Virginia Wesleyan cruises to ODAC title, remains unbeaten on historic season

(COURTESY OF VWU ATHLETICS) The Virginia Wesleyan University softball team (45-0, 20-0 ODAC) secured its 17th ODAC Softball Championship on Saturday afternoon, rolling past Bridgewater College 12-2 in five innings in game two of the ODAC Championship series at Broyles Field. The victory capped off a perfect conference tournament run for the Marlins, who improved to 45-0 on the season.

Inside the circle, Emma Adams earned the championship-clinching win after tossing all five innings. The senior allowed just two runs on five hits while striking out three to improve to 21-0 on the season.

Alison Pollack finished the day 2-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI, while Morgan Tucker went 3-for-3 with a home run and four RBI of her own. Taylor McQueen was 2-for-3 with a double and scored a run.

Bridgewater struck first in the opening inning with an RBI double to take a 1-0 lead, but the Marlins wasted little time responding.

In the bottom of the first, Morgan Tucker started the rally with a single to right-center before Taylor McQueen followed with a base hit through the left side. With two runners aboard, Alison Pollack launched a three-run homer over the left field fence, quickly flipping the scoreboard in Virginia Wesleyan’s favor at 3-1.

The Marlins kept the pressure on in the second inning with four more runs. Riley Curtice drew a leadoff walk and  followed with another free pass to put two on with nobody out.  then ripped a double down the left field line to plate Curtice while moving Prosser to third.  added an RBI groundout to score Prosser and extend the lead to 5-1. Two batters later, Tucker crushed a two-run home run to center field, bringing Campbell home and pushing the advantage to 7-1.