Softball | 4/22/2014 11:12:00 PM
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Box Score 2 WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. - The West Liberty University softball team swept a Mountain East Conference doubleheader from Ohio County rival Wheeling Jesuit Tuesday afternoon at the WJU Softball Complex.
Coach Jim Bacca's Hilltoppers (10-35, 3-21) prevailed by scores of 4-0 and 7-5. Maggie Starr's two-out, two-run triple snapped a 5-5 tie and capped a four-run rally in the bottom of the sixth as West Liberty finished off the sweep in the second game. The Hilltoppers overcame an early 5-2 WJU lead with Nikki Mihalik blanking the Cardinals (14-27, 7-15) on one hit over the final four innings to get the win.
Starr paced the WLU attack with two singles to go along with her clutch three-bagger while Julianne Wanda added a pair of hits and drove in a run. Jenn Young and Emily Harvey each had a double and an RBI while Kalyn Hanby and Jamee Burke added RBI singles. In the opener, Paula Creamer scattered five singles and recorded 13 ground-ball outs in a complete-game gem. Starr had a pair of hits for West Liberty while Alyssa Johnson and Jamie Burke each had a double and an RBI.
The Hilltoppers will host Fairmont State on Saturday in a 1 p.m. doubleheader.
SOFTBALL
West Liberty 4, Wheeling Jesuit 0
Wheeling Jesuit 000 000 0 – 0 5 1
West Liberty 000 031 x – 4 6 2
WJU: Smith lp (2SO, 1W) and Ice. Smith 3S
WLU: Creamer wp (1SO, 1W) and Burke. Starr 2S; Burke D, rbi; Johnson D, rbi
West Liberty 7, Wheeling Jesuit 5
Wheeling Jesuit 005 000 0 – 5 6 2
West Liberty 200 014 x – 7 9 4
WJU: Achille lp (4SO, 1W), Litz (0SO, 1W) and Ice. Reddick T, 3rbi; Tharp D
WLU: Mihalik wp (0SO, 4W), Young (0SO, 0W), Creamer (0SO, 1W) and Burke. Starr T, 2S, 2rbi; Wanda 2S, rbi; Young D, rbi; Harvey D, rbi; Hanby S, rbi; Burke S, rbi
