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Brooke Bunch went 3-for-6 with two doubles in the two contests.
9
Winner Franklin Pierce FPU 9-1
4
Wayne State WSU 6-6
Winner
Franklin Pierce FPU
9-1
9
Final
4
Wayne State WSU
6-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Franklin Pierce FPU 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 2
Wayne State WSU 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 0

W: Kennedy Morr (2-0) L: Koopman, Elly (2-1)

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Wayne State WSU 6-7
9
Winner Ohio Dominican ODU 7-8
Wayne State WSU
6-7
4
Final
9
Ohio Dominican ODU
7-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wayne State WSU 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 10 1
Ohio Dominican ODU 2 0 0 4 2 1 X 9 11 1

W: Alyvia Lawre (3-4) L: Long, Sydney (4-4)

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

Softball Drops Two Games By Identical 9-4 Scores on Day Two of Florida Trip

MELBOURNE, Fla. -- The Wayne State University softball team (6-7 overall) dropped a pair of 9-4 decisions on Saturday at the Space Coast Games.  Franklin Pierce (9-1 overall) won the opener, while in-region foe Ohio Dominican (7-8 overall) took the nightcap.

GAME ONE RECAP
The first two batters for the Ravens reached in the top of the first on a leadoff single by Savannah Arreguin and a walk.  After a fly out, Delaney Duford hit her first home run of the season to make it 3-0 on a 3-2 offering.

WSU battled back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame.  Sophomore shortstop Hunter Near (Coopersville, Mich.) launched a 2-1 pitch over the left centerfield fence to start the inning.  Freshman right fielder Brooke Bunch (Almont, Mich.) followed with a double.  Following two outs, a pop fly was dropped allowing Bunch to score.

Franklin Pierce tallied six runs in the top of the second on three singles, a double, three walks and a hit by pitch.  Zoey Galindo had a two-run single off the pitcher's glove to make it 5-2 and Alicia Ott contributed a two-run double to increase the margin to seven at 9-2.

The Warriors scored their final two runs in the fifth.  Near drew a one-out walk, and moved up to second on a single by Bunch.  After Near was forced out at third, an infield single by sophomore third baseman Kate DeWitt (Grand Blanc, Mich.) loaded the bases.  Senior second baseman Maddie Hool (Allen Park, Mich.) had a two-run single to right to complete the scoring.

IN THE CIRCLE
Sophomore Elly Koopman (Hudsonville, Mich.) allowed nine earned runs on four hits and four walks, while recording four outs.  Junior Kyra Shadduck (DeWitt, Mich. [Lansing C.C.]) tossed the final 5.2 innings blanking FPU on four hits and three walks with one strikeout.

Kennedy Morris (2-0) pitched the first five innings for Franklin Pierce and allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits and one walk with two strikeouts.  Raylee Gilbe did not allow a hit in her two innings of work, but did walk two batters.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Both Near and Bunch went 2-for-3 with Bunch scoring twice.

LEADING THE RAVENS
Eight different batters had one hit apiece, while Duford drove in four.

GAME TWO RECAP
The Panthers took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a one-out walk and a stolen base by Lilah Flores.  Then she scored from second on an infield single by Kendrick Sterling, who later scored on a passed ball.

Wayne State cut its deficit in half with a run in the third.  Junior center fielder Mia Hool (Allen Park, Mich.) reached on a throwing error and continued to second on the play.  She advanced to third on a bunt single by sophomore left fielder Julia Sandles (Macomb, Mich. / Dakota), and scored on a wild pitch.

The Warriors knotted the game at 2-2 in the top of the fourth as junior pitcher Sydney Long was hit by a pitch, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Koopman and scored on a two-out double by junior Molly Hool (Allen Park, Mich.).

ODU scored four runs in the fourth on four hits plus a suicide squeeze bunt to take a 6-2 lead.

WSU made it 6-3 in the fifth on a leadoff single by Sandles and a one-out RBI double by Bunch.

Ohio Dominican tallied two runs in the fifth and an unearned run in the sixth for a 9-3 advantage.

In the top of the seventh, DeWitt had a one-out single, went to second on a wild pitch, advanced to third on a fly out and scored on an RBI double by Koopman.

IN THE CIRCLE
Long (4-4) allowed six runs (five earned) on seven hits and a walk in four innings with three strikeouts.  Senior Hayden Batton (Plainfield, Ind. / Avon) tossed the final two innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits and one walk.

Alyvia Lawrentz (3-4) went the distance for ODU and allowed four runs (three earned) on 10 hits with three strikeouts to one walk.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Sandles went 3-for-3, while Koopman had two hits and an RBI.

LEADING THE PANTHERS
Reese Loveday had three hits, while Saadie Maysonet had two hits and two RBI.  Flores had two hits and scored twice.

UP NEXT
After an off day on Sunday, Wayne State will face Minnesota State-Mankato (9-10 overall) at 10 AM on Monday, followed by a 12:15 PM contest against Saint Michael's (0-3 overall).
 
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