WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – The West Liberty University softball team split a West Virginia Conference doubleheader with West Virginia Wesleyan Sunday afternoon at the WLU Softball Complex.

Coach Jim Bacca's Hilltoppers (13-29, 6-14) handed the Bobcats (24-18, 11-9) a 4-2 loss in the opener with Wesleyan bouncing back for a 12-0 win in the finale.

Rebekah Honce's two-run home run in the top of the second gave Wesleyan an early 2-0 lead in the first game but West Liberty ace Sara Emerich slammed the door the rest of the way, scattering four singles and not allowing a Bobcat past second base over the final five frames.

The Hilltoppers answered with a single tally in the bottom of the second and took a 3-2 lead with two more runs in the bottom of the third. Stacy Sumner closed out the scoring with a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth.

Janea Cockrell doubled and drove in a run while Felicia Hulslander chipped in with a single and an RBI.

The second game was all Wesleyan as the visitors batted around in the top of the first to jump out to a 6-0 lead and never looked back. Emerich had West Liberty's only extra-base hit, a double in the bottom of the fifth.

The Hilltoppers host Glenville State on Tuesday in a 2 p.m. doubleheader.

SOFTBALL

West Liberty 4, W.Va. Wesleyan 2

W.Va. Wesleyan 020 000 0 – 2  5  1

West Liberty 012 001 x – 4  6  0

WVW: Carey lp (2SO, 1W) and Malenstyn. Honce HR, 2rbi

WLU: Emerich wp (2SO, 3W) and Sumner. Sumner HR, 2rbi; Cockrell D, rbi; Hulslander S, rbi

W.Va. Wesleyan 12, West Liberty 0

W.Va. Wesleyan 601 50 – 12  15  0

West Liberty 000 00 –   0    5  3

WVW: Omichinski wp (5SO, 1W), Hanna (1SO, 0W) and Malenstyn, Ramsey (5). Hall D, 2S, rbi; Davis HR, S, 5rbi; Taylor T, S, rbi; Carey 2S, 3rbi; Honce D, 2rbi

WLU: Creamer lp (1SO, 1W), Emerich (0SO, 0W) and Burke. Emerich D