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Emporia State softball splits doubleheader with Fort Hays State
TOPEKA (KSNT) β A doubleheader split for the Hornets on Saturday.
Emporia State softball (22-13, 8-6 MIAA) went 1-1 on Saturday against Fort Hays State (18-21, 4-10 MIAA).
The Hornets took Game One 15-7 before losing Game Two 8-3.
In Game 1, ESU got on the board first in the second inning thanks to an RBI single from Avery Brewer.
The Hornets added three scores in the third. Brooke Flewelling had a two-run home in the inning, her 14th of the season, while Brewer singled again to bring in another score.
Fort Hays State poured in six runs in the latter half of the inning to lead 6-4 through three.
That score held the same until the 5th when the Hornets exploded for 11 runs. Brynley Smith and Ally Miller opened the inning with a home run each.
Sydney Wagner and Miller both had two-run triples in the inning.
The Tigers would add a score back in the bottom half of the inning.
Flewelling and Miller finished with three RBIs each while Wagner, Brewer and Elina Bartlett had two RBIs each.
Chloe Wilson got the win inside the circle for the Hornets. Through 2.1 innings, she allowed two hits and one run. She struck out one and walked a batter. Hannah Butterbaugh got the start for the Hornets. Through 2.2 innings she allowed four hits and six runs (zero earned) while striking out two.
In Game 2, both teams traded a pair of runs in the first inning.
Addison Callaway and Flewelling both doubled to bring in scores.
Taryn Burkhardt doubled in the third to bring in a score to give the Hornets a temporary lead.
Fort Hays played three in the fourth and two in the sixth to avoid the sweep.
Maci Hayes took the loss for the Hornets inside the circle.
Morgan Tomlinson got the start for ESU, while Chloe Wilson and Izzy Sloan pitched in relief.
The Hornets are back in action on the road on April 10 against Central Oklahoma.
The two will play a doubleheader with the first pitch set for 2 p.m.
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