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KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Kutztown scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and held on for a series-clinching 2-1 victory over visiting West Chester Saturday afternoon in the second game of the best-of-three NCAA Division II Atlantic Super Regional at North Campus Field.
West Chester (37-21) plated a run in the top of the fifth, but could not get the equalizer. Kutztown (33-21) won the best-of-three series two games to none and advances to the NCAA Division II national finals for the second straight season.
Kelly Anderson hit a run-scoring double to left-center in the fifth with two outs that chased starter Dominique Ficara (18-12). Mary Kociencki came on to get the final out with anymore damage and then finished up the final two innings for her first save of the season.
Devon Utterback (22-11) limited Kutztown to four hits in her final college appearance. She walked three and struck out two. She ends her career with a school-record 371 strikeouts, including another school mark with her 163 strikeouts this season.
Anderson finished the game 2-for-4 at the plate. Ali Vavala, Megan Kelly and Laura Altenburger also registered hits for the Golden Rams.
NOTES: West Chester University concludes its 2013 season with a school-record 37 wins … the Golden Rams reached the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time in school history … West Chester’s 58 games played this spring is also a new single-season school record … Sr., RHP Devon Utterback set the school single-season strikeout record with 163 while also setting the school’s all-time single-season strikeout record with 371 … her 22 wins are the second-most in a single season at WCU … Utterback finishes her career 55-32 with a 2.47 ERA … Jr., OF Megan Kelly set a new single-season school record with 36 stolen bases … Jr., DP Kim Murl set a new single-season school record with 34 walks … So., C Erin Quense caught 13 base-stealers, which ranks third in a single season at West Chester.
