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WJU Softball Drops Double Header To Cavaliers

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WISE, Va. – The Wheeling Jesuit softball team dropped a pair of games to the University of Virginia College at Wise from suffering a single tough inning in both games where the Cavaliers piled on enough runs to take two wins, 5-14 in game one, and 5-8 in game two.
 
With their 2nd and 3rs straight loss, the Cardinals move to 14-25 overall on the season, and 7-13 in Mountain East Conference play with one more away game to be played in their six-game road trip.
 
The Cardinals jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning of game one from Loriane Tharp RBI that scored Jarah Ice, a SAC fly from Marla Small that scored Morgan Stohlman, and an Erika Jusko single that scored Angie Reddick.
 
The lead wouldn't last long however, as the Cavaliers pumped in eight runs in the bottom of the 2nd inning off a home run, a single, a hit batter, and a pair of errors.
 
Erika Jusko picked up the loss for WJU allowing those eight runs on four hits before being relieved by Ali Smith who was in turn relieved by Amy Rotriga to close out the game, with the final score coming in at 5-14 to the Cavaliers.
 
Much like the first game, the Cardinals found themselves up 2-0 heading into the bottom of the 4th inning when UV-Wise's bats heated up and the Cavs brought in five runs from two doubles, two singles, and an RBI.
 
The Cardinals made a push for a comeback in the 6th inning with Jusko bringing in Reddick on a single down the left field line, and Skylar Berger pounding a two-run homer over the left field wall to bring the score to 5-7, but that is as close as WJU would come, taking the 5-8 loss.
 
WJU returns to action next against cross-town rivals West Liberty up the hill at West Liberty on April 22nd
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