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Rylie Josephson 2022 vs. PNW
Rylie Josephson had two hits in the season opener vs. Lewis.
0
Wayne State WS 0-1
2
Winner Lewis LEWIS 4-2
Wayne State WS
0-1
0
Final
2
Lewis LEWIS
4-2
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 4 2
Lewis LEWIS 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2 6 0

W: Wuske, Payton (1-0) L: Batton, Hayden (0-1)

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Winner Minnesota Duluth UMD 12-3
0
Wayne State WS 0-2
Winner
Minnesota Duluth UMD
12-3
10
Final
0
Wayne State WS
0-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Minnesota Duluth UMD 1 0 1 3 5 10 8 1
Wayne State WS 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1

W: Stariha, Mady (0-0) L: Bonk, Alexis (0-1)

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

Softball Blanked In First Two Games of 2023

WSU continues play at Lewis Dome Tournament on Friday.

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- The Wayne State University softball squad (0-2 overall) began its 2023 campaign with a pair of shutout setbacks on Thursday evening at the Lewis Dome Tournament.  The Warriors lost 2-0 to the host Flyers (4-2 overall), then suffered a 10-0 loss to Minnesota-Duluth (12-3 overall) in the nightcap.

GAME 1 RECAP
WSU freshman hurler Hayden Batton (Plainfield, Ind. / Avon) limited Lewis to just six hits and two unearned runs in six innings of work.  However, the Wayne State offense managed just four singles, two by sophomore right fielder Rylie Josephson (West Bloomfield, Mich. / Walled Lake Central), along with the first collegiate hit for rookie second baseman Maddie Hool (Allen Park, Mich.).

Josephson led off the game with a base hit and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Hool, but the next two Warriors were retired.

Junior infielder Shelby Miller (Georgetown, Ont.) had a one-out single in the second and advanced to second when redshirt freshman outfielder Jessie O'Donnell (Campbellville, Ont.) worked a walk on a 3-2 offering.  However, the next WSU batters struck out.

Lewis scored its first run in the bottom of the third on back-to-back infield singles with one out followed by a Wayne State miscue and a sacrifice fly by Kristen Graham.

Miller had a two-out walk in the fourth, and Josephson singled with two outs in the fifth but was struck by Hool's batted ball.

The Flyers added an insurance run in the sixth on a two-out single by Grace Erickson following a Warrior fielding error.

IN THE CIRCLE
Batton (0-1) surrendered two unearned runs, while striking out five and not allowing a walk.

Payton Wuske (1-0) went the distance for LU.  She struck out three and walked two, while allowing four singles.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Josephson had two hits, while Miller reached base twice via a hit and a walk.

LEADING THE FLYERS
Six different batters had one hit apiece.

GAME TWO RECAP
The UMD Bulldogs scored 10 runs in five innings on eight hits and 10 walks.

Minnesota Duluth scored once in the top of the first and added a run in the third before scoring three times in the fourth and five times in the fifth.

IN THE CIRCLE
Junior Alexis Bonk (New Hudson, Mich. / South Lyon) allowed five runs on three hits and seven walks in four innings of work.  She also struck out five.  Freshman Sasha Buckberger (Oakville, Ont.) pitched the top of the fifth striking out one and allowing five runs on five hits and three walks.

Mady Stariha pitched the first three innings for the Bulldogs and limited the Warriors to three singles, while striking out two.  Allyssa Williams hurled the final two innings striking out three and allowing one hit and one walk.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Hool had two of WSU's four hits.

LEADING THE BULLDOGS
Julia Gronholz had two hits as seven UMD batters combined for eight hits.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will play two games on Friday at the Lewis Dome Tournament.  WSU will play Walsh at 7 p.m. Eastern followed by a 9 p.m. contest against Minnesota State-Moorhead.

 
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