The Case Western Reserve University softball team won two games on Friday at the Catholic University Softball Field in Washington, D.C., defeating the Catholic University of America 4-3 in eight innings and taking down Roanoke College 4-1.

The Spartans will begin the season with a record of 2-0. The host Cardinals fell to 4-1 while the Maroons dropped to 0-3.

Stats and Standouts

• Senior infielder Elizabeth Berry went two-for-four with a pair of walks and two runs batted in across the two games
• Sophomore outfielder Ashley Miller had a team-high three hits, including a double, and drove in three runs
• First-year two-way player Camryn Mclelland (1-0) had a single and a double at the plate, stole a base, and pitched six innings with seven strikeouts while allowing just one run
• Senior pitcher Devanghi Misra did not allow an earned run in six innings, recording seven strikeouts
• First-year pitcher Josephine Alspaw (1-0) made two relief appearances, picking up a win and a save across three shutout innings. She allowed just one hit and one walk

CWRU 4, Catholic 3 (8 inn.)

• The Cardinals took an early 2-0 in the first inning, capitalizing on two Spartan errors
• Catholic added an unearned run in the second on a two-out single
• The Spartans tied the score in the following frame
  • Sophomore outfielder Kate Coonan drove in a run with a bases-loaded single
  • Berry followed with a two-run single, chasing the Catholic starting pitcher
• CWRU had two runners in scoring position with two outs in the sixth but were unable to score
• First-year catcher Sophia Becker moved the automatic runner over with a bunt to lead off the extra frame
• Miller drove in the go-ahead run with a single up the middle
• Alspaw worked around a two-out walk to secure the win in the bottom half of the stanza

CWRU 4, Roanoke 1

• CWRU scored three runs in the bottom half of the fourth inning to break a scoreless tie
  • After Berry singled and junior infielder Karen Potts walked, Miller delivered a two-out, two-run double
  • Mclelland followed with an infield single to plate Miller and make the lead 3-0
• Roanoke scored in the following half inning, but Mclelland stranded a pair of runners in scoring position with one out to limit the damage
• The Maroons loaded the bases in the sixth inning and were unable to score
• However, the Spartans added a run in the bottom of the frame on a Roanoke error
• Alspaw recorded all three outs in the final frame, include two punchouts, to earn her first career save

Spartan Notes

• In addition to Alspaw, Becker, and Mclelland, first-years Sierra Ejercito, Violette Tuma, and Natalie Ching made their collegiate debuts in the first game
• Misra recorded career highs in innings pitched and strikeouts against Catholic
• The Spartans improved to 2-0 all-time against the Cardinals
• The meeting was the first ever on the softball diamond between Case Western Reserve and Roanoke
• CWRU has won its season-opening contest in each of the last four seasons

Up Next

CWRU will remain in our nation's capital this weekend. The Spartans will face Catholic on Saturday at 11 a.m. and Roanoke on Sunday at 10:30 a.m.