WINCHESTER, Va. – The Eastern Mennonite softball team hit the road on Wednesday, heading to Winchester for a midweek ODAC matchup at Shenandoah.

EMU used a gem from Natalye Graham in game one, along with a pair of RBI from Samantha Hensley, to pick up a 4-1 win. The Hornets rebounded in game two with a pair of four-run innings en route to an 8-4 win.

EMU at Shenandoah – Game One
Records: EMU 8-10, 1-4 ODAC | Shenandoah 6-13, 1-4 ODAC
WP: Graham (4-5)
LP: Kayla Stephenson (4-8)

Highlights
• The Hornets were able to put runners on second and third in the bottom of the first, but Graham worked out of the jam with a flyout and a strikeout. In the top of the second, Grace Fravel led off with a single and moved to second on Becca Boone’s sacrifice bunt. Taylor Umberger’s groundout moved Fravel to third and she came in to score on Autumn Bailey’s RBI single, putting EMU ahead 1-0.
• EMU added to their lead in the third when Hensley’s double scored Rayn Robinson. Fravel followed that up with an RBI groundout, scoring Madi Armentrout, pushing EMU’s lead to 3-0.
• Hensley picked up her second double in the fifth, driving in Armentrout and extending EMU’s lead to 4-0. SU was able to score on a solo homerun in the fifth, but that would be all Graham allowed as she held the Hornets scoreless over the final two innings.

Statistical Leaders
Hensley: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI
Fravel, Bailey: RBI each
Graham: 7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 7 K

EMU vs Shenandoah – Game Two
Records: EMU 8-11, 1-5 ODAC | Shenandoah 7-13, 2-4 ODAC
WP: Savannah Thorne (3-3)
LP: Graham (4-6)

Highlights
• Reese Rogers led off with a double and Armentrout walked. Hensley moved them to second and third before Fravel doubled, scoring Rogers. Becca Boone singled, scoring Armentrout for a 2-0 lead. They added two more in the second when Rogers doubled in Carsen Brake and Hensley’s third double of the day drove in Rogers.

• Fravel was cruising in the circle through the first two innings, holding the Hornets without a hit. But in the third, after loading the bases, Graham came into pitch. A pair of singles and an error allowed the Hornets to tie things up at four before a bases loaded flyout ended the jam.

• The Royals went down in order in the fourth and fifth and SU responded with a grand slam in their half of the fifth to take an 8-4 advantage. A single from Boone and a walk from Robinson in the sixth and seventh, respectively, were all EMU would pick up in the final two innings as Shenandoah picked up the split.

Statistical Leaders
Rogers: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI, 2 R
Boone: 2-3, RBI

What’s Next
EMU will return home for a Saturday doubleheader against Guilford where they will celebrate their three seniors: Bailey, Boone and Robinson. First pitch of game one is scheduled for 1 pm.

— EMU Athletics —