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 Amanda Van't Wout accounted for the game's only run with a home run. |
May 8, 2008
Edwardsville, Ill. - The Wayne State University softball team (34-16 overall) recorded a 1-0 triumph over the University of Indianapolis (37-27) on Thursday afternoon in the rain-delayed opening round of the 2008 NCAA softball tournament.
The Warriors and Greyhounds each had five hits, but WSU junior outfielder Amanda Van't Wout (Guelph, Ont.) supplied the biggest hit with a solo home run leading off the bottom of the fourth.
It was Van't Wout's second home run in the last seven days (she homered last Friday in a GLIAC tournament win over Gannon).
Warrior senior pitcher Molly Yetman (Cambridge, Ont.) did the rest along with the Wayne State defense which played errorless.
Yetman struck out 12 and walked three but UI stranded eight base runners.
Recording base hits for WSU were Sarah Berry (Acton, Ont.), Robyn Haig (Waterloo, Ont.), Jaci Banton (Richmond Hill, Ont.) and Meredith Boxberger, along with Van't Wout.
Wayne State advances in the winner's bracket and will play tournament host SIU-Edwardsville at 2 p.m. Eastern on Friday in a winner's bracket semifinal contest. The Cougars won 6-5 in eight innings over West Virginia State.
Notes:
Molly Yetman moved into eighth place on the WSU all-time win list at 51. She trails the sixth-place tie of Dawn Barszczowski (1994-97) and Cheryl Spiegel (1985-88) by one.
Wayne State is 29-8 in its last 37 games with five of the setbacks coming against teams that qualified for the NCAA tournament.
WSU improved to 26-4 when scoring first and 30-4 when holding an opponent to two runs or less. The Warriors are 23-1 when leading after the fourth inning.
In terms of WSU single-season records:
Yetman is tied-for-10th in games started (28) with Meghan Misiak (2006) and Mindy Dwyer (1998).
Yetman is tied-for-seventh in complete games (24) with Shannon Pierce (1996).
Yetman is tied-for-first in wins (27) with Jenni Smith (1992).
Yetman moved into 10th on innings pitched (192.1) surpassing Connie Milroth (2000) at 189.0.
Yetman is tied-for-second in shutouts (10) with Meghan Misiak (2003).