Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
The Detroit Titans softball team completed a series sweep over Youngstown State with back-to-back 11-2 and 5-1 wins on Thursday afternoon at McCune Park.
Detroit's (7-21, 3-6 HL) offense continued to hit on all cylinders as the Titans tallied a two-game total of 16 runs on 21 hits.
In the circle, freshman Kara Spinelli (Newman, CA/Orestimba) picked up her third win of the year in the first game allowing only two runs on six hits with four strikeouts while fellow freshman Renee Zaccagni (Macomb, MI/Dakota) picked up her first career win allowing no runs and only four hits in six innings of work.
Junior Courtney Gill (Surrey, B.C./Earl Marriott) led the way for Detroit going 4-for-5 on the day with a team high four RBI coupled with three runs and a home run for a staggering 1.400 slugging percentage. Sophomore Ellen Sinclair (Chatham, ON/Chatham-Kent) remained hot from the plate going 5-for-8 with three runs scored and two RBI while sophomore Breana Sesoko (Anaheim Hills, CA/Canyon) hit 3-for-6 with three RBI with a double and run scored.
In game one, Detroit jumped out to a 3-0 lead over YSU (4-22, 2-7 HL) in the first inning on a three-run homer by Gill to score junior Erica Houthoofd (Unionville, MI/Unionville Sebewaing Area) and Sinclair.
The Titans followed with five runs on five hits in second inning highlighted by a two RBI single from Sesoko to give UDM a commanding 8-0 lead.
Detroit added a run on an YSU error in the fourth inning followed by two runs in the fifth on RBI singles from Houthoofd and Sinclair to go up 11-0. The Penguins added two runs in the bottom of the frame but it was not enough as game ended due to the run mercy rule.
In game two, Detroit went up 3-0 in the first inning on RBI singles from Gill and junior Jessica Liebner (Ortonville, MI/Brandon). YSU added a run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom half of the inning to pull within two runs at 3-1.
Zaccagni entered the game in the second inning in relief of Perry and closed the door on Youngstown State the rest of the way.
UDM added another run in the fourth on a RBI single by freshman Rachel Copple (Dearborn Heights, MI/Allen Park Cabrini) and one in the sixth on a Sesoko RBI single to close out the 5-1 win.
The Titans welcome Cleveland State to Buysse Ballpark for a Horizon League doubleheader on Tuesday, April 7 at 2 p.m.
