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Wingate University Athletics

Ed Cottingham
4
Queens QUSB15 4-17, 0-1 SAC
12
Winner Wingate WU 12-9, 2-1 SAC
Queens QUSB15
4-17, 0-1 SAC
4
Final
12
Wingate WU
12-9, 2-1 SAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Queens QUSB15 0 0 0 1 3 4 6 4
Wingate WU 0 6 6 0 X 12 11 1

W: Houser, Stacey (8-7) L: Catelyn Presley (3-6)

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Queens QUSB15 4-18, 0-2 SAC
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Winner Wingate WU 13-9, 3-1 SAC
Queens QUSB15
4-18, 0-2 SAC
0
Final
8
Wingate WU
13-9, 3-1 SAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Queens QUSB15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Wingate WU 3 3 0 1 1 8 12 0

W: Paul, Miranda (2-1) L: Lyndey Mccurry (1-6)

Game Recap: Softball |

Burrell drives in seven as #19 Bulldogs cruise to doubleheader sweep against Queens

Wingate, N.C.----The 19th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs won a pair of five-innings game Tuesday afternoon, sweeping a doubleheader against visiting Queens University in South Atlantic Conference softball action. Wingate won by scores of 12-4 and 8-0 to improve to 13-9 overall and 3-1 in the SAC. Queens falls to 4-18 overall and 0-2 in the conference.

Game One: #19 Wingate 12, Queens 4 (5 innings)

Senior shortstop Alexis Burrell (Chesapeake, Va.) had a double, homer and four RBI to lead the Wingate attack. Junior catcher Taylor Laskey (Cherryville, N.C.) added three RBI and a run scored, while junior infielder Emily Usiak (Matthews, N.C.) homered for Wingate. Junior infielder Mellena Helms (Concord, N.C.) went three-for-four with two RBI and two runs scored.

Wingate got the scoring started in the second, plating six runs. Burrell and Usiak started things with back-to-back solo homers. Helms added an RBI single, while Laskey's two-run single, along with an error made it 6-0.

An RBI single from Helms started the scoring in the third, while Laskey drew a bases-loaded walk to make it 8-0. Burrell added a three-run double, while an RBI single from sophomore infielder Katie McLaurin (Laurinburg, N.C.) made it 12-0.

A Taylor Cheek bases-loaded walk in the fourth put Queens on the board. A Wingate error, along with a Jasmyn Lindsay two-run double made the final margin 12-4 in the fifth.

Junior right-hander Stacey Houser (Mooresville, N.C.) got the win, moving to 8-7. She allowed one earned run on six hits in five innings, striking out three and walking three. Catelyn Presley took the loss, falling to 3-6. She allowed six runs on six hits in 1 2/3 innings.

Game Two: #19 Wingate 8, Queens 0 (5 innings)

Burrell had a homer, three RBI and three runs scored to lead the attack in game two. Usiak had a double and two RBI, while Helms went three-for-three with two runs scored. Laskey had an RBI and a run scored, while junior Shannen Adams (Ayden, N.C.) was two-for-three with a run scored.

Wingate jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first. A Helms single and Queens error put two on for Burrell, who connected on her ninth homer of the year to put the 'Dogs on top by three.

The Bulldogs scored three more in the second. Helms got it started with a single, then scored on a wild pitch. Usiak added a two-run double to put Wingate on top by six.

Burrell led off the fourth by reaching on an error, then scored on a McLaurin RBI single. Adams started the fifth with a single, then scored on Laskey's RBI single, making it 8-0 and ending the game.

Senior right-hander Miranda Paul (Virginia Beach, Va.) got the win, moving to 2-1. She allowed just one hit in her five innings of work, a two-out single in the top of the fifth. Lyndey Mccurry took the loss, falling to 1-6. She allowed seven runs on nine hits in four innings of work.

Wingate is back in action Saturday, hosting a doubleheader against Mars Hill at 1 p.m.
 
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