10:00 a.m. - Firestone Stadium Pony Field, Loser's Bracket Second Round
#3 WVU Tech (2-1) - 5, #8 Penn State Beaver (1-2) - 1
WVU Tech received a solid outing from starting pitcher Jacki Wood and scored all of their runs in the fourth and fifth innings, knocking Penn State Beaver from championship contention with a 5-1 win on Tuesday morning at Firestone Stadium's Pony Field.
The Golden Bears move on to face four-seed Iowa Wesleyan in a loser's bracket game at 2:00 p.m. at Firestone Stadium on Tuesday, while Beaver will play for seventh place at 4:00 p.m. on the Pony Field against the loser of Ave Maria/St. Mary of the Woods.
Wood pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up one run on three hits. Wood also recorded four strikeouts while walking two. Bridgett Goss, who wood relieved earlier in the tournament, came in to pick up the save with 1 1/3 innings of no-hit ball, striking out one.
Beaver's Kori Freyermuth once again went the distance on the mound for the Lions, surrendering all five runs (three earned) on eight hits and striking out four. For the second game in a row, Freyermuth received only one run of support from her offense, as Beaver's only RBI came from Freyermuth on a solo home run.
WVU Tech was stifled early, managing only two singles in the first three innings before breaking out in the fourth. Wood notched an RBI double before Megan Blythe added an RBI double of her own for a 2-0 Golden Bears lead.
From there, WVU Tech would extend their lead in the fifth, as Katie Campbell added a two-run double followed by a Wood RBI single two batters later for a 5-0 lead. WVU Tech managed only one runner after that, but it was enough as they would hold on for the four-run win.
