Softball won their sixth straight game and remained undefeated at the WSU Softball field after a three-game sweep over Cleveland State that began on Friday, April 9 and concluded with a double-header on Sunday.
Wright State (23-15) has won their first nine home games this season and have won eight out of their nine Horizon League games which tops the league.
The Vikings jumped ahead 3-0 in the first inning of game one, but a six-run third inning and a five run sixth inning by the Raiders concluded the game with a 13-5 run rule.
After picking up the win in game one, Ashley Sharp recorded her second win of the series in game two as Vivi Marquez blasted a two-run homer in the third inning to give WSU a 3-1 lead.
Third baseman Mel Woodward retaliated for the Vikings with a lead-off homer in the fourth inning to cut the deficit to one.
Honnah Sursor hit a triple to left center field and drove in a run for WSU in the fifth inning and then scored on a single to center by Marquez for her third rbi of the game.
Kait Gairing blasted a two-run homer in the sixth inning to make the score 5-4, but Sharp shut the Vikings down in the seventh for her 11th win of the season.
A five-run first inning sparked a 7-6 win in game three for WSU as Ally Russell collected her seventh win of the season while Sharp recorded her first save.
Marquez, Macey Gunther and Ashton Salyers each drove in a run with a double in the first inning while Libby Pfeffer also drove in a run with a single.
In the second, Sursor scored on a single by Marquez for Viv’s seventh rbi of the series and 17 of the season.
Russell gave up two runs in the fourth and fifth innings and then was replaced during a pitching change after giving up a run in the sixth.
Sharp checked into the game for WSU with one out and runners on second and third base. After a single by Katelind Phillips cut the deficit to one, Sharp got an inning-ending double play before closing the game in the seventh.
Wright State will be back in action in Indianapolis, IN for a two-game series with IUPUI on Wednesday, April 13 beginning at 4 p.m.
