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Katelyn DeWitt went 5-for-7 in the doubleheader vs. Northwood with three runs scored.
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Winner Northwood NORTHWOO 12-7
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Wayne State WSU 10-12
Winner
Northwood NORTHWOO
12-7
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Final
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Wayne State WSU
10-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Northwood NORTHWOO 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 11 1
Wayne State WSU 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 6 1

W: Brynn Polega (7-1) L: Long, Sydney (3-2)

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Northwood NORTHWOO 12-8
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Winner Wayne State WSU 11-12
Northwood NORTHWOO
12-8
5
Final
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Wayne State WSU
11-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Northwood NORTHWOO 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 5 11 1
Wayne State WSU 3 1 1 2 0 0 X 7 11 1

W: Fisher, Grace (4-6) L: Brittani Mut (1-3)

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

Softball Splits High Scoring Doubleheader With Northwood

WSU wins game two 7-5, after falling 7-3 in the opener.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University softball team (11-12 overall) split its home opening day with visiting Northwood University (12-8 overall).  The Timberwolves rallied for a 7-3 triumph in game one, while the Warriors held on for 7-5 victory in the nightcap.

GAME ONE RECAP
WSU scored once in the second inning and added another in the fifth for a 2-0 lead, before NU responded with a seven-run sixth inning.  Wayne State scored once in the bottom of the sixth but that would not be enough.

Freshman shortstop Hunter Near (Coopersville, Mich.) led off the bottom of the second with a double to left center as Northwood left fielder Sayler Cuthrell was unable to make a diving catch.  Near moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by junior second baseman Maddie Hool (Allen Park, Mich.), then scored when sophomore Sydney Long (Grand Blanc, Mich.) ripped an RBI double that stayed just fair and just missed being a home run down the left field line due to the wind.

The Warriors extended their advantage to 2-0 in the fifth as freshman Katelyn DeWitt (Grand Blanc, Mich.) worked a two-out walk and scored when the left fielder for Northwood was unable to catch a fly ball in the wind.

Long was cruising through the first five innings in the circle notching 15 outs in 20 batters.

In the top of the sixth, the Timberwolves had four of their first five batters reach on three singles and a walk.  A dropped fly ball tied the game at 2-2.  A two-run pinch-hit single by NU's Delaney Belding snapped the 2-2 deadlock.  After an RBI double by Ashlyn Lundquist, Delanie Gale had a two-run single.

WSU's run in the bottom of the sixth came as junior outfielder Danielle Fick (Wolverine Lake, Mich. / Walled Lake Central [Notre Dame College] worked a one-out walk, then stole second.  She scored on sophomore Logan Forman's (Brantford, Ont.) two-out single down the third base line.

IN THE CIRCLE
Long (3-2) allowed seven runs (six earned) on nine hits in 5.1 innings.  She struck out one and walked three.  Junior Hayden Batton (Plainfield, Ind. / Avon) recorded five outs in eight batters faced allowing two hits and one walk with two strikeouts.

Brynn Polega (7-1) was credited with the win as she allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits in 5.2 innings.  She struck out five and walked five.  Kamden Binney retired four the five batters she faced.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
DeWitt and Near each had two hits and a walk, and scored once.

LEADING THE TIMBERWOLVES
Lundquist, Abby Robinson and Gianna Fantin each had two hits.

GAME TWO RECAP
The Warriors built a 4-0 lead after two innings and held on for a 7-5 win.

The Timberwolves loaded the bases in the top of the first, but were unable to score.

In the bottom of the frame, freshman right fielder Morgan Williams (Midland, Mich.) had a one-out single and moved to third on a double by DeWitt.  Freshman first baseman Elly Koopman (Hudsonville, Mich.) followed with an RBI single with DeWitt scoring on a misplay in right field.  After a lineout, senior Jessie O'Donnell (Campbellville, Ont.) had an RBI single to right field to make it 3-0.

Wayne State extended its lead to 4-0 in the second as Fick had a leadoff double, and was sacrificed to third by freshman catcher Abby Barnes (Grand Rapids, Mich. / Northview).  With one out, Forman had a sacrifice fly to plate Fick.

Northwood scored twice in the top of the third to cut its deficit in half on a solo home run by Ashley Ziel, along with a single, an error and another single.

WSU responded with one run in the bottom of the third as DeWitt had a wind aided triple to right, and scored on a single by Near.

The Warriors pushed their lead to five (7-2) with two runs in the fourth.  Fick worked a full count walk, then stole second.  She scored on a two-out single by Williams, who was plated on a DeWitt triple to right center.

In the top of the sixth, NU scored three runs on three hits and left three runners on base to trim Wayne State's margin to two at 7-5.

WSU junior hurler Grace Fisher (Painesville, Ohio / Riverside [Notre Dame College] retired Northwood's top three hitters in order in the top of the seventh on 10 pitches.

IN THE CIRCLE
Fisher (4-6) allowed five runs (four earned) on 11 hits in seven innings.  She struck out three and walked five, while throwing 159 pitches.

Brittani Mutter (1-3) started for NU and surrendered four runs (three earned) on five hits in one-plus innings.  Ziel tossed three innings allowing three earned runs on five hits with one strikeout and one walk.  Belding pitched two scoreless innings, striking out two and allowing one hit and one walk.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
DeWitt had three hits and eight total bases, while Williams and O'Donnell each had two hits.  Fick reached base twice via a hit and a walk.

LEADING THE TIMBERWOLVES
Ziel went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, and an RBI.  Fantin and Sayler Cuthrell each had two hits.

UP NEXT
Stay tuned to WSUAthletics.com for schedule updates due to the impending weather for the home doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday.
 
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