Wright State University
16-30, 11-6
Cleveland State (Game 1)
25-15, 8-6
Softball Sweeps Cleveland State on Senior Day
5/3/2014 4:00:00 AM | Softball
Wright State clinched the #2 seed for next week's Horizon League Tournament with a sweep of Cleveland State Saturday at the WSU Softball Field, taking the opener 9-2 before rallying for a 4-3 win in the nightcap.
The Raiders took a 2-0 lead in the opener on a RBI single by Kortney Tackett in the second and on a double by Libby Pfeffer in the third to drive in Jess Gorman, only to see Cleveland State tie the game with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth.
It stayed that way until WSU exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth. A Hanna Floyd single drove in Kacie Rapshus with the go-ahead run and Gorman doubled in two runs to make it 5-2. Libby Pfeffer plated another run with a hit and after Taylor Knore had a two-run double, Rapshus rounded out the scoring with a RBI single to left.
Krystian DeWitt (10-11) allowed one earned run and four hits in a complete-game effort, striking out five. At the plate, Gorman, Knore, Rapshus and Tackett each had two hits.
The Vikings went in front in game two with a run in the fourth before the Raiders answered with a run in the bottom of the inning as Libby Pfeffer doubled to left center and Rapshus drove her in with a hit to center.
Nena Doran put Cleveland State back in front in the fifth with a two-run home run to left, but that lead was short-lived as Wright State took the lead for good with three in its half of the fifth.
With one out, Angie Clark walked and went to second on a Gorman hit. Reagan Stofcheck then singled along the left field line to drive in Clark and a wild throw on the play allowed Gorman to score and Stofcheck to go to third. Pfeffer then had a sacrifice fly to center to drive in Stofcheck and make it 4-3.
Cleveland State posed a threat in the seventh with a walk and single with one out, but Montana Wear (7-16) preserved the victory by getting the final two batters to ground out. Wear struck out six in a complete-game effort.
With the two wins and Green Bay sweeping a doubleheader from Valparaiso on Saturday, the Phoenix will be the #1 seed and host for next week's Horizon League Tournament while the Raiders will be the #2 seed.
Wright State (17-30, 12-6 Horizon) closes out the regular season Sunday with the final game of the series against Cleveland State starting at noon.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: DeWitt, Krystian (10-12)
L: KNIGHT, Susan (11-13)
Batting:
RBI: DORAN, Nena 1
Base Running:
RUNS: PHILLIPS, Katelind 1 ; RIVERA-KEAHI, J. 1
SB: DORAN, Nena 1
Batting:
2B: Gorman, Jess 1 ; Pfeffer, Libby 1 ; Knore, Taylor 1 ; Rapshus, Kacie 1
RBI: Gorman, Jess 2 ; Pfeffer, Libby 2 ; Knore, Taylor 2 ; Rapshus, Kacie 1 ; Tackett, Kortney 1 ; Floyd, Hanna 1
SH: Floyd, Hanna 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gorman, Jess 2 ; Stofcheck, Reagan 1 ; Pfeffer, Libby 1 ; Knore, Taylor 1 ; Oakley, Rachael 1 ; Rapshus, Kacie 1 ; Tackett, Kortney 1 ; Floyd, Hanna 1
SB: Gorman, Jess 1 ; Oakley, Rachael 1 ; Tackett, Kortney 1 ; Floyd, Hanna 1
HBP: Tackett, Kortney 1
