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Elizabeth Berry after a swing against WashU
Tim Phillis
7
Winner WashU BEARSOF 13-2-1, 1-1 UAA
4
Case Western Reserve CWR-S 11-5, 1-1 UAA
Winner
WashU BEARSOF
13-2-1, 1-1 UAA
7
Final
4
Case Western Reserve CWR-S
11-5, 1-1 UAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
WashU BEARSOF 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 13 4
Case Western Reserve CWR-S 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 9 2

W: Maria Brooks (7-0) L: Mclelland, Camryn (5-3)

7
WashU BEARSOF 13-3-1, 1-2 UAA
10
Winner Case Western Reserve CWR-S 12-5, 2-1 UAA
WashU BEARSOF
13-3-1, 1-2 UAA
7
Final
10
Case Western Reserve CWR-S
12-5, 2-1 UAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
WashU BEARSOF 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 7 6 7
Case Western Reserve CWR-S 2 0 3 2 1 2 X 10 9 1

W: Mclelland, Camryn (6-3) L: Hattie Bond (2-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

No. 19 Softball Claims First UAA Series with Doubleheader Split

The 19th-ranked Case Western Reserve University softball team split a doubleheader with sixth-ranked Washington University in St. Louis on Saturday at Mather Park in Cleveland to take the three-game set from the Bears two games to one.

The Spartans moved to 12-5 this season and 2-1 in University Athletic Association games, while the Bears moved to 13-3-1 overall and 2-1 in league contests. WashU won the first game 7-4 in eight innings, but CWRU rallied for a 10-7 victory in the series finale.

Stats and Standouts

  • Senior infielder Elizabeth Berry went three-for-four in the first game with three runs batted in
  • First-year outfielder/pitcher Camryn Mclelland had two hits and two RBI in the second contest
  • She also earned the win in the circle, allowing four runs on four hits with seven strikeouts
  • Senior infielder Karen Potts stole three bases in the second game, matching a career high, tied a program record with four runs scored, and added a pair of hits
  • First-year infielder Natalie Ching and sophomore catcher Riley Williams each drove in a pair of runs in the second game
  • First-year pitcher Josephine Alspaw tossed four and two-third scoreless innings in the opening contest, striking out four

Game 1: #6 WashU 7, #19 CWRU 4 (8 inn.)

  • WashU jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning when Julia Sullo hit a three-run homer
  • The Bears added a run in the fourth inning on a double by Austen Kinney
  • Berry drove in her first run of the game with a two-single in the bottom half of the inning, sending sophomore infielder Kate Coonan home
  • In the fifth, junior outfielder Nylah Durham scored on a single by Berry, cutting the deficit to two, 4-2
  • However, the Spartans left the bases loaded in the frame
  • CWRU rallied in the sixth inning, loading the bases with one out
    • Berry cut into the deficit with an infield single
    • Potts drove in the tying run with a sacrifice fly
    • However, a runner was out on the bases, ending the threat
  • After neither team scored in the seventh stanza, the game went into extra innings
  • WashU loaded the bases when the first three batters of the inning reached on a single, a walk, and an error
  • Mclelland struck out the next two batters, before a triple cleared the bases and gave the Bears a 7-4 lead
  • CWRU brought the winning run to the plate in the bottom of the frame, but the hosts were unable to score

Game 2: #19 CWRU 10, #6 WashU 7

  • The Spartans scored twice in the bottom of the first inning, taking advantage of a pair of WashU errors
  • Coonan crossed the plate on a double steal attempt, and Potts scored her first run of the game on a single by Mclelland
  • The Bears cut into the deficit in the third inning, scoring a run on a bases-loaded, two-out single
  • CWRU scored three times in the bottom of the frame to open a four-run lead
    • Potts again scored on a single by Mclelland
    • After a wild pitch put two runners in scoring position, Williams collected her first hit of the season, sending both Spartans home
  • A sacrifice fly by Berry in the fourth inning made the score 6-1
  • Potts scored on an error later in the inning to increase the advantage to six
  • In the fifth inning, first-year catcher Sophia Becker drove in a run with a groundout to make the score 8-1
  • WashU scored three runs in the sixth inning, cutting the deficit to four and bringing the tying run to the plate with two outs
  • In the bottom of the frame, Potts doubled to put two runners in scoring position, and Ching followed with a single to increase the lead to six
  • The Bears would not go away quietly with the first three batters of the seventh inning reaching base without a hit
  • Senior Devanghi Misra entered the game in the circle and struck out the first batter she faced and recorded a flyout for the second out
  • Back-to-back singles kept WashU alive in the game and brought the tying run to the plate
  • Misra induced a harmless groundout to secure the victory

Spartan Notes

  • CWRU moved to 25-38 against WashU in the all-time series and 19-11 against the Bears on campus sites
  • The Spartans matched a season high with 10 runs in the second game of the doubleheaders
  • Williams drove in the first runs of her career in the second contest
  • Coonan, who recorded a hit in each game, extending her hitting streak to seven games and with her two hits in the opening contest, recorded her team-leading seventh multi-hit game of the season
  • Berry drove in three runs in a single game for the sixth time in her career

Up Next

CWRU will resume non-conference play next week, taking a trip to Granville, Ohio, on Thursday, March 26 for a doubleheader against Denison University starting at 5 p.m.

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