Softball Sweeps Dayton

Tuesday, April 22

Dayton, OH

3:00 PM

Wright State University

23-22

Dayton (Game 1)

19-27

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Wright State	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	7	11	0
Dayton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3

4/22/2008 12:00:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

By: WSU Athletic Media Relations

The Wright State softball team smacked seven home runs on the day and behind shutout pitching from Allison Cox and Heather Bauer, swept a doubleheader at crosstown rival Dayton on Tuesday, the Raiders winning 7-0 in the opener and 8-0 in the nightcap.

Game one was scoreless until WSU exploded for five runs in the fourth. After Mollie Berry led off with a home run to right, Ashleigh Jackson then hit a solo shot of her own to left, her fourth of the year, and Justine Shilt made it back-to-back-to-back home runs, all by freshmen, with her third of the season, a blast to right.

The final two runs of the fourth came on a bases-loaded walk to Kristen Bradshaw and a sacrifice fly by Allison Cox.

Wright State tacked on two more in the sixth as Michelle Logan scored on a wild pitch and Cox drove in another with a fielder's choice.

Along with her two RBIs, Cox had a big game in the circle as she pitched a five-hit shutout to improve to 3-3 on the year. The sophomore scattered five hits and did not walk a batter in striking out three.

Haney finished with three hits while Shilt and Briauna Birl each had two.

WSU used the long ball again to go up 4-0 in the second inning of the second game as Berry led off with her second of the day to right center and Jamie Perkins later had a three-run blast to left, her seventh of the season.

The Raiders then forced the run-rule with four more in the sixth as Bradshaw drilled a three-run home run off the scoreboard in left center, her eighth of the year, and Jackson later hit her second of the day to left.

Heather Bauer (2-1) threw six shutout innings to earn the complete-game victory, allowing just three hits. Offensively, Bradshaw finished with three hits in the second game while Shilt had two.

Wright State, now 24-22 on the season, returns to Horizon League play on Thursday as the Raiders close out the home portion of their schedule with a 3:00 doubleheader against Valparaiso.