10:00 a.m. - Firestone Stadium, Fifth Place Game
#3 WVU Tech (3-2) - 12, #2 Carlow University (1-3) - 3
WVU Tech struck early and often on Wednesday morning, capturing the fifth place game 12-2 over Carlow at Firestone Stadium. Between raindrops, the Golden Bears scored in each of the first four innings to cruise to their third win of the week.
After scoring in the first, WVU Tech fell behind after one as the Celtics made it look as though it would be a slugfest throughout with two runs and a 2-1 lead. But the Golden Bears added four runs in the second and would not allow Carlow to score again for three innings to force the eight-run rule win.
Taylor Norman picked up the win for WVU Tech, tossing five innings of four-hit ball while striking out one. Of Carlow's three runs, only one was earned. Five Golden Bears recorded multiple hits on the day, led by Megan Blythe who finished 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Blythe fell a home run shy of the cycle, recording a single, double and triple in her three plate appearances. Kat Lively, Katie Campbell, Ali Holmes and Stephanie Nickell combined for eight hits, including three extra base knocks. Nickell had two doubles and Lively added a triple to right center.
Kaysie Young paced Carlow with two hits, including an RBI single in the fifth, but Carlow could not force a sixth inning as Norman escaped a jam by stranding two Celtics runners. Emily Pritts took the loss for Carlow, falling to 1-3 on the week. The Golden Bears recorded 13 hits and scored all of their runs off of Pritts, who had pitched 15 innings in the first two days.
