UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio (March 16) -- The Waynesburg University softball team, behind dominant efforts in the circle from
Sydney Wilson (Pentress, W.Va. / Clay-Battelle) and
Autumn Stemple (Morgantown, W.Va. / University), topped John Carroll University 3-1 and 4-0 in a road non-conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Bracken Field.
Game One
Grace Higgins (Canonsburg, Pa. / Canon-McMillan) worked a one-out walk and came in on a
Trinity Edge (Franklin, Pa. / Franklin) RBI double later in the first inning to give the Yellow Jackets (5-3, 0-0 PAC) a 1-0 lead.
Stemple allowed the first two base runners of the day to reach base but settled in and retired the next six Blue Streaks (1-7, 0-0 OAC) batters across the opening two frames.
Edge singled in the fourth and scored as
Sydney Waryanka (Greensburg, Pa. / Hempfield) clubbed her first collegiate home run to make it 3-0 Orange and Black.
The Edge-Waryanka freshman tandem went a combined 3-for-6 as Edge had two hits and Waryanka had one. They knocked in all 3 Yellow Jackets runs and scored a run each.
Stemple sent the side down in order in the fifth and sixth but allowed a pair of doubles to start the seventh as John Carroll made it 3-1. With runners on first and second and one out,
Brett Shimek called on Wilson for the final two outs, and she delivered to seal the win.
Stemple went 6.1 innings and allowed just three hits while striking out seven and walking four. Wilson notched her first save of the season.
Game Two
The Yellow Jackets (6-3, 0-0 PAC) again jumped to an early lead as
Ella Brookman (Washington, Pa. / Chartiers Houston) brought in
Bella DeMark (Carnegie, Pa. / Bishop Canevin) with a double to left center, making it 1-0. Edge ripped her first collegiate homer to left in the next at bat to push Waynesburg's lead to 3.
Wilson escaped trouble in the first two innings as she stranded a pair of Blue Streaks (1-8, 0-0 OAC) base runners in each frame.Â
Waryanka knocked a single down the right-field line in the sixth to score
Jasmine Demaske (Waynesburg, Pa. / Jefferson-Morgan) and make it 4-0 Yellow Jackets. Wilson kept the home side off the board the rest of the way to spell the 4-0 final.
In her second start of the year, Wilson held the home side to just six hits across seven innings while striking out three and walking two.Â
Edge (3-for-4), DeMark (2-for-3), Brookman (2-for-4) and Wilson (2-for-3) all posted multi-hit efforts for the visitors.
The Yellow Jackets return to action next Wednesday when they host Carnegie Mellon for a 3:30 p.m. non-conference doubleheader.
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