two-run singles by Lexee Summers and Reed.

IN THE CIRCLE

Kressler (5-8) allowed three runs on three hits.  Buchanan recorded 15 outs, but allowed seven earned runs on nine hits with four strikeouts to one walk.

Bates (7-14) pitched all five innings allowing two earned runs on eight hits.  She did not record a strikeout or a walk.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Lucas and Buchanan each had two hits.

LEADING THE BULLDOGS

Smith, Fleming, Reed and Lexi Hongisto each had two hits, with Reed (5 RBI) and Fleming (3 RBI) combining for eight RBI.

UP NEXT

Wayne State will play a GLIAC doubleheader at Saginaw Valley State on Sunday with game one starting at noon.

NOTES

WSU honored its four seniors - Kylee Barrett, Shelby Fridline, Hailey Lazarek and Kristen Lucas - prior to game one.
 
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