WISE, Va. – The UVa-Wise softball team dropped a pair of Mountain East Conference home games Sunday afternoon on senior day against Glenville State. In the regular season regular season and home finale, the Cavaliers (25-28, 15-17 MEC) were outscored by a total of 19-1 in the doubleheader versus the Lady Pioneers (17-38, 9-23 MEC).
 
Honoring seniors Mindy Combs (Lebanon, Va.), Alexa Hernandez (Woodbridge, Va.) and Erika McLaughlin (Haymarket, Va.) in between the two games, UVa-Wise fell 8-1 in game one before dropping the second game 10-0 after only five innings of play.
 
The Cavs were only able to make seven hits all day as Glenville State knocked in a total of 25 hits in the doubleheader, including 14 in game two. Of the 19 Lady Pioneer runs scored, nine were unearned due to five combined UVa-Wise errors.
 
Despite claiming an early 1-0 lead in game one, the Cavs could not stop a six-run second inning by Glenville State. Sophomore third baseman Samantha Ely (Jonesville, Va.) doubled through the left side in the bottom of the first inning for the Cavs' lone run and RBI of the day, scoring second baseman Hernandez.
 
Glenville State responded in the top of the second with a big inning. Cassidy Taylor singled through the right side for an RBI, bringing in Emily Meyers, before Charity Ramsey reached on a fielder's choice for another RBI, scoring Erica Damone. Two errors by the Cavs, one throwing and one fielding, led to two unearned runs in the second with Desiree Payne and Ramsey scoring on the two plays. Later in the inning, the Lady Pioneers' first baseman Mackenzie Smith smacked a two-run bomb down the left field line to give Glenville State a 6-1 lead.
 
The Cavs were held scoreless for the rest of the game and Glenville State tacked on two more runs in the top of the sixth when Smith hit her second home run of the day, another two-run shot hit well over the outfield fence.
 
Samantha Weaver earned the game one win for the Lady Pioneers inside the circle, pitching a complete game and striking out eight UVa-Wise batters. Smith and Weaver both went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead Glenville State with Weaver claiming four RBI and scoring twice.
 
Freshman right-handed pitcher Delany Turner (Leesburg, Va.) took the loss for the Cavs, dropping her record to 7-8 on the season despite striking out five.
 
Holding the Cavs scoreless in game two, the Lady Pioneers needed just five innings to put up 10 runs on 14 hits. An Ally Brown single to right field brought in Damone in the top of the second to give Glenville State an early 1-0 lead. Another RBI single, this time by Damone up the middle, scored Casey Sheaffer in the visiting portion of the third to make it a 2-0 game.
 
Three more runs were scored by the Lady Pioneers in the top of the fourth. A single to right field by Miranda Cropp followed by an error on the play, allowed Ramsey to score from third and McKenzie Edmonds to reach home off the error for an unearned run. Cropp was then brought home from third for another unearned run when Smith singled to right field.
 
Leading 5-0 heading into the fifth, Glenville State got five runs in the inning to increase its advantage to 10-0. Brown doubled to left field for two RBI, scoring Damone and Weaver, before Brown scored an unearned run following an Edmonds single and Cavalier throwing error. The final two runs of the day and the game came on a Payne sacrifice fly to left field with Ramsey scoring and a Smith RBI single to center field that brought in Edmonds.
 
Trying to extend the game, UVa-Wise was able to put runners on in the bottom of the fifth but the Cavs left two stranded in the corners to end the game.
 
Weaver earned the game two win for the Lady Pioneers as well, pitching all five innings to pick up her 11th win of the year. Smith, Damone and Brown led Glenville State as Smith finished 3-for-4 with two RBI, Damone 3-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI, and Brown 2-for-2 with three RBI and one run scored.
 
Junior right-handed pitcher Emily Kale (Shelby, N.C.) took the game two for UVa-Wise after pitching 4 1/3 innings, dropping her season mark to 4-10.
 
The Cavs will now begin postseason play with the 2016 MEC Softball Championship next Friday in Troutville, Virginia, at the Botetourt Sports Complex. UVa-Wise has earned the fourth seed in the MEC South Division and will take on Shepherd University, who is the top seed in the MEC North Division, in the opening round of the conference tournament. The first-round game is scheduled for Friday at 2:30 p.m.
 
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