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Team Celebrating Logan Forman's home run
University of Findlay Athletics
Warriors celebrating Logan Forman's first career home run.
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Wayne State WSU 2-4
8
Winner Findlay FINDLAY 11-8
Wayne State WSU
2-4
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Final
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Findlay FINDLAY
11-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Wayne State WSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Findlay FINDLAY 0 0 1 0 7 8 9 0

W: A. Antal (4-1) L: Bonk, Alexis (0-3)

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Wayne State WSU 2-5
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Winner Findlay FINDLAY 12-8
Wayne State WSU
2-5
4
Final
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Findlay FINDLAY
12-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wayne State WSU 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 5 1
Findlay FINDLAY 1 2 0 0 0 3 X 6 7 1

W: M. Pfiffner (4-1) L: Long, Sydney (1-2) S: K. Dykin (1)

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

Softball Swept At Findlay

Forman smacks first career home run.

FINDLAY, Ohio -- The Wayne State University softball team (2-5 overall) resumed its season on Thursday by playing an in-region doubleheader at the University of Findlay (12-8 overall).  The host Oilers won both games, 8-0 in five innings and 6-4.

GAME 1 RECAP
Warrior senior Alexis Bonk (New Hudson, Mich. / South Lyon) led off the top of the second with a double to left center and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by classmate Abby Favela (Riverside, Ill. / Riverside-Brookfield).  However, the next two batters were retired to keep the game scoreless.

In the bottom of the third, UF had a leadoff double by Avery Shepherd, who scored on a two-out RBI single by Kaitlynn Briggs just after 2-2 pitch was called out of the zone.

WSU had two runners in the fourth on a single by freshman Logan Forman (Brantford, Ont.) and a five-pitch walk to Bonk, and two more in the fifth on a two-out double by sophomore Maddie Hool (Allen Park, Mich.) and a five-pitch walk to junior Rylie Josephson (West Bloomfield, Mich. / Walled Lake Central).  Neither frame could Wayne State get a two-out base hit.

In the bottom of the fifth, the first three Oilers reached on two hits and a walk before a sacrifice fly by Joslynne Frazier.  Two UF base runners scored on a Warrior throwing error to make it 4-0.  Alissa Davis had an RBI single and Lainey Bingham followed with an RBI double.  The final two Findlay runs scored on a pair of throwing errors by Wayne State.

IN THE CIRCLE
Bonk (0-3) allowed seven runs (five earned) on nine hits in 4.1 innings.  She struck out four and walked two.  Madison Martinez (Hemlock, Mich.) faced two batters and allowed one unearned run on a hit and a walk.

Alexys Antal (4-1) notched the shutout victory limiting WSU to three hits and two walks with two strikeouts in five innings.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Bonk was the lone WSU batter to reach twice on a double and a walk.

LEADING THE OILERS
Shepherd, Antal and Briggs each had two hits.

GAME 2 RECAP
Wayne State took an early 2-0 lead in the nightcap in the top of the first.  Graduate student Becky Hodder (Orangeville, Ont.) reached on a one-out error, before Forman laced the first offering over the left field fence for her first collegiate home run.

Findlay scored once in the bottom of the frame on a leadoff triple by Shepherd and a sacrifice fly by Annika Bredel.

The Oilers grabbed a 3-2 advantage in the second on a double by Davis, a hit by pitch of Hannah Baker and a two-run single by Kora Navarro.

WSU evened the score in the top of the third as Josephson had a one-out single and scored on Hodder's double down the left field line.

UF snapped the 3-3 deadlock in the bottom of the sixth by scoring three times on three hits, including a two-run double by Baker with the final run scoring on a Wayne State throwing error.

The Warriors tallied one run in the top of the seventh on a leadoff walk by pinch-hitter Kiley Lewandowski (Ypsilanti, Mich. / Lincoln).  Junior Mady Ruczynski (Richmond, Mich. Armada) moved to second on a ground out, and scored on a single by Maddie Hool.

IN THE CIRCLE
Freshman Sydney Long (Grand Blanc, Mich.) fell to 1-2 overall after surrendering six runs (five earned) on seven hits and two walks in six innings.  She struck out one.

Molly Pfiffner (4-1) earned the win after allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks in 6.1 innings.  She struck out two.  Kayla Dykin notched the save after retiring both batters she faced, including one on strikes.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Josephson was the lone WSU batter with two hits.

LEADING THE OILERS
Both Shepherd and Davis had two hits, with Davis scoring twice.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will "officially" begin its spring break trip with a pair of games in Florida on Saturday.  WSU faces Minnesota Duluth at 1:30 p.m. and Minnesota Crookston at 3:45 p.m.  Both games will be played at the DiamondPlex in Winter Haven, Fla.
 
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