Softball | 3/26/2013 7:31:00 PM
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March 26, 2013-The Emporia State softball team pounded out 12 extra base hits in a double header, run rule sweep at Northwestern Oklahoma State on Tuesday. The Hornets won game one 9-0 and took game two with a 12-3 score.
Three batters in to the matinee Stephanie Goodwin hit a three run home run to get the Hornets started. Andrea Piezuch made it 6-0 with a bases loaded double in the second and came home on Tricia Vogel's two run single for an 8-0 lead. Cacy Williams drove in Vogel with a sac fly to wrap up the scoring.
Karley Schmelzer tossed her fourth shut out of the season, a two hitter with eight strikeouts and just one walk for her 11th win of the season. Piezuch was three for four with three RBI and two runs scored while Taylor Zordel went two for three with two runs scored.
Amanda Self hit a bases loaded triple in the first inning of the night cap to get the Hornets off to another fast start. In the second inning, Goodwin hit a two run homer, the second of three home runs on the day for the sophomore, to give Emporia State a 6-0 lead and came home on Vogel's single for a 7-0 lead headed to the bottom of the second. The Rangers scored two in the bottom of the second but Katie Hoffman got one of the runs back with a lead off home run in the top of the third. Zordel would double with two outs and scored to give the Hornets a 9-2 lead on Piezuch's single. Emporia State scored two runs with just one hit in the fourth thanks to three hit batters and an error. The final run came via Goodwin's third home run of the game to lead off the fifth inning.
Lauren Sharp, the reigning MIAA Pitcher of the Week, went the distance allowing three runs, two of them earned, with three strike outs. Goodwin was two for four with three RBI, three runs scored and two home runs. Self went two for three with three RBI, three runs, a double and a triple. Zordel was two for four with three runs scored and reached base in all four plate appearances with a double, single, fielder's choice and an error.
The Hornets are now scheduled to travel to Washburn on Thursday for an MIAA double header. First pitch is currently scheduled for 2 p.m.
