(WILMINGTON, Ohio) – The Wilmington College softball team split their Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) doubleheader with the Heidelberg University Student Princes at home today. They run-ruled the Student Princes 10-2 in five innings in game one, before dropping the final contest 8-6. Rachel Berry led the Quakers during the day with five runs batted in (RBI). Wilmington sits at 11-8-1 overall this season and 1-3 in the OAC.

Game One – Wilmington defeats Heidelberg, 10-2 (5 innings)

The Quakers went ahead 5-0 after the first inning. Wilmington loaded the bases with one out, where a Maddie Starnes infield single brought in the first run and Claire Scully reached on an error to make it a 2-0 game. The error would haunt the Student Princes as a wild pitch and a two-run Rachel Berry single plated three unearned runs for Wilmington.

A delayed steal snatched another run for Wilmington in the second to push it to 6-0. A Berry double and a Jocelyn Franz single plated the final runs of the game for the Quakers in a four-run third inning for a 10-0 lead. Heidelberg scored a pair in the fourth, but Wilmington ran away with the victory.

Game One Notables

• Kori Cornett, Jocelyn Franz, and Rachel Berry all had two hits in the game.
• Berry had four RBI to lead the Quakers, while Franz had two RBI and Maddie Starnes had one.
• Cornett and Claire Scully both scored two runs in the win.
• Aiyana Hancock tossed the complete game in the circle, striking out five Student Princes.

Game Two – Heidelberg defeats Wilmington, 8-6

The Student Princes grabbed a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Wilmington scored a pair in the second inning. One came in on a poor throw off a Rachel Berry single, and the other on a Chloe Dorn RBI single. Heidelberg pushed the lead to 5-2.

Wilmington tied the game with two in the third and one in the fourth. Judaea Wilson provided an RBI single in the third and a throwing error by the Student Princes allowed the other run to score in the third frame. The Quakers scored on a wild pitch in the fourth to tie the game at 5-5. They went ahead with a single run in the bottom of the fifth for a 6-5 advantage.

The Student Princes took advantage of Quaker miscues in the sixth inning and plated three runs for an 8-6 lead. Wilmington couldn't make a comeback and lost the game.

Game Two Notables

• Alasandra Spears and Rachel Berry had three hits, while Chloe Dorn added two.
• Berry scored a pair of runs.
• Three different Quakers had an RBI.
• Aiyana Hancock struck out three batters over four innings of relief.

What's Up Next

The Quakers play a non-conference doubleheader at Bluffton University Tuesday afternoon beginning at 3:30 P.M.