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Katleyn DeWitt had 10 RBI in the three games at the LMU Invitational.
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Kentucky Wesleyan KWCSB 0-7
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Winner Wayne State WSU 1-0
Kentucky Wesleyan KWCSB
0-7
0
Final
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Wayne State WSU
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Kentucky Wesleyan KWCSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Wayne State WSU 0 0 3 1 2 1 X 7 9 0

W: Fisher, Grace (1-0) L: Mann, Immi (0-5)

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Wayne State WSU 1-1
8
Winner Lincoln Memorial LMUSOFT 8-3
Wayne State WSU
1-1
7
Final
8
Lincoln Memorial LMUSOFT
8-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wayne State WSU 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 7 15 3
Lincoln Memorial LMUSOFT 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 12 4

W: Grace Patton, Halle (7-1) L: Fisher, Grace (1-1)

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Winner Wayne State WSU 2-1
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Davis & Elkins DEC 3-9
Winner
Wayne State WSU
2-1
11
Final
6
Davis & Elkins DEC
3-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wayne State WSU 1 4 1 0 2 0 3 11 17 1
Davis & Elkins DEC 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 6 10 1

W: Koopman, Elly (1-0) L: Jarvis, Sammie (1-5) S: Long, Sydney (1)

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

Softball Opens Season With Two Wins At Lincoln Memorial Tournament

DeWitt drives in 10 in three-game series.

HARROGATE, Tenn. -- The Wayne State University softball squad (2-1 overall) began its 2025 campaign with a weather-shortened three-game trip to the Lincoln Memorial Invitational.  WSU won its first game, 7-0, over Kentucky Wesleyan (0-7 overall), before falling 8-7 in nine innings to No. 28-ranked LMU (8-3 overall).  The Warriors trounced Davis & Elkins (3-9 overall) 11-6 in the final game of the tournament.

GAME ONE RECAP
The Warriors snapped a scoreless deadlock with a three-run bottom of the third inning.  Sophomore Mia Hool (Allen Park, Mich.) reached on a leadoff strikeout via a passed ball.  After a fly out and another passed ball, senior Rylie Josephson (West Bloomfield, Mich. / Walled Lake Central) had an infield single.  Following a force out at third base, sophomore Logan Forman (Brantford, Ont.) had an RBI single to center field plating Josephson on a 3-2 offering.  Freshman Katelyn DeWitt (Grand Blanc, Mich.) ripped a 1-0 pitch to right center for a two-run double.

Wayne State extended its lead to 4-0 the following frame as senior Mady Ruczynski (Richmond, Mich. / Armada) reached on a one-out error.  With two outs, junior Maddie Hool (Allen Park, Mich.) had an RBI double to right center scoring her sister Mia.

WSU added a pair of insurance runs in the fifth as Forman had a one-out single and scored when DeWitt's laser to center field was misplayed.  With two outs, sophomore Molly Hool (Allen Park, Mich.) blooped a 1-2 pitch down the right field line scoring DeWitt.

The Warriors final run was scored in the sixth as pinch-hitter Elly Koopman (Hudsonville, Mich.) reached on a four-pitch walk.  Pinch-hitter Morgan Williams (Midland, Mich.) had an RBI double to left center plating Abby Barnes (Grand Rapids, Mich. / Northview) with the game's final run.

IN THE CIRCLE
Junior Grace Fisher (Painesville, Ohio / Riverside [Notre Dame College]) tossed a three-hit shutout in her Warrior debut.  She struck out four and walked four, while allowing just one Panther to reach third base (with two outs in the bottom of the fourth).

Immi Mann (0-5) pitched all six innings for KWC allowing seven runs (three earned) on nine hits with four strikeouts to two walks.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Josephson, Forman and DeWitt each had two hits with DeWitt driving in a pair of runs.

LEADING THE PANTHERS
KWC had two singles along with a double by Augusta Garr.

GAME TWO RECAP
In a see-saw battle, the host Railsplitters scored in the bottom of the ninth to prevail 8-7.  WSU stranded 15 base runners, including 10 in the first four innings as the Warriors left the bases loaded twice.  LMU left eight runners on base.

Wayne State took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first as Josephson had a leadoff double, went to third on a sac bunt by Danielle Fick (Wolverine Lake, Mich. / Walled Lake Central [Notre Dame College]) and scored on an RBI double by DeWitt.  With two outs, Koopman had an RBI single through the right side.

LMU scored three runs on three hits in the bottom of the first to grab a 3-2 advantage, then added a single run in the third on a leadoff triple and a sacrifice fly.

DeWitt walloped a two-run blast to center field in the fourth to knot the game at 4-4.  A Koopman double was followed by an infield single from Hunter Near (Coopersville, Mich.) with Koopman scoring on a throwing error.  Lincoln Memorial tied the game at 5-5 in the fourth on a walk, a wild pitch, an error and an RBI single.

Fick had a one-out double in the fifth and scored on an RBI single by DeWitt.  LMU evened the score once more in the sixth on a single, a sacrifice bunt and a two-out double.

The Warriors went ahead in the eighth as the placed runner scored on a two-out throwing error.  The Railsplitters scored once in the eighth to extend the game.  WSU was unable to score in the ninth, but the hosts tallied the game-winning run on a two-out throwing error in the bottom of the ninth.

IN THE CIRCLE
Sophomore Sydney Long (Grand Blanc, Mich.) allowed six runs (four earned) on 10 hits in six innings.  She struck out five and walked one.  Fisher tossed the final 2.2 innings surrendering just two placed (international tie-breaker) runs on two hits with five strikeouts to zero walks.

Jasmine Kaylor started for LMU and allowed five earned runs on eight hits in 3.2 innings with one strikeout to two walks.  Katie Fultz hurled the next 2.1 innings limiting WSU to one earned run on six hits with one walk.  Halle Grace Patton (7-1) notched the win in relief.  Patton pitched the final three innings allowing one run (unearned) on one hit with five strikeouts to one walk.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
DeWitt went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and four RBI, including a double and her first collegiate four-bagger.  Ruczynski had three hits as well, while Josephson, Koopman and Barnes each had two hits.

LEADING THE RAILSPLITTERS
Reese Vivrette went 4-for-5 with two runs, with Anna Kate Reichter and Gracie Palmer each recording two hits with Reichter driving in a pair.

GAME THREE RECAP
Wayne State scored in the top of the first against Davis & Elkins as Jessie O'Donnell (Campbellville, Ont.) had a one-out triple and scored on a passed ball. 

WSU increased its lead to 5-0 with a four-run second inning.  Mia Hool worked a walk on a 3-2 offering, then Madison Martinez (Hemlock, Mich. [Central Michigan]) followed with a bunt single.  Hool scored on a sacrifice fly by Forman.  After O'Donnell was hit by a pitch, DeWitt had an RBI single.  Koopman greeted a Senator relief pitcher with an RBI single.  Williams then contributed a two-out RBI single.

DeWitt had a two-out RBI single in the third to make it 6-0  plating Martinez following her infield single.  The Senators scored three runs in the fourth on three hits and an error after Koopman had retired 10 of the first 11 batters she had faced.

The Warriors responded with two runs in the fifth on a two-run double by DeWitt after hits by Mia Hool and O'Donnell.

D&E scored twice in the bottom of the sixth to make it 8-5 on a leadoff home run, a double and a two-out RBI single.

Wayne State tacked on three insurance runs in the seventh on a two-run pinch-hit single by Josephson, and an RBI double by Williams.

Davis & Elkins tried to mount a comeback in the bottom of the seventh scoring once as the first two batters reached before a caught stealing, a strikeout and a fly out ended the contest.

IN THE CIRCLE
Koopman earned the victory in her first career pitching appearance.  She allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits in four innings with seven strikeouts to one walk.  Long notched the save by limiting the Senators to three runs in three innings on seven hits with four strikeouts to zero walks.

Sammie Jarvis (1-5) started for the Senators and allowed five earned runs on four hits and three walks in 1.1 innings.  Dawn Morris surrendered five earned runs on 11 hits in 4.2 innings with two strikeouts to one walk, before Saylor Kneeland hurled the final inning allowing one run on two hits with three strikeouts and one walk.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
O'Donnell and DeWitt each had three hits, with O'Donnell scoring four times and DeWitt recording four RBI.  Koopman, Williams, Mia Hool and Martinez all had two hits apiece.

LEADING THE SENATORS
Lilly Saucedo, Ashlyn Zapach and Meg Henkle each had two hits with Zapach hitting a home run.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will play two games next Friday (2/21) at the Lewis Dome Invitational in Rosemont, Ill. against Bemidji State and St. Cloud State.
 
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