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Grand Valley State GV 25-5, 10-3 GLIAC
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Winner Wayne State WSU 12-13, 5-2 GLIAC
Grand Valley State GV
25-5, 10-3 GLIAC
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Final
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Wayne State WSU
12-13, 5-2 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Grand Valley State GV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Wayne State WSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 2

W: Bonk, Alexis (5-4) L: Hannah Beatus (12-2)

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Winner Grand Valley State GV 26-5, 11-3 GLIAC
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Wayne State WSU 12-14, 5-3 GLIAC
Winner
Grand Valley State GV
26-5, 11-3 GLIAC
13
Final
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Wayne State WSU
12-14, 5-3 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Grand Valley State GV 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 13 17 3
Wayne State WSU 4 0 0 3 3 1 0 11 13 2

W: Ashley Platek (4-1) L: Bonk, Alexis (5-5)

Alexis Bonk
Alexis Bonk won the opener 1-0 over GVSU in 10 innings.

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

Softball Splits Home Doubleheader With No. 24-GVSU

Warriors won the opener 1-0, fell 13-11 in game two.

DETROIT -- In two polar opposite games, the Wayne State University softball squad (12-14 overall, 5-3 GLIAC) split a league doubleheader on Sunday vs. 24th-ranked Grand Valley State University (26-5 overall, 11-3 GLIAC) at Gary L. Bryce Field.  WSU won the opener 1-0 in 10 innings, then fell 13-11 in the nightcap.

GAME ONE RECAP
Warrior hurler Alexis Bonk (New Hudson, Mich. / South Lyon) and GVSU ace Hannah Beatus battled for nine scoreless innings in the first game on Sunday.

The visiting Lakers left 11 runners on base through the first nine innings as Bonk scattered six singles and four walks along with two Wayne State miscues.

Meanwhile, Beatus limited WSU to seven hits, while recording 12 strikeouts to zero walks.

WSU had the first two runners in the bottom of thd first reach on a fielding error and a hit by pitch, but Beatus struck out the next three batters swinging.

Grand Valley State had back-to-back walks in the top of the second followed by a sacrifice bunt, but Bonk did her best Houdini act getting a fly out and a struck out to keep the game scoreless.

The Warriors had consecutive one-out singles in the second by Rose Myers (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester) and Becky Hodder (Orangeville, Ont.) but a strikeout and a line out ended that threat.

The Lakers had two runners on in the fifth but a line out to second ended that frame.

Myers had a one-out single in the seventh and tried to go first to third on a single by Abby Favela (Riverside, Ill. / Riverside-Brookfield) but a strong throw from right field ended the inning.

GVSU had back-to-back two-out singles in the eighth, but a foul out kept the game scoreless.

Bonk had a two-out double in the eighth advancing Gabby Kaple (Galion, Ohio), who had singled, to third but another foul out extended the game to the ninth inning.

Grand Valley State had runners at first and second with one out in the top of the ninth, but a line out double play ended the inning.

In the top of the 10th with the international tiebreaker rule being invoked, GVSU had an infield pop out, a ground out and a pop out to go 1-2-3.

Favela had a sacrifice bunt to move the placed runner (Hodder) to third.  After a strikeout, Hodder scored on a wild pitch, the 292nd pitch of the game.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Bonk and Myers each had two hits.

LEADING THE LAKERS
Joanna Cirrincione and Kaitlyn Lynch each had two singles.

GAME TWO RECAP
Grand Valley State scored four unearned runs in the top of the first on two hits, a hit by pitch and two WSU miscues.

Wayne State responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning.  Rainey Psenicka (Guelph, Ont.) walked, Kaple was hit by a pitch, a one-out to Leah Wrubel (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Mattawan), a two-run single by Breanna Paolatto (Belle River, Ont.) and a two-run single by Myers.

The Lakers tallied four runs in the top of the second and added a single run in the top of the third for a 9-4 advantage.

WSU scored three times in the fourth as Psenicka had a one-out single, was safe at second on a throwing error and scored on a single by Mady Ruczynski (Richmond, Mich. / Armada).  Bonk singled, and with two outs, Paolatto delvered a two-run single.  Myers singled on the next pitch but the Warrior baserunner was called out at the plate.

Wayne State scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth to grab a 10-9 lead.  Psenicka drew a four-pitch two-out walk.  Kaple followed with a single, and after a wild pitch, Ruczynski's base hit up the middle scored Psenicka.  Bonk dropped a blooper just fair down the right field line to knot the game at 9-9.  Wrubel laced a 1-1 offering into left center to make it 10-9.

GVSU had a two-run single in the sixth by Morgan Spicer, followed by a two-run home run by Morgan Wagner to re-gain the lead for good.

Psenicka had a two-out RBI double in the sixth scoring Favela, who had walked but that was as closed as the Warriors would get.

IN THE CIRCLE
Paige Ameel (Marysville, Mich.) pitched the first two innings and surrendered eight runs (four earned) on eight hits with one strikeout to zero walks.  Emily Karas (Macomb Twp., Mich. / Utica Henry Ford II) limited GVSU to one run on four hits in three innings.  She struck out two and did not walk a batter.  Bonk allowed four earned runs on five hits in two innings.  She struck out two and did not issue a free pass.

Genesis Eggart started for GVSU and allowed 10 runs (six earned) on 12 hits in 4.2 innings.  She struck out four and walked four.  Ashley Platek (4-1) earned the win in relief holding WSU to one run on one hit in 2.1 innings.  She struck out one and walked two.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Paolatto went 3-for-5 with four RBI, while Psenicka, Ruczynski, Bonk and Myers each had two hits with Psenicka and Kaple each scoring three times.

LEADING THE LAKERS
Lydia Goble and Bailey Thatcher each had three hits, with Goble contributing two RBI and two runs scored Spicer contributed two hits and three RBI.  Four other GVSU hitters had two hits in the contest.

HIGH-SCORING AFFAIR
The 24 runs scored by the two teams is only tied-for-eighth in WSU history.  The highest-scoring game was a 15-14 Warrior victory at Tiffin on April 7, 2012, followed by a 21-7 WSU triumph vs. LSSU in the 1992 GLIAC Tournament in Allendale, Mich. 

Wayne State lost a 14-13 decision to Ohio Dominican on April 1, 2012, in Detroit, marking the most runs scored by WSU in a setback.

The magic number of 26 has occurred three times:
  • 15-11 loss at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on April 1, 1989;
  • 16-10 setback to Alabama-Huntsville in Decatur, Ala. on Feb. 21, 2009; and
  • 22-4 win over Ohio Dominican on March 31, 2012
The lone 25-run affair was a 24-1 Wayne State victory over St. Joseph's on April 25, 1998, in the GLIAC-GLVC Crossover in Joilet, Ill.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will play four GLIAC Doubleheaders this coming week starting with a Tuesday twinbill at home vs. Saginaw Valley State.  First pitch of game one is slated for 3:30 p.m.













 
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