Wright State University
3-4
LIU Brooklyn
0-9
Softball Wins Twice at FAU Kick-Off Classic
2/18/2012 5:00:00 AM | Softball
The softball team won twice at the FAU Kick-Off Classic Saturday in Boca Raton, Florida, defeating Long Island 8-4 in 11 innings before run-ruling Maryland 8-0 in six innings.
Down 2-0 after four innings against Long Island, the Raiders started their comeback with a run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Chelsea Archer. WSU then tied the game at 3-3 with two in the sixth as Kacie Rapshus doubled in Kate Kine and later stole home.
Wright State scored a run in the top of the ninth as Archer walked with the bases loaded, only to see the Blackbirds answer with a run of their own to send the game to the 10th.
In that frame, WSU broke it open as Michelle Baker ripped a two-run triple to right center and later scored on an error. The final run came in on a Reagan Stofcheck sacrifice fly.
Sarah Shanika picked up the complete-game win, scattering nine hits in 10 innings while striking out five. Offensively, Kine and Baker each had two hits with Kine and Rapshus scoring twice.
In the second game, it was all Raiders, starting with a two-run Stofcheck single in the second. A Jess Gorman RBI single made it 3-0 in the third before WSU broke it open with four in the fourth, the key blows being a run-scoring single off the bat of Kristi Boreing along with a Kine triple that plated another.
The final Raider run came in the sixth as a Colleen Schneider single knocked in Gorman to force the run-rule.
Shanika (3-1) earned her second complete-game win of the day, allowing just two hits. Gorman led the way on offense with three hits while Archer, Kine and Stofcheck each had two. Archer and Gorman both scored twice.
Wright State (4-4) wraps up tournament play on Sunday morning at 9:00 against Michigan.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: DeWitt, Krystian (2-3)
L: VONDRAK, Cassie (0-4)
Batting:
2B: Kine, Kate 1 ; Rapshus, Kacie 1
3B: Baker, Michelle 1
RBI: Archer, Chelsea 2 ; Rapshus, Kacie 1 ; Baker, Michelle 2 ; Stofcheck, Reagan 1
SF: Archer, Chelsea 1 ; Stofcheck, Reagan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kine, Kate 2 ; Rapshus, Kacie 2 ; Baker, Michelle 1 ; Gorman, Jess 1 ; Tackett, Kortney 1 ; Stofcheck, Reagan 1
SB: Boreing, Kristi 1 ; Kine, Kate 1 ; Rapshus, Kacie 2 ; Baker, Michelle 1 ; Gorman, Jess 2 ; Tackett, Kortney 1
HBP: Baker, Michelle 1
Batting:
2B: TOVEN, Nichole 1
RBI: TOVEN, Nichole 1 ; VONDRAK, Cassie 1 ; SHEAF, Megan 1
SH: HOHAM, Sterling 1 ; GREEN, Madison 1
Base Running:
RUNS: TOVEN, Nichole 2 ; HOHAM, Sterling 1 ; ZYMKOWITZ, Madison 1
SB: CERVANTES, Karina 1
CS: CERVANTES, Karina 1
HBP: HOHAM, Sterling 1
