ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. - The NC Wesleyan College softball team used stellar pitching from juniors Beth Braswell and Grace Preston as well as 21 combined runs to shutout Div. II Elizabeth City St. (N.C.) in both games of their doubleheader on Saturday.
GAME 1: NCWC 8, ECSU 0
Braswell pitched game 1 picking up her 2nd win as she threw 5 shutout innings allowing just 2 hits on 2 walks with 8 strikeouts.
Driving in runs in game one were junior SS Meredith Mize on an RBI triple and an RBI single while fellow junior, CF Nichole Mooney also drove in 2 runs with RBI singles. Junior catcher Kayla Molivas also doubled in the final two runs in the 4th to put the game out of reach with the 8-run rule.
GAME 2: NCWC 13, ECSU 0
Preston then led the Bishops in game two as she threw her first career no-hitter in the win tossing 5 shutout innings with no hits and no walks with only a hit by pitch in the 5th inning her only mistake. She also corralled 5 strikeouts in the performance.
Offensively, Braswell and Molivas led with multi-hit games while Braswell and Mize each drove in 2 runs apiece with Mize's coming on her double in the third before Braswell made it 10-0 one batter later. Senior 2B Ashlyn Gosnell, junior catcher Summer Phillips, Molivas, and freshman CF Alexis Wynne all registered RBI singles as well in the win. Wesleyan had 8 different batters record hits in the win as well.
Wesleyan improves to 4-0 with the wins and will next have a week off before heading to Raleigh for the Triangle Classic hosted by William Peace next weekend for four games. ECSU falls to 0-4.