Softball | 3/30/2011 9:50:40 AM

BOX SCORES

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – The West Liberty University softball team rolled out the heavy artillery on Tuesday and swept a non-conference doubleheader from Point Park (Pa.) by scores of 4-3 and 10-8 at the WLU Softball Complex.

The Hilltoppers (4-23) played errorless ball in the opener and it paid off at the end as West Liberty pushed across a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth to overcome a 3-2 deficit.

Katelynn Kumm swung the big stick for the hosts, driving in three of the four runs with a triple and a single. Kelsey Martin weighed in with a single and a double.

Sara Emerich went the distance for the win, picking up 7 strikeouts while issuing only one walk.

In the second game, Martin's 3-run home run highlighted a 5-run Hilltopper uprising in the bottom of the fourth that put the hosts ahead to stay. Angela Johnson ignited the rally with a solo home run.

The scrappy Pioneers (10-9) battled back to close the gap to 8-7 only to see West Liberty's Courtney Loe bang out a 2-out, 2-run single in the bottom of the sixth to close the deal.

Martin capped off a big day with 4 RBIs on a homer, double and single while Loe finished with two singles and 3 RBIs. Leanna McMillen, Maggie Starr and Felicia Hulslander all had two hits each for the Hilltoppers, who banged out a total of 13 hits in the game.

West Liberty opens a weekend WVIAC road trip on Friday afternoon with a 3 p.m. doubleheader at the University of Charleston.

SOFTBALL

West Liberty 4, Point Park (Pa.) 3

Point Park (Pa.)        010 002 0 - 3 10  3

West Liberty            000 202 x - 4    6  0

    PP: Inzana lp (7SO, 0W) and Davis. Pesanka 2S, rbi

    WL: Emerich wp (7SO, 1W) and Sumner. Kumm T, S, 3rbi; Martin D, S

West Liberty 10, Point Park (Pa.) 8

Point Park (Pa.)     200 410 1 -   8  14  1

West Liberty          111 502 x - 10  13  3

    PP: Heigel lp (0SO, 0W), Robertson (4) (2SO, 0W) and Guffey. Pesanka 4S, 3rbi

    WL: Emerich (4SO, 2W), Fortuna wp (4) (1SO, 2W), Johnson (6) (1SO, 0W) and Loe. Martin HR, D, S, 4rbi; Loe 2S, 3rbi; Johnson HR, 2rbi; McMillen 2S, rbi; Starr 2S; Hulslander 2s