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BUCKHANNON -- West Virginia Wesleyan earned a sweep over Alderson Broaddus University Tuesday in non-conference softball action.
The Lady Bobcats took the opening game, 7-3, and completed the sweep with a 4-2 win in the nightcap.
Wesleyan struck first in the first inning of the lidlifter when Lauryn King hit a two-run homer.
The Battlers put up one run in top of the fifth when Marybeth Strickler trotted home on an error.
The Lady Bobcats countered with three runs of their own in the bottom of the fifth on a three-run blast by Kiley Turner to make it 5-1.
Hadassah Curry and Lauren Meyer cracked RBIs in the sixth for AB to cut the lead to 5-3 before Wesleyan answered with a pair of insurance runs in the home-half of the frame.
Hannah Hudson picked up the win in the circle for the Lady Bobcats, while Destiny Alvarado and Lauren Niglio three hits apiece.
The Lady Battlers took a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the second game on a two-run double by Laura Meyer that plated Maura Mallon and Sarah Tekavec.
Wesleyan knotted the game up at 2-2 in the bottom of the third on a two-run homer by Alvarado.
The Lady Bobcats tacked on two runs in the sixth en route to the win.
Haylee Shires picked up her third win of the season on the mound for Wesleyan.
Strickler and Emily Rhodes each had three hits on the day to pace ABU.
Wesleyan (8-10) will return to action at 1 p.m. Saturday for a Mountain East Conference doubleheader at Concord.
The Lady Battlers are scheduled to host the University of Charleston at 4 p.m. today for a non-conference twin bill.