kylah swanson
Urbana Athletics
0
Urbana URBANA 9-40
1
Winner West Liberty WLU 21-22
Urbana URBANA
9-40
0
Final
1
West Liberty WLU
21-22
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Urbana URBANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
West Liberty WLU 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1 5 1

W: Savanna Sieger (4-4) L: Pate, Kayleigh (5-11)

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Winner Urbana URBANA 10-40
4
West Liberty WLU 21-23
Winner
Urbana URBANA
10-40
6
Final
4
West Liberty WLU
21-23
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Urbana URBANA 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 6 9 0
West Liberty WLU 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 X 4 9 1

W: Allen, Carly (3-20) L: Makenzie Amend (14-11)

Game Recap: Softball | | @UrbanaU_Sports

Swanson's Two Home Runs Lead Comeback Win

Softball splits final doubleheader at West Liberty

WEST LIBERTY, W. Va. -- Kylah Swanson homered twice, including a go-ahead blast in the seventh, to defeat West Liberty Sunday in the second game of a doubleheader. The Blue Knights came out on top 6-4 in Game 2 after suffering a 1-0 setback in the opener at WLU Softball Complex.

With the win, UU ends the Kira Zeiter era on a positive note and the squad's five seniors cap their playing careers with a final victory.

//  GAME 1 (WLU 1, UU 0)
UU's Kayleigh Pate (5-11) gave a quality outing in the circle but the freshman righty was saddled with the tough loss. She finished six innings of work with two strikeouts and five hits allowed.

The host Hilltoppers scored the game's only run on a sacrifice fly in the third inning.

WLU's Savanna Sieger (4-4) tossed a one-hit shutout while to silence the Blue Knight bats. Senior center fielder Courtney Kennedy broke up Sieger's no-hitter in the sixth inning with a lead-off single down the left-field line.

//  GAME 2 (UU 6, WLU 4)
The Blue Knights trailed 4-2 entering the final inning of the season and scored four runs to complete the impressive comeback.

UU's Jenna VanHoose and Riley Curtis reached safely to ignite the rally, and then Margo Jackson came through with a clutch RBI hit in her final career at-bat to make the score 4-3 in WLU's favor.

Two batters later, Pate stepped in as a pinch hitter with two outs and kept the momentum going with another incredibly clutch RBI single through the left side to knot the score. Then, Swanson came up next and launched her second home run of the game to left field, putting UU ahead for good. Earlier in the game, the sophomore had recorded a solo home run to get UU on the board in the second frame.

Sophomore hurler Carly Allen earned her third win by shutting down the 'Toppers in the bottom of the seventh. Allen allowed four earned runs on nine hits and did not walk a batter in the complete-game outing.

Jackson, Swanson and Mykee Holtz led UU at the plate with two hits each. Swanson produced a career-high three RBIs.

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Players Mentioned

Carly Allen

#17 Carly Allen

P
5' 8"
Sophomore
R/R
Riley Curtis

#8 Riley Curtis

OF
5' 5"
Senior
L/R
Mykee Holtz

#4 Mykee Holtz

IF
5' 8"
Sophomore
R/R
Margo Jackson

#13 Margo Jackson

C
5' 4"
Senior
R/R
Courtney Kennedy

#3 Courtney Kennedy

OF
5' 4"
Senior
R/R
Kylah Swanson

#7 Kylah Swanson

OF
5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
Jenna VanHoose

#2 Jenna VanHoose

OF
5' 8"
Junior
L/L
Kayleigh Pate

#11 Kayleigh Pate

P/OF
5' 5"
Freshman
R/R

Players Mentioned

Carly Allen

#17 Carly Allen

5' 8"
Sophomore
R/R
P
Riley Curtis

#8 Riley Curtis

5' 5"
Senior
L/R
OF
Mykee Holtz

#4 Mykee Holtz

5' 8"
Sophomore
R/R
IF
Margo Jackson

#13 Margo Jackson

5' 4"
Senior
R/R
C
Courtney Kennedy

#3 Courtney Kennedy

5' 4"
Senior
R/R
OF
Kylah Swanson

#7 Kylah Swanson

5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
OF
Jenna VanHoose

#2 Jenna VanHoose

5' 8"
Junior
L/L
OF
Kayleigh Pate

#11 Kayleigh Pate

5' 5"
Freshman
R/R
P/OF