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UMW Softball Opens with Twinbill Split with Shenandoah

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

The University of Mary Washington softball team opened the 2021 season with a doubleheader split with Shenandoah University on Saturday at the Battleground. The Eagles won the opener, 4-3, before falling, 6-0, in game two.

In the first game, the Eagles jumped ahead with a run in the second, as Emma Schieda led off with a single, movd to second on a walk, and scored on an Amina Shakir single. The Eagles would add on three more in the third, as Rachel Porchie singled and scored on a double by Grace Drury. Bridget Laychak provided a two-run double to push the lead to 4-0. The Hornets scored three times in the sixth to draw to within one, but the Eagles held on for the final outs and the win. 

Drury doubled and walked twice, while Laychack provided her two-run double. Shieda scored twice. Freshman Caitlyn Burch gained the win, allowing seven hits and three runs in seven innings, with no walks and three strikeouts.

In the nightcap, the Hornets scored once in the second, four times in the fourth, and one in the fifth en route to a 6-0 win. Maggie Mrowka, Rachel Porchie, and Kimmy Thibodeau each had a pair of hits for the Eagles.

Mary Washington will return to action on Tuesday, when they host North Carolina Wesleyan College at 2:30 p.m.

 

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Players Mentioned

Caitlyn Burch

#10 Caitlyn Burch

P/Inf.
6' 0"
Freshman
Grace Drury

#4 Grace Drury

Inf.
5' 9"
Sophomore
Bridget Laychak

#5 Bridget Laychak

Inf.
5' 8"
Freshman
Maggie Mrowka

#22 Maggie Mrowka

Inf.
5' 7"
Junior
Rachel Porchie

#18 Rachel Porchie

Inf.
5' 7"
Senior
Emma Schieda

#21 Emma Schieda

C/IF
5' 7"
Freshman
Amina Shakir

#2 Amina Shakir

Inf.
5' 4"
Freshman
Kimmy Thibodeau

#6 Kimmy Thibodeau

OF/P
6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Caitlyn Burch

#10 Caitlyn Burch

6' 0"
Freshman
P/Inf.
Grace Drury

#4 Grace Drury

5' 9"
Sophomore
Inf.
Bridget Laychak

#5 Bridget Laychak

5' 8"
Freshman
Inf.
Maggie Mrowka

#22 Maggie Mrowka

5' 7"
Junior
Inf.
Rachel Porchie

#18 Rachel Porchie

5' 7"
Senior
Inf.
Emma Schieda

#21 Emma Schieda

5' 7"
Freshman
C/IF
Amina Shakir

#2 Amina Shakir

5' 4"
Freshman
Inf.
Kimmy Thibodeau

#6 Kimmy Thibodeau

6' 0"
Freshman
OF/P