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Monica Daly 2019 vs. Northwood
Michael Dubicki
Monica Daly had three hits and three RBI in the game two victory.
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Wayne State WS 20-8, 3-4 GLIAC
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Winner Davenport DU 13-11, 5-2 GLIAC
Wayne State WS
20-8, 3-4 GLIAC
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Final
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Davenport DU
13-11, 5-2 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wayne State WS 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 8 2
Davenport DU 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 3 4 3

W: Mallory Teunissen (6-4) L: Guitar, Megan (10-6)

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Winner Wayne State WS 21-8, 4-4 GLIAC
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Davenport DU 13-12, 5-3 GLIAC
Winner
Wayne State WS
21-8, 4-4 GLIAC
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Final
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Davenport DU
13-12, 5-3 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Wayne State WS 0 2 4 1 6 13 14 0
Davenport DU 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 6

W: Guitar, Megan (11-6) L: Ellie Muilenburg (5-4)

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

Softball Splits at Davenport

WSU falls 3-2 in the opener, but wins game two 13-5.

CALEDONIA, Mich. – The 17th-ranked Wayne State University softball team (21-8 overall, 4-4 GLIAC) split a conference doubleheader at Davenport University (13-12 overall, 5-3 GLIAC) Tuesday afternoon.  WSU was edged 3-2 in the opener, before bouncing back to record a 13-5 triumph in five innings in the nightcap.

GAME ONE RECAP

The Panthers took a 1-0 lead as Gabby Palazzolo homered leading off the bottom of the first.

The Warriors tied the game in the fourth as junior Brooke Turkalj (St. Jacobs, Ont.) reached on an error and advanced to second on a single by senior Ashley Messina (Troy, Mich.).  Junior outfielder Rachelle Clayton (Guelph, Ont.) had a one-out single to load the bases.  Sophomore shortstop Rose Myers (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester) had an RBI single to knot the game at 1-1.

DU regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth with a pair of runs with back-to-back one-out singles followed by a Wayne State miscue to load the bases.  Palazzolo had the tie-breaking single, while the third run for Davenport scored another WSU error.

The Warriors had a glorious opportunity to tie the game in the sixth as Messina had a leadoff single, and junior Emma Adams (Rockwood, Ont.) followed with a double just off the glove of a diving center fielder.  Clayton reached on an error with Messina scoring to make it 3-2.  Following a Panther error, a 4-2-5 double play ended the threat.

Wayne State out-hit Davenport 8-5, but the Warriors left nine runners on base.

IN THE CIRCLE

Senior Megan Guitar (Croswell, Mich. / Croswell-Lexington) allowed just one earned run on five hits in six innings, but suffered the setback.  She struck out seven and walked one.

Mallory Teunissen (6-4) notched the victory after allowing two unearned runs on eight hits in seven innings.  She struck out one and walked one.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Messina went 2-for-4 with a run scored, while six other WSU batters had one hit apiece.

LEADING THE PANTHERS

Palazzolo went 2-for-3 with two RBI, while Rylie Kalina also had two hits.

GAME TWO RECAP

In a 13-5 Wayne State victory, the Warriors scored the first six runs of the game, and the last seven runs but Davenport scored five in the middle.

Messina reached on a fielder error to start the second and Guitar followed with a sacrifice bunt.  Sophomore Presly Buchanan (Cambridge, Ont.) plated Messina with an RBI double.  After a ground out, freshman outfielder Monica Daly (Ancaster, Ont.) had an RBI single to make it 2-0.

Senior third baseman Hannah McClounie (Essex, Ont.) led off the third with her team-leading fourth home run of the campaign.  Sophomore center fielder Bryanna Kressler (Kitchener, Ont.) followed with a single.  After back-to-back fielder's choices along with a throwing error, Guitar reached on another DU miscue to load the bases.  With two outs, Myers had an RBI infield single to make it 4-0 and Daly followed with a two-run single.  

Davenport's Abby Merice had a three-run double after a sacrifice fly, then scored on a single by Rachel Griffin to cut the WSU lead to 6-5.

McClounie and Kressler each singled to start the fourth with McClounie scoring when Turkalj reached on a fielding error.

In the top of the fifth with a 7-5 lead, Myers reached on an error and Daly followed with an infield single.  Sophomore second baseman Rainey Psenicka () and McClounie had back-to-back RBI singles to make it 9-5.  Kressler contributed a two-run double down the left field line and Turkalj added an RBI single to make it 12-5.  An RBI ground out by Guitar completed the scoring.

IN THE CIRCLE

Freshman Paige Ameel (Marysville, Mich.) allowed five earned runs on four hits and three walks in 2.2 innings.  She recorded one strikeout.

Guitar retired seven of the eight batters she faced, allowing just one hit, to record her 11th win of the season.

Ellie Muilenburg (4-4) suffered the loss after allowing six runs (two earned) on seven hits in 2.2 innings.  She struck out two and did not walk a batter.

Emma Miller pitched 1.1 innings and surrendered seven runs (six earned) on seven hits.  Taylor Simon retired three of the four batters she faced.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

McClounie went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI, while Kressler had three hits and two RBI.  Daly recorded career-highs in hits (3) and RBI (3) as WSU out-hit DU 14-5.

LEADING THE PANTHERS

Merice had two hits and three RBI.

UP NEXT

Wayne State will host Ferris State for a GLIAC twinbill on Thursday at Gary L Bryce Field with first pitch slated for 3:30 p.m.

 
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