BG Sweeps Purdue Fort Wayne
Wednesday Scoreboard
Kent State 2, Lehigh 5
Kent State 5, Lehigh 0
Bowling Green 5, Fort Wayne 1
Bowling Green 6, Fort Wayne 3
Western Michigan 4, Notre Dame 11
Stories Courtesy of MAC Sports Information
Kent State
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Kent State's (12-17) Bailey Brownfield smacked four doubles and drove in three runs while pitchers Madi Huck and Andrea Scali combined for a one-hitter in the Golden Flashes doubleheader split on Wednesday against Lehigh (10-15). The Golden Flashes won the nightcap 5-0, but fell in game one, 5-2.
"It was good to win game two and earn the split, said Kent State head coach Eric Oakley, "Overall, we had a good trip and won three out of four games and hit the ball well."
Brownfield hit two doubles in each game and has moved up to fifth all-time in career doubles (38) at KSU and is tied with Kim Henzler (1990-93) and Jessica Carmichael (2008-11). Last season her 13 doubles were the ninth most in a single-season in program history. She already has tallied 11 this year. She has recorded 179 career-hits which is tied for eighth all-time in school history with Lisa Veneziano (1990-93) and Carmichael.
The Kent State arms of Huck and Scali were stellar in the nightcap and held the Mountain Hawks to one hit. The only hit was an infield single that bounced off the third base bag. Scali entered out of the bullpen and struck out eight of the nine batters she faced with the other being a pop out to third in foul ground.
Megan Turner hit her first career homer in game two to put Kent State up by three before Brownfield sent another run home on a double and Maria Cegledy was plated on an error.
Bowling Green
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- The Bowling Green State University softball team picked up a pair of road wins on Wednesday (March 27), downing Purdue Fort Wayne by scores of 5-1 and 6-3. The non-conference doubleheader was held at the Purdue Fort Wayne Softball Field.
Senior pitcher Meredith Miller took a no-hitter into the sixth inning of the first game, and Miller and classmate Brooke Parker each threw a complete game in the circle.
Miller and Parker combined to walk just one batter in 13 total innings of work, while striking out 15.
The Falcons jumped on top early, scoring in the first inning of both games. BG eventually took a 5-0 lead in the opener and a 4-0 lead in the nightcap, en route to the victories. Junior Logan Everett hit her first collegiate home run in Wednesday's second game.
Western Michigan
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NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Western Michigan softball dropped a non-conference matchup at the University of Notre Dame Wednesday, falling by a score of 11-4.
The Broncos took an early advantage in the first inning with a Sydney Stefanick homer over the left field fence, her sixth of the season. However, WMU saw its lead dissipate as the Irish answered with a pair of runs in the second inning along with a seven-run dagger in the fourth.
Notre Dame tallied 11 runs off 13 hits, compared to WMU's four runs off eight hits and two errors. Western Michigan falls to 7-13 overall.
The home team tied the game at 2-2 in the second inning, loading the bases and scoring two with a single up the middle. Stefanick came in to relieve Jordan Kurth in the pitcher's circle with two outs and was able to escape the jam while forcing a fly out to center field.
The Irish scored seven runs off five hits in the fourth to take a commanding 9-2 lead. Down 4-2, a couple of Bronco errors led to back-to-back Notre Dame home runs.
WMU answered in the fifth with two runs off RBI hits from Kaylen Glenfield and Stefanick, but UND also added a pair with a two-run home run in the bottom half to claim the 11-4 advantage.
Stefanick suffered the loss in the pitcher's circle for the Broncos, allowing a season-high seven earned runs in 4-1 innings pitcher as her record falls to 4-4 on the year. Meanwhile, she led WMU at the plate, going 3-for-3 with three runs batted in.
