Softball || Wayne State University

GLIAC vs. GLVC Showdown Seeding
GLIAC 1. Wayne State 2. Grand Valley 3. Northwood 4. Gannon 5. Ashland 6. Ferris State 7. Mercyhurst 8. Saginaw Valley 9. Lake Superior St. 10. Findlay	Great Lakes Valley Conference 1. SIU-Edwardsville 2. Northern Kentucky 3. Lewis 4. Southern Indiana 5. Missouri-St. Louis 6. St. Joseph's 7. Wisconsin-Parkside 8. Quincy 9. Indianapolis
Warriors' Schedule
Friday, April 19	vs. Lewis, 6 p.m.
	vs. SIU-Edwardsville, 10 p.m.
Saturday, April 20	vs. Northern Kentucky, Noon
	vs. Quincy, 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 21	vs. Indianapolis, 11 a.m.
All games will be played at the Belleville Softball Complex in South Bend, Ind. All Times are Eastern

WAYNE STATE (21-13 Overall, 10-2 GLIAC)
hosts Northwood (12-17 Overall, 7-3 GLIAC)
Wednesday, April 17 • 4 p.m.

at GLIAC vs. GLVC Showdown
(South Bend, Ind.)
Friday-Sunday, April 19-21 • Time TBA

Down the Home Stretch
The Wayne State softball team will host a non-conference doubleheader against Northwood on Wednesday, April 17 before heading to South Bend, Ind. for the GLIAC vs. GLVC Showdown on April 19-21 (Friday-Sunday). The Warriors (21-13 overall), who are currently in first place with a 10-2 mark in the GLIAC, have won four straight and nine of their last 10 games. WSU will look to get back into the swing of things as the team played only one of its four scheduled games last weekend.

The team’s doubleheader at Ashland on Saturday was postponed and game two at Findlay on Sunday was also postponed due to rain. In their only appearance, the Warriors defeated the Oilers, 3-2.

Beth Berry

Last Week
Wayne State went 3-0 last week with a pair of victories over Saginaw Valley at home on April 10 and a win at Findlay on April 14. WSU had three games postponed last weekend due to heavy rain at Ashland and Findlay. Sophomore Beth Berry highlighted WSU’s play last week by hitting a grand slam in game one of the Saginaw Valley doubleheader on April 10. Berry went a combined 5 for 9 (.556) in her last three contests with one homer, six RBI and three runs scored.

WSU defeated SVSU in game one, 9-0 in five innings, and took game two, 4-1. In their lone appearance over the weekend, Wayne State defeated Findlay, 3-2.

Warriors Ranked in Regional, National Polls
The Warriors are ranked in the top 10 of the latest NCAA Regional Poll, which was released on April 3. The first and second polls of the season rank 10 teams in each region in alphabetical order. For the third, fourth and fifth rankings, teams will be ranked 1-10. The Warriors are one of four GLIAC schools that are ranked in the Great Lakes Region (Findlay, Gannon, Grand Valley).

Additionally, a team with a record below .500 may be ranked during the first ranking; the ranking must be above .500 on all subsequent rankings.

Wayne State also received two votes in the NFCA National Top 25 poll, which was released on April 10.

The GLIAC vs. GLVC Showdown
The GLIAC vs. GLVC Showdown will take place on April 19-21 (Friday-Sunday) in South Bend, Ind. All schools from both conferences will play. Seeding will be announced on Wednesday with the first place team in each conference earning the No. 1 seed in the tournament, the second place team being seeded No. 2, etc. No matter what happens in GLIAC play over the next week, WSU will earn the No. 1 seed in its bracket with a 10-2 league record. Wayne State will battle many of the top teams in the GLVC (Great Lakes Valley Conference), including No. 3 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville and No. 16 Northern Kentucky.

News N’ Notes

Senior Kelly Kashmerick has hit .577 in her last seven games (15-26) with three doubles and a home run. Kashmerick has a team-high 12 multiple-hit games and is currently riding a seven-game hitting streak...Kashmerick also leads the team with a .403 batting average and is first on the squad with 48 total hits.

Sophomore Beth Berry hit a grand slam in the second inning of game one against SVSU (April 10), which now puts her second on the team with 19 RBI...Berry went 5 for 9 (.556) last week and had six RBI and three runs to go along with her home run.

Sophomore Leah Ondrovick leads WSU with 23 RBI and is tied for second withKashmerick with three homers.

Sophomore Johanna Proulx has hit safely in her last five games and posted her first home run of the season at Grand Valley (April 7) and her second triple of the season at Ferris State (April 6).

After going 2-5 to start the season, junior Amy Thiede has won four straight games, allowing just three earned runs, while striking out 17 during that streak. For her success, Thiede was named the GLIAC pitcher of the week on April 9.

Wayne State has played nine teams mentioned in the NFCA Division II National Top 25 with three of those teams being ranked in the Top 10...With a 5-4 win over No. 13 Grand Valley on April 7, WSU has posted a 5-7 mark against Top 25 teams.