INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University softball team swept Davis & Elkins in a doubleheader played on an overcast Sunday afternoon at Lady Jackets Field. The Yellow Jackets shutout the Senators, 3-0, in the first game before bringing the eight-run rule into effect in the second game, 12-4.

Postgame Records
WVSU: 18-8, 15-3 MEC
D&E: 7-11, 7-11 MEC

Game 1: WVSU 3, D&E 0, Final/7

• Junior Kasey Murphy (7-4) tossed a complete game shutout in which she allowed only two hits and sat down six opposing batters.
• The Yellow Jackets managed three runs on six hits which was more than enough with the way Murphy was dominating in the circle.

Quick Recap
West Virginia State picked up the only run it needed to win with the second at bat in the bottom of the first. Sarah Barrett doubled to left center to score Emele Clark from second base, 1-0. Madison Rafuson drove in two more runs later in the inning, 3-0. Murphy gave up back-to-back singles with one out in the bottom of the fourth as her only two hits allowed in the game. She left them both stranded after striking out the next batter and getting the last out of the inning with a flyout. Murphy retired the side in the fifth and sixth innings, then made up for walking the first two batters in the top of the seventh by forcing the next batter to ground out into a double play. A ground out to the shortstop ended the first game.

Game 2: WVSU 12, D&E 4, Final/5

• Senior Paige Scruggs went 2-for-3 with a double and a base on balls. She drove in three runs and scored once.
• Senior Sarah Barrett also went 2-for-3 with a double and a base on balls. She scored three times while driving in two runs.
• Senior Emily Moore earned her second win of the season for only giving up one hit in 2.2 innings pitched.

Quick Recap
The Yellow Jackets gained an early lead when Barrett hit an RBI-double in the bottom of the first, 1-0. A two-run homer from Davis & Elkins in the top of the third then put the Senators in front, 2-1. Emma Ruth's RBI-single in the bottom half of the third leveled the score, 2-2. D&E picked up two runs in the top of the fifth, 4-2, before a complete collapse in the next half inning. WVSU scored 10 runs in the bottom of the fifth to enact the eight-run rule after coming from behind. Lindsey Phares hit an RBI-single to start the score fest, 4-3. A walk with the bases loaded tied the contest, 4-4. Moore then drove in two runs with a single down the right field line to take the lead, 6-4. Three consecutive walks with the bases loaded ensued, 9-4. Scruggs then ripped a bases-clearing double for an unconventional walk-off hit, 12-4.

Up Next
Saturday, April 17: vs. Notre Dame College (DH) 1 p.m.