ELKINS, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University softball won back-to-back games at Davis & Elkins on Friday afternoon. The Yellow Jackets came from behind to edge D&E in the first game, 2-1, before they absolutely trounced the Senators in the second game, 9-0.

Postgame Records
WVSU: 23-9, 20-4 MEC
D&E: 10-16, 10-16 MEC

Game 1: WVSU 2, D&E 1, Final/7

• Senior Danielle Lebsock led West Virginia State in hits. She went 2-for-3 with a double and drove in one run.
• Junior Emilee Walker (3-0) got the start and pitched the first four innings. She worked herself into a jam in the bottom of the fourth but escaped with only one run allowed.
• Senior Emily Moore (3-1) came in to pitch in the fifth inning. She faced just 10 batters in three full innings on her way to earning the win.

Quick Recap

The first game started off as a serious pitcher's duel. Neither starter looked like they were going to let anything go by them.

In the bottom of the fourth, Davis & Elkins finally ended the stalemate. Two singles to start out the half inning followed by a groundout left baserunners on second and third. An RBI-single up the middle put the Senators on top, 1-0. Walker stopped the scoring there by forcing a pop up and getting the third out with a strike out.

WVSU responded in the top of the fifth with a run to tie it, 1-1. Lebsock's double moved pinch runner Madison Corbin to third base. Two outs were registered before Sarah Barrett and Paige Scruggs drew consecutive walks to bring Corbin home.

Emily Moore entered the game in the bottom of the fifth and shut down D&E for the remainder of the contest.

In the top of the sixth, the Yellow Jackets recorded the go-ahead that resulted in the victory, 2-1. With two outs and Lindsey Phares on second base, Lebsock singled through the right side of the infield to score Phares.

Game 2: WVSU 9, D&E 0, Final/5

• Junior Kasey Murphy (8-5) tossed a complete game shutout in which she had six strikeouts and gave up six hits. She also had a career-day inside the batter's box. She went 3-for-3 with two homeruns and a double while driving in five runs and scoring three times.
• West Virginia State tallied 10 hits as a team.
• Junior Emma Ruth hit her fifth homerun of the season.

Quick Recap

The second game was a no doubter. Ruth's RBI-double in the top of the first gave the Yellow Jackets the early lead, 1-0.

Three more runs were tacked on in the second inning, 4-0. Murphy ripped an RBI-double into center field before two more runs came across on a groundout and a sac fly.    

Murphy launched a two-run bomb over the center field fence in the third inning, 6-0.

In the top of the fifth, Ruth crushed a leadoff homer to left center, 7-0. Murphy ensured the eight-run rule went into effect when she demolished her second two-run dinger later in the same inning, 9-0.

Next Up
Sunday, April 25: @ West Virginia Wesleyan (13-9, 13-9 MEC) 1 p.m./3 p.m.