GLENVILLE, W. Va. After a day of home runs, West Chester played small ball to beat West Virginia State 6-5 on Sunday. Following the victory, West Chester improved to 4-3 on the season while West Virginia State dropped to 9-12.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
- West Chester got on board first in the top of the second, as Olivia Mock (Clifton, Va. / Paul V. Catholic) hit a sacrifice fly to score pinch runner Caroline Adams (Media, Pa. / Renaissance Academy) from third, giving West Chester the 1-0 lead.
- Trisha Kopinetz (Pine Grove, Pa. / Pine Grove) and Courtney Stump (Kutztown, Pa. / Kutztown) each hit RBI singles to help West Chester increase their lead to 4-0 in the fifth inning. Emily Kim (Bel Air, Md. / C. Milton Wright), Annamarie Hartman (Phoenix, Ariz. / Xavier College Prep), and Bri Garber (Willow Street, Pa. / Lampeter-Strasburg) each scored.
- West Virginia State scored one run on a fielder's choice to cut West Chester's lead to 3-1 in the bottom of the fifth.
- Madison Melvin (Tabernacle, N. J. / Seneca) hit an infield single in the top of the sixth, scoring Kim. Melvin then got caught in a run-down, during which Mock snuck across the plate to increase West Chester's lead to 6-1.
- West Virginia State attempted to rally in the bottom of the sixth, scoring four runs, but failed to catch up to West Chester.
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INSIDE THE STATS:
- Reilly Gearhart (Lancaster, Pa. / Manheim Township) earned the victory on the mound, pitching 5 1/3 innings while allowing four runs on four hits.
- Jen Hanshaw (Mechanicsburg, Pa. / Cumberland Valley) earned the save pitching the final 1 2/3 innings for West Chester. She kept West Virginia State to one run on three hits.
- Shortstop Emily Kim went 2-for-3 on the day and scored two runs for West Chester.
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Following today's games, West Chester will return to action next Saturday as the team begins it's spring break schedule in Jan Phyl Village, Fla.
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