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Elly Koopman went 3-for-5 with a double and tossed three scoreless innings at GVSU.
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Wayne State WSU 12-14, 4-5 GLIAC
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Winner Grand Valley State GV 16-13, 6-1 GLIAC
Wayne State WSU
12-14, 4-5 GLIAC
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Final
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Grand Valley State GV
16-13, 6-1 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wayne State WSU 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 7 1
Grand Valley State GV 2 0 2 0 0 0 X 4 10 1

W: Karli Dorr (7-2) L: Long, Sydney (6-8)

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Wayne State WSU 12-15, 4-6 GLIAC
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Winner Grand Valley State GV 17-13, 7-1 GLIAC
Wayne State WSU
12-15, 4-6 GLIAC
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Final
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Grand Valley State GV
17-13, 7-1 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Wayne State WSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Grand Valley State GV 3 0 0 2 3 8 9 1

W: Nevaeh Ingram (3-6) L: Batton, Hayden (2-4)

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

Softball Swept At Grand Valley State

Warriors fall 4-3 and 8-0.

ALLENDALE, Mich. -- The Wayne State University softball team (12-15 overall, 4-6 GLIAC) suffered a doubleheader setback at Grand Valley State University (17-13 overall, 7-1 GLIAC) on Friday afternoon.  The Lakers won the opener 4-3, and claimed the nightcap 8-0 in five innings.

GAME 1 RECAP
GVSU scored twice in the bottom of the first on a two-out two-run home run to center field by Grace Usher.

WSU left a runner in scoring position in both the first and second innings, before Grand Valley State extended its lead to 4-0 with a pair of runs in the bottom of the third.  Faith Edwards had a leadoff single and scored all the way from first on a single by Usher to make it 3-0.  Eliana Eiland had a two-out single plating Usher.

Wayne State scored all three of its runs on one swing of the bat in the top of the sixth.  Sophomore Elly Koopman (Hudsonville, Mich.) had a leadoff single.. Pinch-runner Marin McCullough (Battle Creek, Mich. / Lakeview) moved to third on a double by junior Sydney Long (Grand Blanc, Mich.).  After fouling off a pair of 2-2 pitches, then taking ball three, sophomore third baseman Kate DeWitt (Grand Blanc, Mich.) smacked her third round-tripper of the season down the right field line.

IN THE CIRCLE
Long (6-8) allowed four earned runs on seven hits in the first three innings.  She struck out three and did not walk a batter.  Koopman blanked GVSU on three hits over the final three innings.  She struck out one and walked one.

Karli Dorr (7-2) surrendered three earned runs on seven hits in seven innings.  She struck out five and did not walk a batter.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
DeWitt went 2-for-3, while driving in all three runs.  Koopman also went 2-for-3.  WSU went just 1-for-8 with two outs.

LEADING THE LAKERS
Camryn Hall, Usher, Eiland and Jenna Ballard each had two hits, with Usher driving in the first three runs of the game.

GAME 2 RECAP
Grand Valley State tallied three runs in the bottom of the first on three hits, a walk and a hit by pitch.  Usher had a one-out RBI single,  Kylee Hoebeke contributed a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0 with the third run scoring on a double by Liv Regenfuss.

WSU had its first two batters in the second reach as DeWitt doubles and Maddie Hool (Allen Park, Mich.) reached on an error.  Both runners moved up on a ground out, but a foul out and a strikeout ended the threat.

In the top of the fourth, the Warriors had the first two batters reach as Koopman singled and DeWitt was hit by a pitch.  A fielder's choice double play and a pop out ended that frame.

GVSU added two runs in the fourth on a double by Allyson Theunick, a hit by pitch, a bunt single with a throwing error and an RBI ground out by Edwards.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Lakers finished the game with three runs on three hits and two walks along with a missed catch.

IN THE CIRCLE
Senior Hayden Batton (Plainfield, Ind. / Avon) allowed five runs (four earned) in 3.1 innings on six hits.  She struck out two and walked one.  Junior Kyra Shadduck (DeWitt, Mich. [Lansing C.C.]) recorded three outs, while allowing three earned runs on three hits and two walks.

Nevaeh Ingram (3-6) blanked WSU on three hits in five innings.  She struck out two and did not walk a batter.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
DeWitt reached base twice on a double and hit by pitch, while Koopman and freshman Ellery Garver (Weidman, Mich. Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart) had the other hits.  WSU went 0-for-6 with runners on base.

LEADING THE LAKERS
Hall went 3-for-3 with a run scored, while Usher was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.  Carsyn Segorski contributed two RBI.

UP NEXT
Wayne State is scheduled to play eight games next with the first two at home on Tuesday vs. Findlay.  WSU will play at Purdue Northwest on Thursday (April 9th) in a make-up of the April 4th postponement followed by doubleheaders at Roosevelt (April 10th) and Parkside (April 12th).
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