Wingate, N.C.----Playing at home for the first time this season, the Wingate University Bulldogs got a dominant pitching performance from Jillian Thomas in game one, then got a Hannah Stevens grand slam in game two en route to a doubleheader sweep over Emory & Henry in South Atlantic Conference softball action. Wingate won the opener 8-0, while prevailing 6-2 in game two to improve to 12-10 overall and 4-0 in the SAC, while the Wasps fall to 17-7 overall and 1-3 in league play.

GAME ONE | WINGATE 8 EMORY & HENRY 0 (6 Innings)

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit E&H 14-3
- The 'Dogs had five of the six extra-base hits
- The Bulldogs left eight on base; the Wasps stranded three
- Each team had a stolen base
- WU pitching struck out 13 without a walk; E&H struck out two and walked two

KEY BULLDOGS

- Thomas struck out a career-high 13 without walking a batter, allowing just three hits
- Raelynn Kramer was two-for-four with a double, two RBI and a run scored
- Hali Scott added a double, two RBI and scored a run
- Kaylee Furr and Damyia McFadden each added two hits, an RBI and a run scored
- Lily Huneycutt contributed a hit and an RBI
- Kaylee Hobgood went two-for-three with a double and a run scored
- Stevens had two hits including a double, scoring a run
- Savanna Brooks added a hit and scored a run

FIRST INNING

- Hobgood started the inning with a single, while Brooks drew a one-out walk
- Scott's two-run double gave Wingate an early 2-0 cushion

FIFTH INNING

- Brooks was hit by a pitch to start the frame, while a Stevens double put runners on second and third
- Kramer's two-run double put the 'Dogs on top by four
- Kramer scored on a wild pitch to make it 5-0
- McFadden's RBI single pushed the lead to six
- Huneycutt capped the five-run inning with an RBI single, making it 7-0

SIXTH INNING

- Stevens got things started with a one-out single
- Furr's RBI single ended the game, giving Wingate the 8-0 victory

WRAPUP

- Thomas got the win, moving to 7-4 on the year
- She allowed three hits in six shutout frames, striking out 13 without a walk
- The first eight outs recorded by Thomas were strikeouts
- She had at lead one punchout in each frame, with multiple strikeouts in four innings
- Her final out of the game came via strikeout
- Malorie Reeves took the loss, allowing six runs on 10 hits in 4 1/3 innings of work

GAME TWO | WINGATE 6 EMORY & HENRY 2

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit E&H 7-5
- Each team had one extra-base hit; the 'Dogs had the lone homer
- The Wasps had four of the five errors in the contest
- Emory & Henry left seven on base; the Bulldogs stranded three
- WU Pitching struck out 11 and walked three; E&H had one strikeout and two walks

KEY BULLDOGS

- Stevens drove in four with her grand slam
- Jaden Burns added a hit and an RBI
- Huneycutt contributed a pair of hits and a run scored
- Kramer also had two hits and scored a run
- Brooks notched a hit and scored a run
- Lily Robbins struck out nine in 4 2/3 innings to earn the win
- Raleigh Dudley added 2 1/3 shutout frames, striking out two and allowing just one hit

FIRST INNING

- The Bulldogs did all of their damage in the opening frame
- Hobgood reached on an error to start it, then moved to third on a Huneycutt single
- Brooks loaded the bases with a bunt single
- Hobgood scored the first run when Scott reached on an error
- Stevens followed with the big blow, a grand slam to center to make it 5-0
- Kramer followed with a single
- She would score on an RBI single from Burns, putting the 'Dogs on top 6-0

FIFTH INNING

- The Wasps got on the board in the fifth, with a Mackenzie Williams two-run double making it 6-2

WRAPUP

- Robbins got the win, allowing two runs on four hits in 4 2/3 innings, striking out nine without a walk
- Reeves took the loss, allowing six runs on five hits in one inning of work

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Sunday, traveling to UNC Pembroke for a 1 p.m. doubleheader
- The 'Dogs host Carson-Newman for a 1 p.m. doubleheader Wednesday