GLENVILLE, W. Va. West Chester softball wrapped up an undefeated weekend on Sunday with a 5-0 victory over Glenville State. Following the win, West Chester improves to 5-3 on the season while Glenville State falls to 4-5.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
- After four scoreless innings, West Chester broke the ice in the bottom of the fifth with a four-run inning. Trisha Kopinetz (Pine Grove, Pa. / Pine Grove) hit a two-RBI double with the bases loaded to score Madison Melvin (Tabernacle, N. J. / Seneca) and Annamarie Hartman (Phoenix, Ariz. / Xavier College Prep). In the next plate appearance, Courtney Stump (Kutztown, Pa. / Kutztown) hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score Bri Garber ((Willow Street, Pa. / Lampeter-Strasburg) from third. Jaime Klemas (South Brunswick, N.J. / South Brunswick) wrapped up scoring in the inning with an RBI single to score Kopinetz.
- Hartman hit a leadoff double to start off the bottom of the sixth inning. After a sacrifice bunt from Melvin moved Hartman up to third, she scored on an RBI infield single by Emily Maseth (Westminster, Md. / Westminster) to give West Chester the 5-0 lead.
- Maegen Kavanagh (Easton, Pa. / Easton) dominated all day long and closed the book on her complete game shutout with her ninth strikeout in the top of the seventh.
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INSIDE THE STATS:
- Kavanagh went the whole nine yards in her complete game shutout, allowing four hits and three walks while striking out nine batters.
- Kopinetz went 3-for-4 with two RBI's and one run scored for the Golden Rams.
- Hartman went 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
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OUTSIDE THE BOX:
- Freshman catcher Trisha Kopinetz closed out her historic weekend having gone 8-for-12 with three home runs. She was responsible for many of West Chester's runs this weekend and scored five runs with six RBI's.
- After earning two hits today, Bri Garber now stands four hits away from tying Erin MacNamee's program record for most career hits.
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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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