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DePauw 1, Ohio Wesleyan 0
DePauw 7, Ohio Wesleyan 2

Senior outfielder Aimee Duckworth (Hilliard/Bradley) and sophomore first baseman Makenna Waddell (Marion/Pleasant) drove in runs that gave Ohio Wesleyan a 2-0 lead, but fifth-ranked DePauw came back to take a win in the nightcap of a North Coast Athletic Conference West Division doubleheader on Sunday in Greencastle, Ind.

The opener saw DePauw's Annika Garwood outduel freshman lefthander Katie Chittum (Hebron/Lakewood) in a thrilling pitchers' duel.

Ohio Wesleyan jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the nightcap when senior righthander Erica Buchanan (Hilliard/Davidson) reached on an error by DePauw pitcher Riley Magoon and Duckworth and Waddell followed with consecutive run-scoring doubles.

Becca St. Germain doubled home a run in the bottom of the inning to make it 2-1, and the Tigers tied the game in the second as Grace Smith led off with a double, Paige Price followed with a single, and Kaylyn Linder lofted a sacrifice fly to score the run.

Drew Bratcher's solo homer in the third gave DePauw the lead, and the Tigers tacked on 4 runs in the fourth, getting RBI doubles from Kelsey Bernhard and Chase Epp.

Buchanan was the starting and losing pitcher for Ohio Wesleyan.

Magoon pitched the first 4.0 innings to collect the win, and Cami Henry worked the final 3.0 frames to record a save.

In the opener, the Bishops threatened in the top of the first as senior outfielder Madison Bridger (Pataskala/Licking Heights) singled with one out and stole second, but she was stranded there.

Smith led off the bottom of the first with a single and stole second and third with nobody out, but Chittum got out of the inning with a pair of popups and a strikeout.

Bridger led off the fourth with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice, but was stranded there.

The Tigers took the lead in the sixth when Emma Konrad beat out a single to shortstop, pinch-runner Abby Pyburn stole second, and Price followed with a single to score Pyburn.  St. Germain followed with a single, but Chittum worked out of the jam.

Freshman first baseman Rylee Anspach (Dublin/Coffman) singled with one out in the seventh to put the tying run on base, but Garwood got the final 2 outs to finish the game.

Bridger went 2-for-3 for Ohio Wesleyan.

Chittum pitched the complete game, scattering 5 hits and striking out 1 while walking none.

Garwood finished with a 4-hitter, striking out 4 and walking none.

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