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Rainey Psenicka 2019 vs. Northwood
Michael Dubicki
Rainey Psenicka had three hits and scored WSU's lone run.
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Wayne State WS 33-23
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Winner Northwood NU 29-25-1
Wayne State WS
33-23
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Final
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Northwood NU
29-25-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wayne State WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3
Northwood NU 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 3 9 0

W: Taylor Wright (7-4) L: Guitar, Megan (20-13)

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

Softball Upended 3-1 By Northwood in Loser's Bracket Contest

WSU will await NCAA Tournament selections on Monday.

SANDUSKY, Ohio – The Wayne State University softball team (33-23 overall), seeded sixth for the GLIAC Tournament, fell 3-1 to fourth-seeded Northwood University (29-25 overall) Saturday morning in a GLIAC elimination game at Sports Force Parks.
 
The Warriors took a 1-0 lead just three batters into the game.  Sophomore second baseman Rainey Psenicka (Guelph, Ont.) led off the contest with a single up the middle, and senior infielder Hannah McClounie (Essex, Ont.) followed with a sacrifice bunt.  Sophomore center fielder Bryanna Kressler (Kitchener, Ont.) then had an RBI double to left center.  Kressler advanced to third on a wild pitch but the next two WSU batters were retired.
 
Psenicka singled and McClounie walked to start the third inning, but the next three batters made outs preventing WSU from extending its lead.
 
The Timberwolves tied the game in the bottom of the third on three singles, including back-to-back two-out base hits.
 
NU manufactured the go-ahead run in the fifth as Grace Dutoi reached on a one-out Wayne State miscue.  Pinch-runner Taylor Schmitt stole second and scored on an RBI single by Sydni Culps.
 
Northwood went ahead 3-1 in the sixth as Dutoi smacked a two-out RBI double down the left field line.
 
IN THE CIRCLE
 
Senior Megan Guitar (Croswell, Mich. / Croswell-Lexington) allowed three runs (two earned) on nine hits in six innings to fall to 20-13.  She struck out three and walked two.
 
Taylor Wright (7-4) limited WSU to one earned run on five hits in seven innings.  She struck out two and walked three.
 
LEADING THE WARRIORS
 
Psenicka went 3-for-4 with a run scored, while McClounie was 1-for-1, with a walk and two sacrifice bunts.  Her lone hit was a two-out triple in the seventh.
 
LEADING THE TIMBERWOLVES
 
Dutoi and Culps each had two hits with Culps driving in a pair of runs.
 
UP NEXT
 
Wayne State, which was ranked fifth in the NCAA Midwest Region last week, will await its NCAA Tournament fate.  The selection show will air at 10 a.m. on Monday on NCAA.com.
 
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