Hartsville, S.C.----The 12th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs plated eight runs in each game Wednesday afternoon, sweeping a doubleheader at Coker University in South Atlantic Conference softball action at Coker University. Wingate won the opener 8-0 in five innings, while prevailing 8-5 in game two to improve to 25-6 overall and 5-1 in the SAC. The Cobras fall to 7-14 overall and 0-4 in league play.

GAME ONE | #12 WINGATE 8 COKER 0 (5 Innings)

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit Coker 10-2
- The Bulldogs had three of the five extra-base hits
- The 'Dogs left four on base; the Cobras stranded three
- Coker committed all three errors in the contest
- Wingate had the lone stolen base
- WU pitching struck out three without a walk; CU had three strikeouts and two walks

KEY BULLDOGS

- Raelynn Kramer was three-for-three with a double, three RBI and a run scored
- Heaven Maness drove in a pair of runs
- Hannah Stevens added a hit, RBI and two runs scored
- Laney McLaurin contributed a hit and drove in a run
- Kaylee Hobgood went two-for-four with a triple and a pair of runs scored
- Ragan Liles, Sydney Kale and Katy Kahlich each add a hit and a run scored
- Savanna Brooks also scored a run for the 'Dogs
- Kale allowed just two hits in four shutout innings, striking out three
- Lily Huneycutt added a shutout inning of relief

FIRST INNING

- Hobgood started the game with a triple
- A Liles infield single and Brooks walk loaded the bases
- Stevens drew a bases-loaded walk to plate the first run
- Maness was hit by a pitch to make it 2-0
- Kramer's two-run single put the 'Dogs on top 4-0

FIFTH INNING

- Wingate scored four more in the fifth to push the lead to eight
- Stevens and Kale started the frame with back-to-back singles
- A Maness sacrifice fly made it 5-0
- A stolen base and error allowed Kale to score
- Kramer followed with an RBI double to push the lead to seven
- An Isabella Kraemer RBI groundout plated Kramer to make it 8-0

WRAPUP

- Kale got the win, moving to 6-0 on the year
- She allowed just two hits in four shutout frames, striking out three without a walk
- Tibby Hessian took the loss, allowing eight runs on 10 hits in 4 1/3 innings

GAME TWO |#12 WINGATE 8 COKER 5

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit Coker 15-4
- The 'Dogs had four of the six extra-base hits; the Cobras had the lone homer
- The Bulldogs left eight on base; Coker stranded two
- Wingate had three of the four stolen bases
- The Cobras committed all five errors
- WU pitching struck out 11 and walked three; CU had three strikeouts and no walks

KEY BULLDOGS

- Hobgood went four-for-five with a double, two RBI and a run scored
- Kramer was two-for-four with an RBI and two runs scored
- Brooks added a hit, RBI and run scored
- Liles collected a pair of hits, driving in one run
- Kraemer went two-for-three with a double and three runs scored
- Kahlich added a pair of hits
- Hali Scott struck out eight in 5 2/3 innings to earn the win
- Raechel Cutcher struck out three in 1 1/3 shutout frames to notch the save

FOURTH INNING

- Kraemer led off the frame with a double
- She scored when Kramer reached on an error, making it 1-0
- An RBI single from Liles plated Kramer to push the lead to two
- A two-run homer from Abbie McCants in the bottom of the frame tied it

SIXTH INNING

- The Bulldogs scored four in the sixth to take a 6-2 advantage
- Kraemer started the frame with a double, then scored when Kramer reached on an error
- McLaurin's RBI double plated Kramer to make it 4-2
- An RBI single from Brooks drove home pinch-runner Riley Davis to give WU a three-run lead
- Brooks scored when Stevens reached on an error to put the 'Dogs on top 6-2
- Coker cut the lead to one in the bottom of the frame on a three-run double from Delaney Eaves

SEVENTH INNING

- Singles from Kahlich and Kramer, along with a Coker error loaded the bases
- Hobgood gave the 'Dogs an 8-5 lead with a two-run single

WRAPUP

- Scott got the win, moving to 9-4 on the year
- She allowed five runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out eight and walking three
- Cutcher earned the save, striking out three of the four batters she faced without allowing a baserunner
- Madie Andrews took the loss, allowing six runs on 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday, hosting Tusculum for a noon doubleheader