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Wayne State University Athletics

Softball Walk-Off Celebration 2019 vs. Northwood
Michael Dubicki
0
Wayne State WS 33-24
4
Winner Southern Indiana USI 34-19
Wayne State WS
33-24
0
Final
4
Southern Indiana USI
34-19
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wayne State WS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Southern Indiana USI 0 0 0 0 0 4 X 4 8 0

W: Leonhardt, J (20-8) L: Guitar, Megan (20-14)

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

Softball Blanked 4-0 In NCAA Tournament Opening Round

Warriors to face Hillsdale Friday in an elimination contest.

ALLENDALE, Mich. – The Wayne State University softball team (33-24 overall) began NCAA Tournament play with a 4-0 loss to the University of Southern Indiana (39-14).  WSU is the fifth seed in the Midwest, while USI is the fourth seed.
 
Warrior senior hurler Megan Guitar (Croswell, Mich. / Croswell-Lexington) was locked in a pitcher's duel with Screaming Eagles thrower Jennifer Leonhardt through five innings as Guitar allowed just three singles and Leonhardt surrendered just two singles.
 
In the top of the sixth, sophomore second baseman Rainey Psenicka (Guelph, Ont.) singled to center field with one out, but the next two batters were retired.
 
In the bottom of the frame, Southern Indiana sent nine hitters to the dish scoring four times on five hits.  After a leadoff single by Claire Johnson, Leonhardt reached on a sacrifice bunt as the throw to second was a just late.  Alicia Webb followed with RBI double to the fence in left, before Caitlyn Bradley had an RBI single to left.  After a pop out, Haley Shouse had two-run double down the left field line.
 
IN THE CIRCLE
 
Guitar saw her record drop to 20-14 after allowing four earned runs on eight hits in six innings.  She struck out three and did not walk a batter.
 
Leonhardt (20-8) scattered three hits in blanking the Warriors.  She struck out four and did not walk a batter.
 
LEADING THE WARRIORS
 
Junior first baseman Emma Adams (Rockwood, Ont.), junior Brooke Turkalj (St. Jacobs, Ont.) and Psenicka accounted for the three WSU hits.
 
LEADING THE SCREAMING EAGLES
 
Bradley had two hits, a run scored and an RBI, while Shouse contributed two hits and two RBI.
 
UP NEXT
 
Wayne State will play Hillsdale College in an elimination contest at 1:30 p.m. on Friday.  The Warriors and the Chargers have met 101 times over the last 38 years, mostly as GLIAC rivals either during regular-season conference play or in the league tournament, but never in the NCAA Tournament.  The squads did meet earlier this year down in Florida with WSU prevailing 4-3 in eight innings.
 
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