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Paige Ameel Fall 2018 vs. KVCC
Jeff Weiss
Paige Ameel recorded her first collegiate shutout.
3
Winner Wayne State WS 6-2
1
Illinois Springfield UIS 6-5
Winner
Wayne State WS
6-2
3
Final
1
Illinois Springfield UIS
6-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wayne State WS 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 9 1
Illinois Springfield UIS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2

W: Guitar, Megan (4-1) L: Craver, Jaycee (0-0)

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Winner Wayne State WS 7-2
0
Lewis LEWIS 1-3
Winner
Wayne State WS
7-2
8
Final
0
Lewis LEWIS
1-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Wayne State WS 0 0 1 6 1 8 9 1
Lewis LEWIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1

W: Ameel, Paige (2-1) L: Sanders, Dara (0-2)

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

Softball Win Streak At Five, After Two Wins at Dome Invitational On Saturday

Warriors edge UIS, 3-1, then blank Lewis 8-0.

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Wayne State University softball team (7-2 overall) extended its winning streak to five games by winning twice on day two of the 2019 Dome Invitational being hosted by Lewis University.
 
The Warriors won the opener 3-1 over 12th-ranked Illinois-Springfield (6-5 overall) and then blanked tournament host Lewis University (1-3 overall) 8-0 in five innings in the nightcap.
 
GAME ONE RECAP
 
After stranding two runners in the top of the first, WSU grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second.  Redshirt freshman Emily Dodge (Burlington, Ont.) laced a 2-0 pitch into left center for a leadoff double.  She advanced to third on a ground out and scored on an infield single by freshman outfielder Monica Daly (Ancaster, Ont.).
 
The Prairie Stars left two runners on base in the bottom of the second, but the Warriors were able to extend their lead in the third in two more runs.
 
Senior third baseman Hannah McClounie (Essex, Ont.) had a leadoff single, then sophomore center fielder Bryanna Kressler (Kitchener, Ont.) followed with an infield single after fouling off four two-strike pitches.  Junior Brooke Turkalj (St. Jacobs, Ont.) walked to load the bases, but the next two WSU hitters were retired.  Junior right fielder Rachelle Clayton (Guelph, Ont.) hit a smash to shortstop which was misplayed allowing two runs to score.
 
UIS scored its lone run in the fourth on two singles sandwiched around a ground out.
 
IN THE CIRCLE
 
Senior Megan Guitar (Croswell, Mich. / Croswell-Lexington) improved to 4-1 by limiting UIS to five hits and one run.  She struck out 11 and walked two.
 
Jaycee Craver suffered the loss after allowing three runs (one earned) on nine hits with four strikeouts to one walk.
 
LEADING THE WARRIORS
 
Kressler went 3-for-4 with a run scored, while McClounie added two hits and a run scored.
 
LEADING THE PRAIRIE STARS
 
Madi Torry had two hits.
 
GAME TWO RECAP
 
The Warriors snapped a scoreless game with two outs in the top of the third as McClounie doubled and scored as Kressler reached on a fielding error.
 
Wayne State increased its lead with a six-run fourth.  Senior Ashley Messina (Troy, Mich.) had a leadoff single and Guitar followed with a bunt single.  Sophomore shortstop Rose Myers (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester) walked to load the bases.  Daly's single plated pinch-runner Jamie MacNeil (Brampton, Ont.) to make it 2-0.
 
Dodge's pinch-hit single scored Guitar, and sophomore second baseman Rainey Psenicka (Guelph, Ont.) delivered a two-run single down the right field line to make it 5-0.  McClounie had an RBI ground out as did Kressler.
 
Messina started another scoring frame with a leadoff single in the fifth.  After a walk to Guitar and back-to-back pop outs, freshman Alexis Abruzzo (Sugar Grove, Ill.) had an RBI single making it 8-0.
 
IN THE CIRCLE
 
Freshman Paige Ameel (Marysville, Mich.) recorded her first career shutout (she had shared two others) by retiring 15 of the 20 batters she faced.  She struck out two and did not walk a batter, while allowing four hits.
 
Dara Sanders (0-2) started for the Flyers and allowed eight runs (seven earned) on eight hits in four innings.  She struck out four and walked four.  Taylor Boelte retire­d three of the four batters she faced.
 
LEADING THE WARRIORS
 
Messina went 2-for-2 with a run scored and a walk.
 
LEADING THE FLYERS
 
Kristin Kavalauskas had a leadoff triple in the third, but did not score.
 
UP NEXT
 
Wayne State will conclude the Dome Invitational with an 11 a.m. (CT) game against Missouri S&T.
 
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