Walter State dispatches Georgia Perimeter in second round
May 16, 2013
STEVE JOHNSON, DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY
ST. GEORGE, Utah – No. 7 seed Walters State (TN) Community College exploded for five first-inning runs and never looked back as the Senators defeated Georgia Perimeter College, 12-4 (5 inn.), in the consolation bracket of the 2013 NJCAA Division I Women's Softball National Championship tournament Thursday afternoon at the Canyons Complex. Walters State (40-8) will advance to play the loser of the Butler CC/Wallace State CC in another elimination game Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. (MDT). Meanwhile GPC (21-16) sees its 2013 tournament run and season end with the loss.
The Senators pounded out four hits in the opening frame, with the big blow coming on a two-run double from Emilee Solomon. Walters State tacked on two more runs in the second, and after GPC got on the board in its half of the frame, Senator outfielder Andrea Eison answered with a two-run home run to left field to stake WSCC to a commanding 9-1 advantage.
Walters State added three more runs in the fifth, highlighted by a two-RBI homer from Courtney Hutcherson. The Jaguars tried to rally to extend the game in their half of the fifth with a pair of unearned runs, but Senator hurler Lindsey Vaught shut down any chance of the game extending ash she induced a flyout to end the game. Vaught limited GPC to just four hits while surrendering four runs, one earned, with a pair of strikeouts. Eison and Solomon each drove in three runs to lead the Senators offensively.
Jaguar infielder Stephanie Satterfield collected two hits and an RBI to lead GPC.