DETROIT -- The fourth-ranked Wayne State University softball squad (24-7 overall, 2-2 GLIAC) completed its home opening day with a 3-0 triumph over Hillsdale College (6-12, 1-5) in the second game of league twinbill on Friday.

For the 19th time this season the Warriors scored first (19-0) with a single run in the top of the second.  Sophomore first baseman Becca Ryan (Westland, Mich. / Dearborn Divine Child) had a leadoff double to right center.  Senior left fielder Stephanie LeClair (Kitchener, Ont. / Forest Heights C.I.) advanced Ryan to third with a sacrifice bunt.  After fouling off a 2-2 offering from Charger hurler Laura Homan, WSU catcher Brittany Omelanchuk (Brooklin, Ont. / Wilson S.S.) plated Ryan with a sacrifice fly.

WSU starter Nicole Abel (Kitchener, Ont. / St. Mary's) stranded one runner in the top of the first after single, caught stealing and a walk.  In the second, an HC threat with two on and one out ended as shortstop Jaci Banton (Richmond Hill, Ont. / Cardinal Carter) caught a line drive going to her right and threw back to second to double off a runner.

In the bottom of the fourth, Hillsdale had back-to-back singles by Jennifer Berlet and Jessica Guertin prompting a WSU pitching change.  Casey Hanes (Richmond, Va. / Douglas Freeman) recorded consecutive outs on a force play at third and a line drive to second baseman #Lauren Histed (Shelby Twp., Mich. / Utica).  Following a walk which loaded the bases, Hanes struck out Charger shortstop Kate Hoop looking on a 1-2 offering.

The Warrior offense struck for two runs in the top of the fifth.  Junior Rachel Spaccarotelli (Ray, Mich. / Romeo) had a one-out single, and following a fielder's choice, sophomore right fielder Alison Allen (Redford, Mich. / Farmington Hills Mercy) reached on an infield single.  A fielding error loaded the bases, and sophomore third baseman Rebecca Stanley (Waterloo, Ont. / Waterloo C.I.) delivered a two-run single up the middle.

Despite being limited to three hits, Hillsdale stranded eight runners as they were the recipients of five walks and a hit by pitch.

Hanes (19-3) earned the win in relief by tossing four hitless innings.  Abel did not allow a run in three innings thanks to Hanes' relief work.

Allen and Stanley each had two hits in the contest, with Stanley's two-run single being a key hit.

Hanes is 25th in NCAA Division II history with 891 innings pitched, tied-for-17th with 103 victories and 22nd in strikeouts with 963.

The Warriors will host the Findlay Oilers for a Saturday GLIAC doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.