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Taryn Peru 2023 vs. Findlay
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Taryn Peru's home run in game one accounted for WSU's lone run.
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Wayne State WS 11-14, 1-4 GLIAC
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Winner Purdue Northwest PNW 20-13, 4-3 GLIAC
Wayne State WS
11-14, 1-4 GLIAC
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Final
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Purdue Northwest PNW
20-13, 4-3 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wayne State WS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Purdue Northwest PNW 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 4 6 1

W: Gabby Palisk (5-4) L: Buckberger, Sasha (5-4)

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Wayne State WS 11-15, 1-5 GLIAC
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Winner Purdue Northwest PNW 21-13, 5-3 GLIAC
Wayne State WS
11-15, 1-5 GLIAC
0
Final
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Purdue Northwest PNW
21-13, 5-3 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Wayne State WS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
Purdue Northwest PNW 1 1 3 1 0 2 8 8 1

W: Emma Hill (5-2) L: Batton, Hayden (3-8)

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

Softball Drops Pair At Purdue Northwest

Warriors fall 4-1 and 8-0.

HAMMOND, Ind. -- The Wayne State University softball squad (11-15 overall, 1-5 GLIAC) was finally able to play at Purdue Northwest (21-13 overall, 5-3 GLIAC) Thursday afternoon after two rain outs in the last five days.  The host Pride won the opener 4-1, then took the nightcap 8-0 in six innings.

GAME ONE RECAP
The game was scoreless for the first three-and-a-half innings until PNW's Jessica DeBoer hit an 0-1 offering over the left-center field fence leading off the bottom of the fourth.  Two singles sandwiched around a walk and wild pitch produced the Pride's second run.  With one out, Darcy Barkauskas had an RBI single and two batters later Aubrey Shroyer walked with the bases loaded to complete the scoring for the home team.

The Warriors lone run was a solo home run leading off the top of the seventh by senior third baseman Taryn Peru (Bath, Mich.).  It was Peru's team-leading fifth round-tripper of the season.

IN THE CIRCLE
Freshman Sasha Buckberger (Oakville, Ont.) went the distance allowing four earned runs on six hits in six innings.  She struck out four and walked three.

Gabby Paliska limited WSU to one run on four hits in the complete-game victory.  She struck out five and walked one.

Both pitchers are now 5-4 on the season.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Senior catcher Becky Hodder (Orangeville, Ont.) extended her hitting streak to 13 games and on-base streak to 17 games with two hits, including her team-leading 13th double of the season.

LEADING THE PRIDE
Myah Stuckey was the lone PNW player with a multiple-hit game.

GAME TWO RECAP
Even though Wayne State was out-hit just 8-6, Purdue Northwest was able to get some key hits and six walks by Warrior hurlers led to an 8-0 setback in six innings.

WSU stranded five runners in the first three and eight total in six innings.

PNW scored an unearned run in the bottom of the first, and then extended its lead on a safety squeeze in the second.  The Pride tacked on three runs in the third, but on a home run by DeBoer was earned.

A sacrifice fly in the fourth made it 6-0, while the last two runs were scored on bases loaded walks in the sixth.

IN THE CIRCLE
Freshman Hayden Batton (Plainfield, Ind. / Avon) allowed five runs (two earned) in three innings on four hits.  She struck out three and walked two.  Junior Alexis Bonk (New Hudson, Mich. / South Lyon) pitched the final 2.1 innings surrendering three earned runs on four hits and four walks with one strikeout.

Emma Hill (5-2) went the distance for PNW blanking the Warriors on six hits.  She struck out two and walked one.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Peru had two singles.

LEADING THE PRIDE
Ashley Bravo, DeBoer and Barkauskas each had two hits.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will continue its stretch of six games in three days with a home doubleheader on Friday (April 7th) vs. Saginaw Valley State.  First pitch at Gary L. Bryce Field is slated for 3:30 p.m.
 
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