Softball | 3/9/2018 8:59:00 PM

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    SALEM, Va. – The West Liberty University softball team couldn't get the bats going on Friday as the Black and Gold was blanked in back-to-back games in the Salem (Va.) Tournament at Moyer Field.
    Coach Herb Minch's Hilltoppers (2-3) dropped a heartbreaking 1-0 decision to Shippensburg (Pa.) in their first game of the day before closing out the afternoon with a 6-0 setback against Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.).
    In the opener, the Raiders (7-4) plated an unearned run with 2 out in the bottom of the seventh for a walk-off win. WLU starter Makenzie Amend retired the first two batters on infield grounders but a walk and back-to-back singles loaded the bases and the winning run scampered home on a passed ball.
    Amend was saddled with the hard-luck loss despite giving up only 5 singles while striking out 7 and issuing 7 walks in a complete-game effort. Sydney Bennington and Kelsi Johnson had the only hits for the Black and Gold.
    In the second game, the Railsplitters (11-7) pushed two runs across the plate in the top of the first to grab an early lead and never relinquished it.
    The Hilltoppers got a pair of singles from Allie Cook and a double from Katie Beeman but couldn't string enough hits together to dent the scoreboard.
  West Liberty                                     000 000 0 – 0  2  0
Shippensburg                                   000 000 1 – 1  5  0
     WLU: Amend lp (5SO, 7W) and Donzella. Bennington S; Johnson S
     Ship: Wilson wp (7SO, 7W) and Luck. Bonawitz 2S
  Lincoln Memorial                           200 201 1 – 6  8  1
West Liberty                                     000 000 0 – 0  5  0
     LMU: Smith wp (1SO, 0W) and Walker. Jones D, S, 2 rbi; Hocutt D, S, rbi
     WLU: Sieger lp (1SO, 1W), Wright (4) (1SO, 2W) and Thompson, Troggio (4). Cook 2S; Beeman D