Softball | 3/22/2012 11:02:00 AM

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 CALIFORNIA, Pa. – No. 25-ranked California (Pa.) used a pair of strong pitching performances to take a pair of games from West Liberty by scores of 5-1 and 4-0 in a non-conference softball doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at Lilley Field.
    Hope Spancake carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning for the Vulcans (17-3) in the opener only to see the Hilltoppers (5-17) finally break through.
    Leanna McMillen led off the inning with a double and moved to third on a single off the bat of Felicia Hulslander. West Liberty avoided the shutout when Kelsey Martin followed with a sacrifice fly.
    The Hilltoppers got a little more production in the second game but were unable to string enough hits together to get on the board against California's Kaitlyn Schilling, who scattered six singles in a complete-game shutout.
    Jennifer Young and Hulslander had two hits each for Coach Jim Bacca's Hilltoppers.
    West Liberty travels to Wheeling Jesuit on Saturday to open the WVIAC portion of its slate in a 3 p.m. doubleheader.
 
SOFTBALL
No. 25 California (Pa.) 5, West Liberty 1
West Liberty           000 000 1 – 1    2  2
California (Pa.)        010 022 x – 5  10  1
    WL: An.Johnson lp (1SO, 5W), Slenski (0SO 1W) and Burke. McMillen D; Hulslander S; Martin rbi
    Cal: Spancake wp (8SO, 0W) and Al.Johnson. Russell 2S; Al.Johnson D, rbi
 
Hope Spancake
double, single, SF first 3 batters in 7th
 
No. 25 California (Pa.) 4, West Liberty 0
West Liberty             000 000 0 – 0  6  1
California (Pa.)          210 010 x – 4  7  1
    WL: Fortuna lp (0SO, 1W), Emerich (0SO, 1W) and Sumner. Hulslander 2S; Young 2S
    Cal: Schilling (3SO, 0W) and Al.Johnson. Natter 2S, rbi; Heyd 2S, rbi; Russell D, rbi