VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Wesleyan University softball team (39-8, 20-2 ODAC) defeated Muskingum 6-1 in game one of the 2024 NCAA Super Regionals.
Emma Adams led the team in the circle and at the plate. She pitched 7.0 innings, allowed three hits and one unearned run, and tallied four strikeouts. Adams was 2-for-3 at the plate, with a double, and scored one run for VWU.
Alison Pollack was 1-for-3 with a solo homer for her second home run of this NCAA playoff run, Mackenzie Myers was 1-for-4 and had two RBI, and Julia Piotrowski was 1-for-2, scored a run, and had one stolen base.
The Muskies scored first in the bottom of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead over the Marlins.
Virginia Wesleyan got on the board in the third, as Piotrowski led off with a beautiful bunt single and stole second. Karley Beltran walked to put runners on first and second, and Sarah Prosser grounded out to move the runners to second and third. Laci Campbell hit a hard grounder to first that allowed Piotrowski to score from third to tie the game at 1-1.
The Marlins scored two runs in the fourth, Alison Pollack led the inning off with a solo home run to left field to give VWU a 2-1 lead. Followed by an Emma Adams double to left center field, Joslyn Woodard singled and advanced to second on a throwing error by the pitcher that scored the pinch runner Sam Smith from second to extend their lead to 3-1.
VWU added three runs in the sixth inning, Adams singled to left field, Karley Beltran singled through the left side putting runners on first and second, and Sarah Prosser singled to load up the bases for Laci Campbell who was hit by a pitch that scored Adams from third. With the bases loaded Mackenzie Myers singled to left field to score Beltran and Prosser to extend their lead to 6-1.