CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio –The visiting St. Mary-of-the-Woods Pomeroy softball team earned a River States Conference doubleheader split on Tuesday (April 16) by defeating Ohio Christian 3-0 in the opening game and then coming back with a 3-1 defeat in the second contest. They also earned a 12-5 victory as they resumed a contest that was suspended from earlier this season against West Virginia Tech.
SMWC improved to 25-13 (18-6 RSC) with the two victories today. Ohio Christian is now 13-21 (11-13 RSC).
In the opener, Marin Jacobs earned his 10th victory of the season by throwing a complete game, three-hit shutout. She struck out a pair in the contest.
The Woods got off to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Jaselyn Conn singled to centerfield to score Jasmine Kinzer. Conn recorded her second RBI of the game in the third inning when she singled to left field to again score Kinzer for the 2-0 advantage. The lead stretched out to 3-0 in the fourth inning on a Naveah Pender sacrifice fly with scored Jaliegh Crawford.
Conn finished the contest 2-of-3 with a pair of RBI at the plate while Kinzer was 1-of-2 with a pair of runs scored.
Ohio Christian would score once each in the first and fifth innings of game two and led 2-0 heading into the sixth frame. Crawford singled through the left side to score Abbi Henderson to make it 2-1. OCC would get an insurance run in the sixth inning for the 3-1 victory.
Emily Fitzwater pitched all six innings allowing nine hits, three runs and striking out two.
At the dish, Kinzer was 2-of-4 in the contest while Crawford had the only RBI of the contest.
In the completed game against West Virginia Tech, the Pomeroys entered with a 12-2 lead in the bottom of the third inning. West Virginia Tech would score three times in the fourth inning before Pender doubled down the left field line to score Makayla Jackman for the winning run and the 13-5 victory in six innings.
Summer Rocha would finish the game officially with six innings pitched, five runs allowed and five strikeouts to take the victory.
Crawford finished the contest 3-of-3 at the plate with two RBI and two runs scored while Hannah Boardman was 1-of-3 batting with four RBI. Conn scored three times in the contest while Lyric Krause and Pender added a pair of RBI.
The Pomeroys will return home for Senior Weekend at the SMWC Softball Field on Friday & Saturday April 19-20 against IUPUC. Friday's action begins at 3 pm (ET) while Saturday's doubleheader starts at 1 pm (ET).
