Clermont, Fla.- Seeking its fifth win in a row the West Chester University softball team(12-5) took to the field on Tuesday afternoon to square off against Fairmont State. West Chester earned the victory once again prevailing by a final score of 5-2.
West Chester had a hot start with three runs in the first inning, courtesy of RBI singles from
Emily Maseth (Westminster, Md./Westminster) and
Alyssa Herion (Avon Grove, Pa./Avon Grove) and a fielders choice RBI from
Madison Kelly (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall), which gave WCU a commanding 3-0 lead heading to the second.
In the third inning, Fairmont State got one back to cut the deficit to 3-1. Â West Chester quickly answered with a run of its own thanks to an RBI sac bunt off the bat of Kelly to score Maseth, which restored the Golden Rams three-run lead.
In the sixth, Fairmont State added another run courtesy of a homerun to left center, which cut the deficit just two making the score 4-2. Once again, West Chester answered right back with another run in the bottom half of the inning, when
Heidi McCollester (West Chester, Pa./Henderson) drove the first pitch she saw down the left field line to score
Jamie Klemas (South Brunswick, N.J./South Brunswick) making the score 5-2 in favor of West Chester.
Kelly Tinsman (Ewing, N.J./Notre Dame) (3-0) earned the victory going 4.2 innings scattering just two hits and one run while also striking out one.
Amanda Houck (Gap, Pa./Pequea Valley) also went 2.1 innings surrendering three hits and one run while striking out two.
West Chester is back in action on Thursday against Caldwell at 8:30 a.m. and Purdue Northwest at 1:00 p.m.
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