Top-ranked Virginia Wesleyan University took sole possession of first place in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference with a sweep over No. 9 Emory & Henry on Thursday.
The Marlins reeled in a pair of wins, 10-0 and 4-1. The doubleheader finished up the game that was started Saturday, March 27. The first game was halted in the top of the second with Virginia Wesleyan leading 4-0.
Game One – No. 1 Virginia Wesleyan 10, No. 9 Emory & Henry 0 (five innings)Virginia Wesleyan extended its lead to 6-0 at the end of the second. Madison Glaubke scored on a wild pitch to make it 5-0 while Karlee Fretz plated a run with a single up the middle.
With the bases loaded in the top of the third, Glaubke tripled to right centerfield to clear the bases, pushing the margin to 9-0. Julia Sinnett drove in Glaubke on the next at bat with a sacrifice fly to centerfield to make it a 10-0 lead.
Emory & Henry was only able to get one runner aboard in the bottom of the fifth as senior shortstop Kyndall Hiatt hit an infield single, but the Wasps were unable to capitalize and the contest ended at the end of the fifth.
VWU’s Hanna Hull earned the win, pitching three no-hit innings with four strikeouts. E&H senior Cameron Derr took the loss, allowing 10 runs on eight hits and six walk while striking out three.
Game Two – No. 1 Virginia Wesleyan 4, No. Emory & Henry 1Virginia Wesleyan jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first as Danielle Stewart hit a sacrifice fly to center field and Katelyn Biando drove in Sinnett with a single up the middle.
Emory & Henry closed the gap to 2-1 in the fifth when senior pitcher Alex Braun doubled to left-centerfield to plate junior designated player Nicole Cox, who reached base on an infield single.
In the sixth, Sinnett extended the Marlins’ lead to 4-1 with a two-run homer to left field. The Wasps got a runner on in the bottom of the sixth when junior centerfielder Anna Thomas walked but would not get the necessary offense to get any closer.
Hull earned her second win of the day, this time picking up a complete-game victory. She allowed one run on four hits while striking out 15 and walking four. Braun suffered the loss, allowing two earned runs on five hits with five strikeouts
