ROSEMONT, Ill. -- The Wayne State University softball team (3-2 overall) suffered a 12-0 setback in five innings to Minnesota Duluth (8-4 overall) on Friday night during action on day two of the Lewis Dome Invitational.

The Bulldogs scored five times in the top of the first inning on three hits and a walk, including a three-run home run by Ava Johnson.

UMD scored twice in the third on a two-run triple by Paige Johnson.

In the fourth, Minnesota Duluth tacked on five runs four hits and two walks, which included a two-run pinch-hit double by Taylor Dawyduk.

IN THE CIRCLE
Senior Hayden Batton (Plainfield, Ind. / Avon) pitched the first three-plus innings and allowed 10 runs (all earned) on seven hits and four walks with six strikeouts.  Sophomore Elly Koopman (Hudsonville, Mich.) hurled the final two innings and allowed two earned runs on two hits and two walks with two strikeouts.

Emmie Sylvia-Cochran (3-0) blanked WSU on four hits in five innings.  She struck out seven and did not walk a batter.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
WSU had a one-out double in the first by freshman Brooke Bunch (Almont, Mich.), a leadoff single in the third by sophomore Abby Barnes (Grand Rapids, Mich. / Northview), and two singles in the fourth by sophomore Kate DeWitt (Grand Blanc, Mich.) and senior Maddie Hool (Allen Park, Mich.).

LEADING THE BULLDOGS
Morgan McMillan and Paige Johnson each had two hits, while both Paige Johnson and Ava Johnson drove in three runs.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will conclude play at the Lewis Dome Invitational on Saturday with contests against Quincy (3:30 PM Central Time) and Winona State (6 PM Central Time).