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Kenyon 3, Ohio Wesleyan 2
Ohio Wesleyan 6, Kenyon 1
April 2, 2008
![[ Amanda Sanders ]](../images/sanders.jpg)
Sophomore outfielder Amanda Sanders (Lima/Bath) and sophomore first baseman Catrice Mayweather (Lewis Center/Olentangy) drove in runs during a 2-run second that put Ohio Wesleyan ahead to stay, and senior catcher Miranda Simmons (Norwalk) tied a school record as the Bishops defeated Kenyon in the second game of a North Coast Athletic Conference doubleheader on Wednesday in Gambier.
In the opener, Sanders and sophomore outfielder Rachel Seibel (Johnstown/Johnstown-Monroe) drove in runs as the Bishops erased a 2-0 deficit, but Kenyon pushed across the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh.
The Bishops took the lead in the top of the third inning of the nightcap when sophomore outfielder Krystle Skaziak (Dublin/Scioto), sophomore second baseman Emily Bradley (Columbus/Upper Arlington) and Sanders opened the frame with consecutive singles. One out later, Simmons laid down a bunt single to load the bases and Mayweather followed with a sacrifice fly to score Bradley for a 2-0 lead.
Seibel doubled and scored on a Bradley single to extend the Bishop lead to 3-0 in the fourth, but Kenyon got that run back in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single by Elizabeth Refsnyder.
Sophomore outfielder Sarah Cook (Sidney/Fairlawn) doubled and later scored on a Kenyon error for a 4-1 Ohio Wesleyan lead in the sixth, and Seibel added an RBI single to cap the Bishops' 2-run seventh inning.
Simmons went 4-for-4 in the contest, tying the school record for hits in a game.
Seibel pitched the complete game for Ohio Wesleyan, scattering 5 hits while striking out 4 and walking 2.
Stephanie Hemmingson was the starting and losing pitcher for Kenyon.
The Ladies took an early lead in the opener, as their first 3 hitters, Refsnyder, Brianna LaChusa and Brittany Vanegas, collected singles for a 1-0 lead. Mayweather got out of the inning without any further damage, stranding 3 Kenyon runners in the frame.
Kenyon manufactured a run in the second when Refsnyder singled with 2 out, stole second and scored on a single by LaChusa.
Ohio Wesleyan got on the scoreboard in the fifth when Skaziak reached on an error by Kenyon second baseman Samantha Sims, moved to second on an infield out, and scored on Sanders's single.
The Bishops evened the game in the sixth as sophomore third baseman Rita Cook (Sidney/Fairlawn) lined a one-out single, moved to second on a sacrifice and scored on Seibel's single.
Kenyon won the game in the bottom of the seventh as Vanegas led off with a walk and scored on Ellen Witkowski's double.
Sanders and Rita Cook each had 2 hits for Ohio Wesleyan.
Mayweather pitched the complete game, striking out 1 and walking 2.
Hemmingson, who came on to pitch in the sixth inning, was the winning pitcher for Kenyon.
