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Molly Hool batting 2024 vs. Purdue Northwest
(C) Douglas Johnson
Molly Hool had five RBI in the two games at Purdue Northwest.
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Wayne State WSU 23-29, 12-15 GLIAC
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Winner Purdue Northwest PRIDESO 13-32-1, 8-18 GLIAC
Wayne State WSU
23-29, 12-15 GLIAC
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Final
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Purdue Northwest PRIDESO
13-32-1, 8-18 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wayne State WSU 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 5 7 1
Purdue Northwest PRIDESO 0 0 2 5 0 0 X 7 11 2

W: Rylan Gick (6-8) L: Batton, Hayden (3-10) S: Jordyn Roop (1)

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Wayne State WSU 23-30, 12-16 GLIAC
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Winner Purdue Northwest PRIDESO 14-32-1, 9-18 GLIAC
Wayne State WSU
23-30, 12-16 GLIAC
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Final
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Purdue Northwest PRIDESO
14-32-1, 9-18 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Wayne State WSU 0 0 3 0 1 4 7 2
Purdue Northwest PRIDESO 6 4 1 0 1 12 12 0

W: Hannah Rafferty-Flat (2-3) L: Fisher, Grace (11-11)

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

Softball Drops Both Games Of Twinbill At Purdue Northwest

WSU will face Parkside in the opening round of the GLIAC Tournament.

HAMMOND, Ind. -- The Wayne State University softball squad (23-30 overall, 12-16 GLIAC) closed out the regular-season portion of its 2025 schedule on Sunday at Purdue Northwest (14-32-1 overall, 8-19 GLIAC).  The host Pride snapped a 2-2 tie by scoring five times in the bottom of the fourth in the 7-5 victory.  PNW scored six times in the first inning and defeated the Warriors 12-4 in five innings in the nightcap.

GAME ONE RECAP
The Warriors took an early 1-0 lead just two batters into the contest on back-to-back doubles by senior Rylie Josephson (West Bloomfield, Mich. / Walled Lake Central) and sophomore Logan Forman (Brantford, Ont.).

PNW went ahead 2-1 in the third on a two-out, two-run double by Olivia Hernandez.

WSU tied it at 2-2 in the top of the fourth as senior Jessie O'Donnell (Campbellville, Ont.) had a leadoff double, went to third on a sacrifice bunt by freshman Katelyn DeWitt (Grand Blanc, Mich.) and scored on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Molly Hool (Allen Park, Mich.).

Purdue Northwest tallied five two-out runs in the fourth to grab a 7-2 advantage.  Three consecutive bunt singles started the frame but a foul out and a strikeout kept the bases loaded with two outs.  A two-run single to right field by Darcy Barkauskas snapped the 2-2 deadlock.  On the very next pitch, Hernandez hit her team-leading sixth home run to make it 7-2.

Wayne State tallied one run in the fifth on a leadoff single by senior Mady Ruczynski (Richmond, Mich. / Armada) and a two-out RBI double by Elly Koopman (Hudsonville, Mich.).

The Warriors cut their deficit in half with a pair of runs in the sixth.  O'Donnell had a leadoff single and advanced to third when Molly Hool reached on a throwing error.  Both runners scored on a Pride fielding error.

IN THE CIRCLE
Junior Hayden Batton (Plainfield, Ind. / Avon) went the distance for WSU.  She allowed seven earned runs on 11 hits in six innings with two strikeouts to two walks.

Rylan Gick (6-8) tossed the first six innings for PNW and surrendered five runs (three earned) on seven hits.  She did not record a strikeout and walked one.  Jordyn Roop notched her first save of the season by retiring three of the four batters she faced.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Forman and O'Donnell each had two hits with O'Donnell scoring twice.

LEADING THE PRIDE
Hernandez went 3-for-3 with three RBI, while Kylie Madure, Kylie Dugan and Myah Stuckey each had two hits and scored once.

GAME TWO RECAP
Purdue Northwest raced out to a 6-0 lead with six runs in the bottom of the first.  It began with two walks sandwiched around a sacrifice bunt, and a dropped throw on a caught stealing when the umpire had originally ruled the runner out.  Hernandez had a two-run double, and Hannah Rafferty-Flatter hit a two-run home run.  An RBI single by Stuckey and a bases loaded walk to Grace Wilson plated the sixth run.

The Pride added on to their lead in the second with four more runs.  A sacrifice fly by Kendall Adelmann, was followed by three unearned runs.

The Warriors tried to mount a comeback in the third scoring three times on a bases clearing double by Molly Hool with two outs.

PNW extended its advantage to 11-3 with an unearned run in the bottom of the third.

WSU scored once in the top of the fifth on leadoff walk to Forman, a wild pitch, a one-out single by O'Donnell, and a sacrifice fly by Molly Hool.

Purdue Northwest ended the contest with a run in the bottom of the fifth.

IN THE CIRCLE
Junior Grace Fisher (Painesville, Ohio / Riverside [Notre Dame College]) allowed six runs on three hits and four walks, while recording two outs in the nine batters she faced.

Koopman pitched the final four innings allowing six runs (two earned) on nine hits with three walks.

Hannah Rafferty-Flatter (2-3) hurled all five innings for PNW and limited WSU to four earned runs on seven hits.  She struck out one and walked two.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Molly Hool had two hits and four RBI.

LEADING THE PRIDE
Dugan and Hernandez each went 3-for-3 with a run scored, while Raffety-Flatter had two hits, two runs scored and two RBI.  Adelmann contributed two sacrifice flies and an RBI single.

UP NEXT
Wayne State, the No. 5 seed, will play Parkside, the No. 4 seed, at 11 a.m. Central Time in the opening game of the 2025 GLIAC Tournament on Thursday.  The entire GLIAC Tournament will be held at The Stadium at the Parkway Bank Sports Complex in Rosemont, Ill.  If WSU wins, it play the following day at 11 a.m. Central Time against top-seeded Saginaw Valley State.  Should the Warriors fall vs. the Rangers, Wayne State would play at 4 p.m. Central Time on Thursday against the loser of Ferris State and Roosevelt.
 
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