INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The Glenville Softball team went (2-2) this weekend, dropping both games at Charleston on Friday (Apr. 3), 3-1 and 1-0, before completing the season sweep of West Virginia State in Institute on Sunday (Apr. 4), 6-2 and 7-1. The Pioneers are now (23-11) overall and (10-4) in league play.
Friday (Apr. 3)
Game One – GSU 1 | Charleston 3
Charleston broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the 3
rd with an RBI single and Danielle Pici doubled the UC advantage the following inning with a solo home run. In the top of the fifth,
Lillian Burns notched an RBI single to cut the Pioneer deficit in half. That same inning, the Golden Eagles used a sac fly to go back up by two runs, and they wouldn't relinquish the lead to secure the 3-1 win.
Game Two – GSU 0 | Charleston 1
In what would be defensive slugfest, Charleston scored the deciding one run in the bottom of the 4
th inning on a sacrifice fly. Glenville State had the tying run at second base with one out in the top of the seventh, but a flyout and strikeout halted the Pioneers chance to tie things up and ended the day as GSU fell, 1-0.
Saturday (Apr. 4)
Game One – GSU 6 | West Virginia State 2
Saturday was a completely different day for the Pioneers offensively, opening the scoring in the second inning with four runs on a hit by pitch, two-RBI single from
Zailees Seda and an error by the Yellow Jackets defense.
Kylee Goodman extended the lead in the 3
rd inning before
Delaney Warnick had an RBI of her own in the fourth inning to make it 6-0. WVSU threatened in the seventh, scoring two runs but
Kylie Burdick shut the door for a 6-2 Glenville State victory.
Game Two – GSU 7 | West Virginia State 1
A two-run bomb from
Delaney Warnick once again gave the Pioneers an early advantage, however West Virginia State trimmed the deficit to just one run in the bottom of the of the second by stealing home. In the top of the 4
th,
Hannah Howe and
Lillian Burns logged RBIs to put GSU up, 4-1. Goodman and
Shelby McDaniels added three runs of insurance in the top of the 7
th but
Meghan Stump wouldn't need it, keeping WVSU off the board in the final inning as GSU completed the doubleheader and season sweep of WVSU, 7-1.
Up Next For The Pioneers
The Pioneers are back on the road next weekend, traveling north to take on West Liberty on Saturday (Apr. 11) and Wheeling on Sunday (Apr. 12).
