Box Score Pittsburg State 17 Wayne State 5 (5 inn.)

            Pittsburg State scored in every inning to defeat Wayne State College 17-5 Sunday afternoon at the Alvy Early Memorial Tournament in Bentonville, Arkansas.  WSC slipped to 0-3 on the year while Pittsburg State improved to 5-0.
            The Gorillas scored one run in the first and three more in the second for an early 4-0 advantage.
            WSC matched the Pittsburg State three run second and cut the deficit to 4-3.  Paiton Tornberg was hit by a pitch and later scored on a Gorilla error for the first Wildcat run.  Riley Holmberg singled and later scored when Mary Krystofiak reached on an error with the third run coming on a Kortney Buresh RBI single scoring Natalie Arbizu, who walked earlier in the inning.
            Pittsburg State produced four runs in the third and three more in the fourth for an 11-3 lead.
            The Wildcats got one run in the fourth on a two-out rally when senior shortstop Kim Vidlak singled, stole second and scored on a Gorilla error after Jenna Etmans singled.
            The Gorillas put the game out of reach with six runs in the top of the fifth inning while WSC closed out the scoring with a single run in the bottom of the frame when Tornberg doubled and pinch-runner Abby Husing later scored on an RBI groundout from Madison Gomez to make the final score 17-5.
            Pittsburg State had 14 hits in the game to nine for the Wildcats.  Vidlak, Etmans and Holmberg each had two singles for WSC.  Tornberg doubled with Buresh and Kamryn Sparks each adding singles.
            Four Wildcat pitchers worked in the contest.  Junior Hadley Chvatal worked the first two innings and suffered the loss (0-2).  Freshman Sami Felt pitched one inning, freshman Grace Lucka 1 1/3 innings with sophomore Callie Carraher finishing the final 2/3 innings.
            Wayne State was slated to face Arkansas Tech Sunday afternoon to close out play at the Alvy Early Memorial Tournament in Bentonville, Arkansas.