Softball | 4/17/2012 9:49:00 PM

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 GLENVILLE, W.Va. –The West Liberty University softball team continued its late-season drive on Tuesday by sweeping a West Virginia Conference twinbill at Glenville State by scores of 5-1 and 6-3.
    Coach Jim Bacca's Hilltoppers (12-37, 7-15) picked up their fourth win in the last six games while handing the Pioneers (13-28, 8-13) their sixth consecutive loss.
    In the first game, Angela Johnson and Becky Fortuna combined on a four-hitter in the circle for West Liberty while their Hilltopper teammates took care of business at the plate. Maggie Starr drove in three runs with a home run and single while Irene Fadul drove in a run with a double and single. Stacey Sumner also launched a solo home run.
    The Hilltoppers took command early in the second game, scoring four runs in the top of the first and never looking back. Julianne Wanda hammered a two-run homer while Leanna McMillen and Felicia Hulslander each weighed in with a double and single. Starr contributed a double to the cause while Sara Emerich went the distance in the circle for a complete-game win.
    West Liberty returns home to host Concord on Friday in a 3 p.m. doubleheader at the WLU Sports Complex.
 
SOFTBALL
West Liberty 5, Glenville State 1
West Liberty             002 100 2 – 5  7  2
Glenville State          100 000 0 – 1  4  0
    WLU: Johnson wp (2SO, 1W), Fortuna (5) (2SO, 0W) and Burke, Sumner (5). Starr HR, S, 3rbi; Sumner HR, rbi; Fadul D, S, rbi
    GSC: Lesser lp (4SO, 0W), Colson (6) (1SO, 1W) and Matheney. Huck 2S.
 
West Liberty 6, Glenville State 3
West Liberty             400 020 0 – 6  7  1
Glenville State          120 000 0 – 3  8  3
    WLU: Emerich wp (4SO, 1W) and Sumner. McMillen D, S, rbi; Hulslander D, S; Wanda HR, 2rbi; Starr D
    GSC: May lp (3SO, 0W) and Matheney. Scarpellini HR, S, 2rbi; Huck D, S, 2rbi; Chatron 2S