Wayne State 3 Minnesota Duluth 0

            The Wayne State College softball team braved windy, cold elements in Duluth, Minnesota Saturday to record a 3-0 NSIC softball win at Minnesota Duluth.  Junior pitcher Sara Scheffert fired a five-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts while Monique Alyea and Sam O'Brien homered for the Wildcats.  The second game was canceled due to weather.  WSC is now 27-10 on the season and 13-2 in league play while Minnesota Duluth is now 18-16 and 4-5 in the NSIC.
            The game was scoreless until the fifth inning when freshman Monique Alyea opened the inning with a solo homer to right center field for a 1-0 WSC lead.
            The 'Cats added two more runs in the sixth when Kelcie Bormann led off with a single and crossed the plate on Sam O'Brien's home run over the center field fence for a 3-0 lead.
            That's all the run support needed for Scheffert, who blanked the Bulldogs with 10 strikeouts and no walks while allowing just five hits in the win.
            Offensively, WSC had nine hits in the contest with Kylee Simpson going 2 for 3.  Kelcie Bormann was 2 for 4 while O'Brien and Monique Alyea each homered. 
            Wayne State is scheduled to play a doubleheader at St. Cloud State on Sunday starting at noon.