Wayne State 4 Truman State 0
Katie Goetzinger's pitching and the hitting of first baseman Jennifer Radley carried the 21st ranked Wayne State College softball team to a 4-0 win over Truman State Sunday morning at the Missouri Southern/Pittsburg State Crossover Tournament in Joplin, Missouri. A second game scheduled for Sunday afternoon against Fort Hays State was cancelled due to frost coming out of the ground causing wet field conditions in Joplin. The Wildcats finished the tournament with a 3-1 record.
The 'Cats opened the scoring in the third inning when Amy Sandstrom scored on Hannah Engelkamp's RBI single to give WSC a 1-0 lead. WSC extended the lead to 2-0 in the sixth inning when Sam Earleywine singled and scored on Jennifer Radley's RBI double. The 'Cats added two more runs in the seventh when Kassie Nurton singled and scored on Blaire Kuhl's sacrifice fly followed by Radley's RBI single that scored Amy Sandstrom, who singled earlier, to make the final score 4-0 Wayne State.
Katie Goetzinger (1-1) pitched a complete game four hit shutout with eight strikeouts and two walks to earn the win. Offensively, WSC had eight hits in the game led by Radley going 3 for 3 with a double and two RBI's. Sam Earleywine was 2 for 4 with a pair of singles while Amy Sandstrom singled and scored twice. Hannah Engelkamp and Kassie Nurton also singled for WSC in the win.
Wayne State will resume play on Saturday, March 6th when the Wildcats play Kutztown (Pa.) and Assumption College (Mass.) at the NTC Spring Games in Clermont, Florida.
