MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Emory & Henry College Softball Team evened its season record at 3-3 Tuesday morning as it claimed a pair of victories at the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Break Tournament at the Pepper Geddings Recreational Center. The Wasps defeated the Lions of Penn State-Altoona, 6-2, to start the day and took down the Lady Lions of Penn State-Beaver, 5-0, in game two.

Game One – Emory & Henry 6, Penn State-Altoona 2
Freshman pitcher Kaitlyn Pruitt (Abingdon, Va.) hit a grand slam and picked up the win in the circle as each of the Wasps starters had at least one hit against the Lions. E&H got all six of its runs in the fifth inning, as it pounded out 11 hits.

Pruitt (1-0) scattered five hits and a run over her five-inning outing with five strikeouts. Sophomore Brandy Bryant (Salem, Va.) picked up the save, pitching two innings in relief.

Freshman first baseman Taylor Doss (Damascus, Va.) was two-for-three while junior second baseman Martha Fluharty (Halifax, N.C.) had a double and a RBI. Freshman third baseman Hannah Bays (Abingdon, Va.) went one-for-two with a pair of scores.

Game Two – Emory & Henry 5, Penn State-Beaver 0
The Wasps picked up their first shutout since a 5-0 win over the University of Maine-Presque Isle on March 26, 2012 as they defeated the Lady Lions of Penn State-Beaver by the same 5-0 margin.

Junior centerfielder Cortney Halsey (Independence, Va.) led E&H at the plate, going 2-for-2 while Bays hit her first collegiate home run. Fluharty was one-for-three with a two-out single in the third inning that plated a pair of runs.

Sophomore pitcher Katie Grimm (Staunton, Va.) picked up her second win in as many days, earning the five-hit shutout with four strikeouts.

Emory & Henry will continue its schedule tomorrow with a pair of contests against Penn State-Berks (9:30 a.m.) and Green Mountain College (11:30 a.m.).

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