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Emma Adams 2019 vs. Northwood
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Emma Adams had a two-run single in the top of the seventh.
2
Winner Wayne State WS 33-21
0
Ashland AU 33-22
Winner
Wayne State WS
33-21
2
Final
0
Ashland AU
33-22
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wayne State WS 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
Ashland AU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1

W: Guitar, Megan (20-11) L: Jones, Laney (15-11)

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

Softball Wins GLIAC Tournament Opener, 2-0, over Ashland

Guitar tosses shutout; Adams delivers two-run single in seventh.

SANDUSKY, Ohio – The Wayne State University softball team (33-21 overall) recorded a 2-0 win over Ashland University (33-22 overall) in an opening round contest of the 2019 GLIAC Tournament being held at Sports Force Parks.  It was WSU's fourth win in five games against AU this season.
 
The sixth-seeded Warriors were no-hit through six innings by Eagles ace Laney Jones as WSU had just three base runners until the seventh:  a one-out walk to senior infielder Hannah McClounie (Essex, Ont.) in the first; 2) a one-out walk to senior pitcher Megan Guitar (Croswell, Mich. / Croswell-Lexington) in the second; 3) and a leadoff hit by pitch of sophomore center fielder Bryanna Kressler (Kitchener, Ont.) in the fourth. 

Junior Brooke Turkalj (St. Jacobs, Ont.) began the seventh by reaching on a fielding error.  Senior catcher Ashley Messina (Troy, Mich.) advanced Turkalj to second with a sacrifice bunt.  Guitar followed with a single to right and went to second on the throw.  After a fly out, junior Emma Adams (Rockwood, Ont.) delivered a two-run single to right center.
 
Ashland had a chance to break the scoreless tie in the second with a runner at second with one out, who was at third with two outs, but Guitar induced an inning ending ground out.
 
The Eagles had a leadoff double in the third, but Guitar retired the next three batters.  In the fourth, AU had a leadoff single but once again Guitar retired the next three hitters.
 
After a leadoff single by Ashland's Abigail Butler in the fifth and a sacrifice bunt, Erika Farst singled to center, but Kressler notched another outfield assist by nailing Butler at the plate.
 
A similar scenario in the sixth with a leadoff single and a sacrifice bunt and a walk, had two runners on with one out.  A line out and a pop out, both to McClounie to end the frame.
 
Just to keep the game interesting, the Eagles had two hits in the bottom of the seventh, but pinch-runner Alli Hylton was thrown out at third trying to go first to third on an infield single.
 
IN THE CIRCLE
 
Guitar (20-11) scattered seven hits in recording the shutout.  She walked two and recorded one strikeout.
 
Jones (15-11) allowed two unearned runs on two hits.  She struck out five and walked two.
 
LEADING THE WARRIORS
 
Adams had the two-run bloop single in the seventh, while Guitar singled and scored in the seventh and walked earlier.
 
LEADING THE EAGLES
 
Farst went 2-for-3, while Jones and Dayna Denner each had a hit and a walk.
 
UP NEXT
 
Wayne State will play second-seeded Davenport in a winner's bracket semifinal contest at 4:30 p.m. this afternoon.
 
 
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