WC Tallies 19 Runs and 19 Hits in Sweep

DOVER, DE -- Visiting Washington College swept a non-conference softball doubleheader over its Delmarva rival Wesley on Thursday afternoon at DuPont Softball Field. The Shorewomen won game one, 11-2, and captured victory in game two, 8-0, in five innings due to the eight-run rule. The Shorewomen improve to 10-12 on the season, while the Wolverines fall to 4-28.

In game one, the Shorewomen wasted little time scoring as they plated two runs in the top of the first. Sophomore Margaret Rohde (Highland Lakes, NJ/Academy of Home Education) and singled in sophomore Leigh Carbutt (Collegeville, PA/Perkiomen Valley) for the games first run. Freshman Laura Wagoner (Phoenixville, PA/Agnes Irwin School) drove in sophomore Sally Snover (Charlotte, NC/Myers Park) to make it 2-0 on a sacrifice fly.

Carbutt drove in freshman Lindsey Glascock (Glenwood, MD/Glenelg) on an RBI single in the top of the second to push the lead to 3-0. The visitors extended the bulge to 4-0 on an RBI groundout by freshman Shaelan Nottingham (Ocean City, MD/Stephen Decatur) that chased in Snover in the top of the fifth.

Washington busted the game open with a seven-run seventh to lead 11-0. Wagoner tripled in Nottingham to make it 5-0. Carbutt hit a two-run double that extended the lead to 7-0. It became 9-0 when the next batter sophomore Jordan Tryhubenko (Cockeysville, MD/Dulaney) drove in two on a single. Snover tallied an RBI to make it 10-0 and Wagoner recorded the last RBI of the top half of the frame to give WC an 11-0 cushion. The Wolverines scored twice in the bottom half of the seventh to provide the final margin.

For WC, Carbutt went 4-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored to pace the offense as the guests pounded out 12 hits in the opener. Wagoner went 2-for-4 with three RBI and recorded her first collegiate multi-hit game. Glascock scored two runs for the Shorewomen. In the circle for Washington, freshman Brittany Walter (Forest Hill, MD/C. Milton Wright) got the win and improves to 4-8. She tossed five shutout innings before giving way to freshman Becca Hoffman (Tinton Falls, NJ/Monmouth Regional) who threw the last two innings and did not give up an earned run.

For Wesley, Taylor Hendricks went 2-for-3 with a run scored. Pitching wise, Jenn Post took the loss and falls to 0-8.

In the second game, Washington scored five runs in the top of the first to assert control of the nightcap. Carbutt scored the game's opening run on a error by the Wolverines. Snover scored on another Wesley to make it 2-0. Freshman Kaitlin Rowan (Damascus, MD/Damascus) hit an RBI double to push the lead to 3-0. Sophomore Kristine Cunningham (Levittown, NY/Island Trees) closed out the scoring in the frame with a two-run two-bagger down the left field line.

The Shorewomen added three more runs in the fourth to cap the scoring for the game and the doubleheader. Glascock drove in two runs on a triple to give WC a 7-0 lead and she would score on a sac fly off the bat of Carbutt for the game's final run.

Cunningham and Rowan each went 2-for-2 in the second game with Cunningham plating two runs and Rowan scoring twice. Glascock also drove in two teammates for for the Shorewomen. The Shorewomen had seven hits in game two. In the circle, sophomore Meaghan Kimme (Lumberton, NJ/Holy Cross) allowed just one hit in four innings to get the win and is now 5-4. She struck out four and did not walk a batter. Hoffman pitched the fifth and final inning, retiring the side in order and recording one punch out.

Wesley's Tristan Burris had the Wolverines lone hit with a two-out double in the bottom of the first. Hendrick pitched game two, recorded the loss and falls to 3-8.

The Shorewomen return to the diamond on Saturday with a 1:00 p.m. Centennial Conference twinbill at Gettysburg.