Softball | 4/20/2012 8:09:00 PM
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Box Score 2 WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. –The West Liberty University softball team split a West Virginia Conference doubleheader with Concord on Friday, rolling to a 9-0 win in the opener before dropping a 7-2 decision in the finale at the WLU Softball Complex.
Coach
Jim Bacca's Hilltoppers (13-38, 8-16) rode the strong right arm of
Sara Emerich to victory in the first game as the West Liberty junior carried a perfect game into the fourth inning before settling for a two-hit shutout.
Emerich's teammates provided plenty of support in a game that was shortened to five innings by the 8-run mercy rule. Eight of the nine Hilltopper batters had at least one hit and seven different West Liberty players drove in a run.
The second game was tied at 2-2 through four innings before the Mountain Lions (18-29, 7-16) broke through with three runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth to salvage the split.
McMillen had a double and single for West Liberty while Young drove in a run with a pair of singles and
Angela Johnson also had a two-hit game. Hulslander added an RBI single.
The Hilltoppers wrap up the season at home on Saturday with a 1 p.m. doubleheader against Bluefield State.
SOFTBALL
West Liberty 9, Concord 0
Concord 000 00 – 0 2 3
West Liberty 141 2x – 9 12 0
C: Smith lp (1SO, 0W), Harper (2) (1SO, 2W) and Gleason.
WL: Emerich wp (3SO, 1W) and Sumner. Hulslander 2S, rbi; Sumner 2S, rbi; Sayles 2S, rbi; Fadul 2S, rbi; McMillen D, 3rbi; Starr S, rbi; Young S, rbi
Concord 7, West Liberty 2
Concord 002 032 0 – 7 9 0
West Liberty 002 000 0 – 2 10 1
C: McDougall and Gleason. Gleason 3S; McDougall 2S, 3rbi; Workman T, 3rbi
WL: Fortuna lp (3SO, 3W), Johnson (5) (1SO, 1W), Emerich (6) (1SO, 2W) and Burke. Young 2S, rbi; McMillen D, S; Johnson 2S; Hulslander S, rbi
