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Molly Welsh belts one of her 5 hits vs. WV State
3
West Virginia State WVSUSB 24-19, 9-12 MEC
8
Winner Wheeling Jesuit WJU 26-11, 14-3 MEC
West Virginia State WVSUSB
24-19, 9-12 MEC
3
Final
8
Wheeling Jesuit WJU
26-11, 14-3 MEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
West Virginia State WVSUSB 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 5 0
Wheeling Jesuit WJU 1 2 0 1 0 4 X 8 10 4

W: Chapman, Mallory (14-5) L: Allyson Burgess (7-3)

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West Virginia State WVSUSB 24-20, 9-13 MEC
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Winner Wheeling Jesuit WJU 27-11, 15-3 MEC
West Virginia State WVSUSB
24-20, 9-13 MEC
0
Final
4
Wheeling Jesuit WJU
27-11, 15-3 MEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
West Virginia State WVSUSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Wheeling Jesuit WJU 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 4 8 2

W: Locke, Kori (7-2) L: Chelsey Parkins (10-10)

Game Recap: Softball | | Chris Myers

Cardinals Freshman Welsh and Locke Help Sweep Yellow Jackets

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – The Cardinals softball future was on full display Tuesday afternoon. Wheeling Jesuit freshmen Molly Welsh lined five hits and Kori Locke fired her first shutout and they helped sweep West Virginia State, 8-3 and 4-0.
 
The Cardinals (27-11/15-3 Mountain East Conference North) produced an 18-hit attack in the two contests. Welsh doubled twice and tripled with a pair of runs and two RBI in the opener. Locke registered her first career shutout with a five-hitter and fanned nine in the last contest over the Yellow Jackets (24-20/9-13 MEC South).
 
"Our bats were great today. It's nice to see us hit the way we did," said WJU head coach Kelli Williams. "People stepped up and it was great to see!"
 
The two WJU wins extended the program run to 17-1 over the last 18 games.
 
For the day, Welsh finished 5 for 6 after two singles in game two. Cassie Holstein added a double and three singles to go with three RBI.
 
Ali Smith's two singles drove in three Cardinals runs, while Rachel Conrad scored once and knocked in a run with her two late contest hits. Kelsi Thompson also singled in each game.
 
In the circle, WJU allowed only two earned runs and 10 hits over 14 innings.
 
The Cardinals continue their busy week with a makeup twinbill against the No. 19 Bobcats of West Virginia Wesleyan tomorrow afternoon, April 13.  First pitch will be at 4 p.m. on the JB Chambers Complex field.
 
Game 1
 
After a Holstein lead-off single, Smith took the pitch to right center and put WJU on the scoreboard in the home first.
 
Welsh smashed her first of three extra base hits on a RBI double to left field and Holstein drove her home with a single to make it 3-0 in the second.
 
The Cardinals center fielder Welsh tripled home Dana Achille, who walked, home in the fourth. With two outs in the sixth, WJU lined four-straight hits, including doubles by Welsh and Holstein, in a four-run frame and 8-2 score.
 
Mallory Chapman finished off her ninth win in a row and improved to 14-5. She gave up five hits and two earned runs, while striking out eight.
 
Game 2
 
A second-inning Cangelosi two-out shallow center single and a third-frame Conrad single through the right side gave all the runs Locke needed of a 2-0 Cardinals lead.
 
Smith added a key two-run single to right center and doubled the WJU advantage, 4-0, in the fifth inning.
 
Locke (7-2) did not allow more than one hit in five different innings against the Yellow Jacket hitters. The first-year pitcher struck out nine on the way her first collegiate shutout.
 
 
 
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