WVSU Softball Opens Season With Pair of Wins - West Virginia State University Athletics

West Virginia State University Athletics

The defending Mountain East Conference champion West Virginia State University softball team opened its 2019 campaign with a pair of wins Saturday at the UNC-Pembroke Invitational in North Carolina.

The Yellow Jackets defeated Kutztown 12-6 and Shippensburg 2-0.

WVSU fell behind 1-0 in the first contest before rallying to score the next eight runs in the game to take control.

Brittany Allison led the way. She belted a two-run home run giving the Jackets a 4-1 lead. Allison later drive in two more runs with a single and a double.

Sophomore Emily Moore drove in three runs with a double and a single. Paige Scruggs and Kasey Murphy each drove in two.

Moore started in the circle and went 4.2 innings to get the win.

Emily Thompson tossed a one-hit shutout in the evening game.

Brookelyn Hale tripled to right field to drive in the game-winner in the sixth. A couple batters later in the same frame Allison doubled into the left-center gap to knock in an insurance run.

WVSU faces Kutztown again at 9 a.m. Sundsy and Shippensburg at 2 p.m. before returning home.

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