FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The West Liberty University softball team was victimized by some late-inning lightning in dropping a Mountain East Conference doubleheader at Fairmont State on Saturday.
The host Falcons (23-12, 13-11) prevailed against the hard-luck Hilltoppers (16-30, 6-18) by scores of 10-4 and 6-2 on a cold, windy day at Duvall-Rosier Field.
Fairmont broke open a close game in the opener by pushing five runs across the plate in the bottom of the sixth.
It was a similar story in the finale as West Liberty and Fairmont were locked in a 2-2 tie until the Falcons' Addie Fullen snapped the deadlock with a grand slam.
The Hilltoppers make the trek to the Eastern Panhandle on Sunday for a 1 p.m. doubleheader at Shepherd.
SOFTBALL
Fairmont State 10, West Liberty 4
West Liberty 000 040 0 – 4 10 2
Fairmont State 500 005 x – 10 11 0
WLU: Sieger lp (4SO, 6W) and Mogielski. Ensign D, S; Zeiger 2S, rbi; Chris S, rbi; Hanby S, rbi
FSU: Williams wp (2SO, 0W), Knight (6) (0SO, 2W) and Tyree. Skidmore 3S, 2rbi; Stubbs HR, S, 3rbi; Iacobacci S, rbi; Tyree D
Fairmont State 6, West Liberty 2
West Liberty 101 000 0 – 2 5 0
Fairmont State 110 040 x – 6 6 0
WLU: Creamer lp (0SO, 4W) and Troggio. Zeiger 2S; Tenney S, rbi; Mihalik S, rbi
FSU: Shade (3SO, 2W), Jones wp (2SO, 0W) and Tyree. Fullen HR, D, 5rbi; Parsons 2S
