VIENNA, W.Va. - Micki Murzynski's eighth-inning double scored Amber Jarvis with the eventual game-winning run as Charleston took a 2-1 extra-inning thriller against Shepherd.
The teams locked up in a tight pitchers' duel as eventual winner Stefanie Rossman limited SU to four hits, while fanning seven. Shepherd's Tricia Bettura, the tough-luck loser, gave up six hits and struck out five.
The pair of Jarvis and Murzynski combined for Charleston's first run. Jarvis opened the inning with a single and moved to second on an error. Two batters later, Murzynski's single gave UC a 1-0 lead.
Shepherd knotted the game in the bottom of the inning when pinch-runner Delaney Bell scored via a fielder's choice grounder off the bat of Chelsie Oals.
Jarvis and Murzynski were the game's lone players with multiple hits, garnering two each in four at-bats. Bettura, Oals, Nichole Pitcock, and Amber Dudek each had singles to account for the four Shepherd hits.
Score by Innings R H E
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Charleston.......... 000 100 01 - 2 6 1
Shepherd............ 000 100 00 - 1 4 2
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W-Rossman. L-Bettura.
Sarah Smith's two-out double scored Paige Cummings with the winning run in the seventh inning as West Virginia Wesleyan remained unbeaten with a 2-1 win over Charleston.
Freshman KC Carey scattered eight hits and struck out seven to get the win for Wesleyan. UC's Stefanie Rossman, the national leader in strikeouts, fanned nine and gave up four hits in defeat.
UC had received two out heroics of their own in the top half of the seventh when Samantha Macias tied the game at 1-1 with a single that plated Micki Murzynski. Macias was the game's only player with multiple hits after going 2-for-3.
Second inning doubles by Kashilia Young and Carey gave the Bobcats an early 1-0 lead that stood up for much of the game.
Score by Innings R H E
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Charleston.......... 000 000 1 - 1 8 0
WV Wesleyan......... 010 000 1 - 2 4 0
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W-Carey. L-Rossman.
