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Hannah McClounie 2017 vs. Kutztown
Hannah McClounie scored four runs on five hits and a walk in the two wins.
3
William Jewell WJC 2-3
6
Winner Wayne State WS 4-2
William Jewell WJC
2-3
3
Final
6
Wayne State WS
4-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
William Jewell WJC 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 0
Wayne State WS 2 2 1 0 0 1 X 6 12 4

W: Guitar, Megan (3-1) L: Greenstreet, Maddie (1-1)

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Winona State WSU 2-2
4
Winner Wayne State WS 5-2
Winona State WSU
2-2
0
Final
4
Wayne State WS
5-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Winona State WSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Wayne State WS 2 0 0 0 0 2 X 4 7 2

W: Buchanan, Presly (1-0) L: Van Valey, Alyssa (1-1) S: Ameel, Paige (1)

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

Softball Wins Twice on Day One of Dome Invitational

WSU edges William Jewell, then blanks Winona State.

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Wayne State University softball team (5-2 overall) recorded two victories on the opening day of the 2019 Dome Invitational being hosted by Lewis University.
 
The Warriors won the opener 6-3 against William Jewell (2-4 overall) and then blanked 15th-ranked Winona State (2-2 overall) 4-0 in the nightcap.
 
GAME ONE RECAP
 
WSU took a 2-0 lead just three batters into the bottom of the first.  Sophomore second baseman Rainey Psenicka (Guelph, Ont.) had a leadoff single and senior third baseman Hannah McClounie (Essex, Ont.) followed with a bunt single.  Sophomore center fielder Bryanna Kressler (Kitchener, Ont.) then laced a 1-2 offering into right center for a two-run triple.
 
Wayne State added to its lead in the second as freshman left fielder Monica Daly (Ancaster, Ont.) had a one-out single and McClounie walked with two outs.  Kressler smashed a 2-0 pitch into right center for a two-run double.
 
The Warriors extended their lead to 5-0 in the third.  Senior catcher Ashley Messina (Troy, Mich.) had a leadoff single.  Pinch-runner Alexis Abruzzo (Sugar Grove, Ill.) went to second on a sacrifice bunt, and advanced to third on a fly out.  Junior outfielder Rachelle Clayton (Guelph, Ont.) followed with an RBI single to center.
 
The Cardinals scored three unearned runs in the top of the fifth on one hit and three WSU miscues.
 
Wayne State scored the final run in the sixth as Daly had an infield single and McClounie also singled.  Following a fielder's choice and a walk to junior Brooke Turkalj (St. Jacobs, Ont.) to load the bases, Messina had an RBI single to left.
 
William Jewell loaded the bases in the third on two singles and walk, but Guitar did her best Houdini impersonation by getting a strikeout, a pop out to the mound and a ground out to keep the Cardinals scoreless at that point.
 
IN THE CIRCLE
 
Senior Megan Guitar (Croswell, Mich. / Croswell-Lexington) improved to 3-1 by limiting WJC to four hits and zero earned runs.  She struck out eight and walked two.
 
Maddie Stonestreet started for the Cardinals and allowed five earned runs in three innings.  She struck out three and walked two, while surrendering seven hits.
 
Kenzie Jones pitched the final three innings and allowed one earned run on five hits with one strikeout and two walks.
 
LEADING THE WARRIORS
 
Kressler drove in four runs with two extra-base hits in a 3-for-4 outing.  McClounie went 2-for-3 with a walk and scored three times, while Messina and Daly each had two hits.
 
LEADING THE CARDINALS
 
Four different WJC batters had one hit apiece.
 
GAME TWO RECAP
  by striking    
In the battle of the Warriors, the Michigan version scored two unearned runs in the bottom of the first.  Wayne State extended its lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth to win 4-0.
 
In the bottom of the first, Psenicka had a leadoff single and McClounie ripped a 1-0 delivery through the left side.  Following a sacrifice bunt by Kressler, both runners scored when the Winona State first baseman dropped a two-out throw.

In the bottom of the sixth, Messina had a one-out infield single and pinch-runner Abruzzo went to second on a ground out.  Clayton's RBI single plated Abruzzo to make it 3-0.  After a wild pitch, pinch-hitter Emily Dodge (Burlington, Ont.) singled to score Clayton.
 
IN THE CIRCLE
 
Sophomore Presly Buchanan (Cambridge, Ont.) did not allow any runs in her five innings in her season debut on the mound.  She allowed just two hits with one strikeout and five walks.  Freshman Paige Ameel (Marysville, Mich.) notched her first collegiate save by striking out three of the eight batters she faced.  Ameel entered the contest in the top of the sixth after back-to-back walks to begin the frame.  She retired the next three Winona hitters on a fly out, a strikeout and a fielder's choice.
 
Alyssa Van Valey (1-1 overall) started for Winona State.  She allowed four runs (two runs) on seven hits in 5.2 innings.  She struck out three and walked one.  Katie Schlegel retired the lone batter she faced.

LEADING THE WAYNE STATE WARRIORS

 Psenicka and McClounie each had two hits and a run scored.

LEADING THE WINONA STATE WARRIORS

Carly Kordich had two of Winona's four hits.

UP NEXT

Wayne State will play Illinois-Springfield and Lewis on Saturday, before concluding tournament play with a contest on Sunday against Missouri S&T.

 
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