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Box Score 2 FAIRMONT, W.Va. – Fairmont State claimed a 6-5 victory in game one before posting a 12-4 win to complete a doubleheader sweep of UVa-Wise in softball action on Sunday.
The Fighting Falcons (10-3, 2-2 MEC) would gain the lead in the fourth after a RBI single from Addie Fullen and a two-run RBI double from Ericka Aversa.
UVa-Wise would battle back to score a single run in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to lead the game 5-4.
Back-to-back RBI singles from Sissy Stubbs and Fullen clinched the game for Fairmont State in the bottom of the seventh.
In game two, the Cavaliers took the 2-0 lead in the top of the third as McLaughlin hit a RBI single to left field followed by a RBI single from Williams.
The Fighting Falcons took an 8-2 lead over the Cavaliers, scoring four runs in the third and four in the fourth.
McLaughlin hit a RBI single to right field followed by a RBI from Williams to bring the score to 8-4 in the top of the fifth.
In the bottom of the fifth, Fairmont State scored two runs off of four hits to lead UVa-Wise 10-4.
The Cavaliers were scoreless in the top of the sixth.
The Fighting Falcons scored two more runs in the bottom of the sixth to lead UVa-Wise 12-4 to end the game by the run-rule.
The Cavaliers will return to action tomorrow as the team travels to Shepherdstown, West Virginia to compete against Shepherd University at 12 pm.
