SCORE CORRECTION ... West Virginia State Softball Cruises Past Bowie State, 15-1

CARY, N.C. - The West Virginia State University Yellow Jackets cruised to a 16-1 non-conference softball victory over the Bowie State University Bulldogs on Sunday morning to close out the Shaw Lady Bears Challenge. The loss sets Bowie State's record at 1-4 while West Virginia State improves to 6-8 overall.

West Virginia State plated two runs in the 1^st inning and added four more runs in the 2^nd inning and was never threatened by Bowie State. The WVSU Yellow Jacket bats exploded in the top of the 3^rd inning, tacking on seven runs for a 13-0 advantage.

Bowie State did not get its first hit of the day until the bottom of the 3^rd inning which came off the bat of junior Nicoleen Ochoa (Madison, Ohio).

West Virginia State pushed one across in the top half of the 4^th inning before Bowie State’s Bulldogs were able to account for their only run.  After multiple Bowie State defensive changes, junior Inaya Jones (Baltimore, Md.) belted a solo homerun, her first of the season but the Yellow Jackets held a comfortable 14-1 cushion at that point.

The Yellow Jackets added one run in their share of the 5^th inning while the Bulldogs came up empty to end the game by the 8-run mercy rule and account for the final 15-1 score.

Micca Mirabella, Brookelyn Hale and Kayleigh Thompson contributed three hits apiece to lead the West Virginia State offense. Hale was responsible for a game-high three RBI while Mirabella, Mackenzie Dunlop and Brittany Allison recorded two RBI each in the win. Chelsey Parkins went 4.2 innings in the circle, striking out five.

Bowie State junior Stefanie Ray (Damascus, Md.) took the loss, giving up 16 hits (11 earned), but struck out four and walked two.

The Bulldogs will play its home opener on Tuesday (March 7^th), hosting East Stroudsburg University in a non-conference doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.

BOWIE STATE SOFTBALL 2017
West Virginia State vs Bowie St.
Mar 5, 2017 at Cary, NC (Middle Creek)

West Virginia State 15 (6-8)
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
Micca Mirabella ss	5	3	3	2	0	1	2	2	3
Mackenzie Dunlop rf	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Callie Huck rf	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Brookelyn Hale cf	3	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Cheyenne Herrera cf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Brittany Allison c	4	1	1	2	0	1	5	0	0
Madison Rafuson dp	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Kelsey Moore dp	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shian Meeks 3b	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1
Zoey Carte lf	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Shandell Curtis lf	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Summer Sword 1b	3	2	1	0	1	1	4	0	0
Kayleigh Thompson 2b	3	3	2	0	1	0	2	1	0
Chelsey Parkins p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Emily Thompson p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	15	16	11	4	5	15	4	7
Bowie St. 1 (1-4)
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
OCHOA,Nicoleen 2b/cf	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
SMITH,Ja'Seph lf	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1
PICKERING,Jacqueline ss	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
JONES,Inaya cf/p	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
VISELE,Megan dp/2b	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
FENNER,Lindsey 3b	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LEWIS,Emily c	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1
BEARNS,Tiffany c	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BELT,Jaelyn rf	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
RAY,Stefanie p/dp	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
POWELL,Morgan 1b	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Totals	16	1	2	1	2	5	15	4	2

Score by Innings R H E -------------------------------------- West Virginia State. 247 11 - 15 16 0 Bowie St............ 000 10 - 1 2 2 --------------------------------------

E - PICKERING,J. 2. LOB - WVSU 7; Bowie 2. 2B - Mirabella 2; Huck; Moore; Carte. 3B - Dunlop; Hale. HR - Allison; JONES,I.. SB - Hale; Rafuson 2; Carte; Sword; K. Thompson.

West Virginia State	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
Chelsey Parkins W,3-0	4.2	2	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	15	17	4	4
Emily Thompson	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Bowie St.	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
RAY,Stefanie L,1-2	4.0	14	14	10	2	4	0	0	0	0	28	30	5	3
JONES,Inaya	1.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	7	1	1

Win - Parkins (3-0). Loss - RAY,S. (1-2). Save - None. Inherited runners/scored: None.Umpires - Start: 10 am Time: 2:15 Attendance: 59