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Westminster WESSB 26-11, 15-4 PAC
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Winner Waynesburg WAY 26-7, 15-4 PAC
Westminster WESSB
26-11, 15-4 PAC
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Final
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Waynesburg WAY
26-7, 15-4 PAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Westminster WESSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
Waynesburg WAY 2 0 2 0 0 2 X 6 9 1

W: Sydney Wilson (15-4) L: Brown, Madison (11-7)

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Winner Westminster WESSB 27-11, 16-4 PAC
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Waynesburg WAY 26-8, 15-5 PAC
Winner
Westminster WESSB
27-11, 16-4 PAC
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Final
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Waynesburg WAY
26-8, 15-5 PAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Westminster WESSB 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 8 2
Waynesburg WAY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1

W: Malczak, Liz (14-3) L: Autumn Stemple (10-4)

Elizabeth Malczak
Riley Lewis

Game Recap: Softball |

Westminster splits at Waynesburg, secures tournament's top seed

WAYNESBURG, Pa.--The Westminster College softball program earned a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) split at Waynesburg University Saturday afternoon and locked up the top seed in next week's championship tournament. 

Waynesburg scored a 6-0 game one victory, while Westminster rallied to post a 3-1 win in game two. 

Westminster wrapped up the regular season with a 27-11 overall record and a 16-4 conference record. Waynesburg finished the regular season 26-8 overall and 15-5 in the PAC. 

The two-day championship tournament will be played next Friday-Saturday, May 5-6 in New Wilmington, with the six-team tournament getting underway Monday. The play-in series will be hosted by No. 4 Geneva College (21-15, 14-6 PAC), with No. 5 Grove City College (21-14, 13-7 PAC) and No. 6 Saint Vincent College (22-14, 12-8 PAC) playing an elimination game at 3 p.m. in Beaver Falls. The Grove City-Saint Vincent winner will meet Geneva at 5 p.m., with the winner advancing to Friday's double-elimination portion of the championship tournament.

Third-seeded Allegheny College (24-10, 14-6 PAC) and No. 2 Waynesburg (26-8, 15-5 PAC) will play the opening game Friday at 10 a.m. Top-seeded Westminster and Monday's play-in series winner will square off in the second opening-round game at 12 p.m. The losers of Friday's opening-round tilts will meet in elimination Game E at 2 p.m., followed by the winners of the two opening-round games (Game F) facing off at 4 p.m.

On Saturday, the winner of Game E will meet the loser of Game F in an 11 a.m. elimination game for the right to play for the conference title against the Game F winner at 1 p.m. If both teams have one loss at that point, the "if necessary" game is scheduled for 3 p.m.

Game one: Waynesburg 6, Westminster 0
The Yellow Jackets scored two runs in the first and added two runs in both the third and the sixth innings. It was just the third time Westminster was shut out this season. 

Senior left fielder Ashley Wire (Poland, Ohio | Poland Seminary) was 2-for-3. Sophomore catcher Mia Meholick (Dubois, Pa. | Dubois Central Catholic) went 1-for-2 with a walk. 

Graduate student Madison Brown (Lisbon, Ohio | East Liverpool) allowed six runs (3 earned) on nine hits with six strikeouts in six innings. She fell to 11-7 this season with the loss. 

Game two: Westminster 3, Waynesburg 1
Westminster secured the No. 1 seed in the championship tournament for the second-straight year with Saturday's game two win. Junior Elizabeth Malczak (Grove City, Pa. | Grove City) ran her season record to 14-3 after allowing one run (unearned) on five hits with a pair of strikeouts in the complete-game victory. She was 14-3 in 2022. 

Senior shortstop Alexis Yates (Oakdale, Pa. | South Fayette) went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run scored. Senior first baseman Mackenzie Latess (New Castle, Pa. | Laurel) went 1-for-2 with a double, a walk and run scored. 

Westminster scored single runs in the third, the fourth and fifth innings. Yates' RBI double scored freshman third baseman Elliana Hsieh (York, Pa. | Central York), who led off the third with a double. In the fourth senior right fielder Emma Gurley (Painesville, Ohio | Gilmore Academy) delived a two-out, RBI single that scored Latess, who doubled to lead off the inning and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Yates scored on a wild pitch in the fifth after singling.

Waynesburg scored its only run of game two in the sixth. 
 
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