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Virginia Wesleyan Softball Earns Fourth-Straight ODAC Title
With the win, the Marlins earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship
vwuathletics.com | April 29, 2019
For the fourth-straight year, the No. 1 菠萝大人版约炮 softball team has earned the title of Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Champions as the team defeated Randolph-Macon in the final, 8-2, Monday morning at the James I. Moyer Sports Complex. With the win, the Marlins notch their third-consecutive 40-win year (40-4), their 12th ODAC title in program history and have earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship.
It looked grim from the beginning as the Yellow Jackets produced two runs on four hits in the top of the first inning. The lead did not last long though as the Marlins pied in six runs in the bottom of the second. and earned a pair of walks with one out and singled to load the bags. used a good at-bat to collect another walk, ushering the first Marlin run in. would make it 2-0 in the next at-bat as her single through the left side plated Goldyn. With the bases still loaded, chopped a hard grounder that the third basemen flubbed, allowing two Marlin runners to reach unearned. would be responsible for the final two runs of the frame, singling to left center.
Randolph-Macon issued another bases loaded walk in the fifth to make it 7-2 and Goldyn would single home in the sixth for the final VWU score.
collected her 27th win of the year in the circle, striking out four batters in the process. The junior would also be tabbed the ODAC Championships Most Outstanding Player for the third year in a row.
Joining Hull on the All-Tournament Team squad was , , Maria Wedle, , and .
Softball will now have to wait a full week to see who they will be playing in the NCAA Championship as the Selection Show occurs on Monday.
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