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Gary Bryce 2100 games coached
Gary Bryce became the second coach in NCAA history to coach 2,100 softball games.
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Winner Wayne State WS 3-0
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Alderson Broaddus ABSB 1-2
Winner
Wayne State WS
3-0
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Final
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Alderson Broaddus ABSB
1-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wayne State WS 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 5 4 0
Alderson Broaddus ABSB 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 1

W: Ameel, Paige (2-0) L: Bailey Adkins (0-1)

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Glenville State GSCSB21 3-8
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Winner Wayne State WS 4-0
Glenville State GSCSB21
3-8
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Final
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Wayne State WS
4-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Glenville State GSCSB21 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 6 8 2
Wayne State WS 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 7 8 1

W: Nadolny, Brooke (1-0) L: Celina Maberto (2-2)

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

Softball Wins Twice on Sunday; Extends Winning Streak To Four Games

Warriors win 5-2 vs. Alderson Broaddus and 7-6 against Glenville State.

GLENVILLE, W.Va. -- The Wayne State University softball team (4-0 overall) continued its season-opening weekend on Sunday by winning twice at the Glenville State College Tournament.  The Warriors defeated Alderson Broaddus (1-2 overall) 5-2 on Sunday morning, then rallied to down host GSC (3-8 overall) 7-6 on Sunday afternoon.

The first game vs. AB marked a coaching milestone for head coach Gary Bryce.  It was his 2,100th collegiate softball game (not counting fall games or exhibitions) making him only the second coach in NCAA history to reach that milestone (Michigan's Carol Hutchins started 2021 at 2,161 games coached).

The other six coaches at the start of 2021 with at least 2000 games coached were Margo Jonker (2073), Mike Candrea (2,056), Diane Ninemire (2,048), Donna Papa (2,048), Eugene Lenti (2,003), and Margie Wright (2,002).

GAME ONE RECAP
The Battlers scored in the bottom of the first on a single, a sacrifice bunt and an RBI double.  WSU answered in the top of the second as seniors Brooke Turkalj (St. Jacobs, Ont.) and Amy Claydon (Cambridge, Ont.) had back-to-back walks to start the frame.  A bunt single by senior Rose Myers (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester) along with a throwing error tied the game at 1-1.

Wayne State snapped the 1-1 deadlock in the top of the fifth as seniors Emma Adams (Rockwood, Ont.) and Emily Dodge (Burlington, Ont.) had back-to-back walks before sophomore Brooke Nadolny (Clinton Twp., Mich. / L'Anse Creuse) greeted reliever Meadow Uncapher with a three-run blast to centerfield.

Uncapher hit a solo home run with one out in the bottom of the sixth, but the Warriors responded in the top of the seventh.  Nadolny worked a 10-pitch walk, and moved to second on a groundout, and scored on a two-out double by Turkalj.

IN THE CIRCLE
Junior Paige Ameel (Marysville, Mich.) improved to 2-0 by limiting Alderson Broaddus to two earned runs on eight hits while tossing the complete-game victory.  Ameel struck out eight and did not walk a batter.

Bailey Adkins (0-1) started for AB and allowed three runs (two earned) on one hit in four-plus innings.  She walked seven and recorded one strikeout.  Uncapher surrendered two earned runs on three hits and two walks in three innings of work.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Turkalj went 1-for-1 with three walks and a run scored, while Nadolny was 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored.

LEADING THE BATTLERS
Lauren Meyer, Hailee Culbertson and Leah Yoder each had two hits for AB.

GAME TWO RECAP
In a game that saw both squads lose multiple-run leads, the Warriors won on a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh.

WSU took a 1-0 lead int he bottom of the first as Nadolny walked and advanced to second on a single by senior Rainey Psenicka (Guelph, Ont.). After an error by the Pioneers loaded the bases, Nadolny scored on a walk to Turkalj.

Wayne State extended its lead to 3-0 in the third as Psenicka had a leadoff single and moved to second on a walk to Turkalj.  Back-to-back two-out walks to Myers and sophomore Breanna Paolatto (Belle River, Ont.) made it 2-0 and junior Avieri Ludwig (Chesterfield, Mich. / Anchor Bay) was plunked by a 2-1 offering plating Turkalj.

Glenville State pulled within a run (3-2) in the top of the fourth on an RBI double by Mackenzie Martinelli and a sacrifice fly by Kaylee Drake.

The Warriors regained a two-run lead (4-2) as Nadolny had a leadoff single and scored on Psenicka's triple to center in the fourth.

GSC scored four times in the top of the fifth to take a 6-4 lead.  A hit by pitch, a walk and an infield single loaded the bases.  A three-run double by Karra Smith and an RBI groundout by Kaelyn Stenger produced the four runs.

WSU evened the score at 6-6 in the bottom of the fifth as Myers had a leadoff double and senior Rachelle Clayton (Guelph, Ont.) walked.  An RBI single by Adams made it 6-5, and an RBI groundout by Psencika tied the game.

The Pioneers had a leadoff single in both the sixth and seventh innings, but reliever Nadolny retired the next three batters in both frames.

In the bottom of the seventh, Clayton led off with a double, went to third on a sacrifice bunt by Adams and scored on a single by freshman Abby Favela (Riverside, Ill. / Riverside-Brookfield).

IN THE CIRCLE
Nadolny (1-0) earned the win in relief after allowing one earned run on four hits in 2.2 innings.  She struck out one and did not walk a batter.  Freshman Alexis Bonk () started and surrendered five earned runs on four hits and two walks in 4.1 innings.  Bonk struck out three.

Celina Maberto (2-2) started for GSC then came back in later to suffer the defeat.  She allowed five runs (three earned) on six hits and two walks in 3.2 innings.  Drake pitched 2.2 innings and allowed two earned runs on two hits and four walks.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Psenicka went 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI, while Tukalj, Nadolny, Myers and Clayton all reached base twice.

LEADING THE PIONEERS
Martinelli went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI, while Smith had two hits, two runs scored and three RBI.

UP NEXT
Wayne State continues its season-opening road trip with a doubleheader at Lake Erie College on Wednesday.

 
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