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DETROIT -- The 14th-ranked Wayne State University softball team (25-7 overall, 5-3 GLIAC) ended a three-game losing streak by recording a pair of home GLIAC wins over the University of Findlay (13-10 overall, 5-7 GLIAC) Wednesday afternoon at the WSU Softball Stadium.  The Warriors won the opener 2-1, and rallied for a 3-1 10-inning triumph in the nightcap. 

Game 1
Wayne State scored twice in the bottom of the third on just one hit, an Oiler error plus a hit by pitch and a walk.  Shannon Hilton (Gilford, Ont. / Bradford) reached on a one-out fielding error, and advanced to second as Logan White (Brantford, Ont. / Johnson C.V.I.) had a two-out infield hit.  Warrior starting pitcher Lyndsay Butler (Cambridge, Ont. / Centennial C.V.I.) was hit by a 1-0 pitch to load the bases and Emily Bryce (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester Adams) worked a 3-2 walk scoring Hilton with the game's first run.  White then scored on a wild pitch to make it 2-0.

The Oilers answered with a run in the top of the fourth as Jackie Messersmith was hit by an 0-1 offering from Butler with one out.  Tori Allen singled, and after an infield fly, Emily Stewart singled to score Messersmith.

UF had a leadoff double in the fifth, a one-out double in the sixth and runners on the corners with two outs in the seventh but could not plate the tying run as first baseman Amanda Burnard (Canton, Mich. / Plymouth) smothered a low throw and grabbed the ball before the Oiler leadoff batter Courtney Dwyer could get to first.

Butler allowed one earned run on five hits to improve to 12-3.  She struck out 11 and did not walk a batter.  The Warriors had just two singles in the game - the aforementioned infield hit by White and Bryce's leadoff single in the sixth.

Tawna Whited (10-4) went the distance for UF throwing just 58 pitches.  Four of the six frames she had less than eight pitches with a game-high 24 pitches in the third inning.  Allen led the guests with two hits.

Game 2
The Warriors scored twice in the top of the 10th innings to complete the sweep.

Findlay had a golden chance to score in the bottom of the second with a double sandwiched around a pair of walks to load the bases with nobody out.  WSU pitcher Briana Lee (Canton, Mich. / Salem) rebounded to strikeout the next three Oiler batters and end the threat.

Each team scored a run in the sixth inning.  Pinch-hitter Emily Cava (Oakville, Ont. / Cardinal Leger S.S.) was hit by the first pitch from Whited and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jade McGarr (Guelph, Ont. / St. James Catholic).  Cava moved to third on a ground out by White and scored as Butler's bunt was grabbed by the UF catcher who neither threw to first or tagged the runner coming home.

The Oilers knotted the game as Allen reached on a misplayed fly ball and scored as Emily Reynolds doubled to right center.

The international tie-breaker rule went into effect for the 10th inning with Lee being placed on second.  WSU's Devin Hentschel (Wyoming, Mich. / Rogers) bunted and the UF third base hesitated in throwing to first then threw errantly down the left field line allowing Lee to score and Hentschel to move all the way to third.  After a lineout, Hentschel scored on an RBI groundout by Ali Lince (St. Clair Shores, Mich. / Lakeview), her first run batted in as a Warrior.

In the bottom of the 10th, Findlay had to score twice but Lee set them down in order with a pair of groundouts sandwiched around a strikeout.

Lee struck out 13 and walked three to improve her record to 12-1.  She allowed just three hits and the one unearned run.  Four different Warriors (McGarr, White, Butler and Hentschel) had hits in the game.

Whited (10-5) tossed all 10 innings of the nightcap with no strikeouts and three walks allowing four hits and three runs (one earned).

Wayne State will play four road games this weekend visiting Grand Valley on Friday and Ferris State on Sunday.