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DAYTON – The Dayton girls' softball team easily swept their home double-header against WP Saturday, winning 16-5 and 13-3.

In Game 1, WP held a 2-1 lead going into the third innings, but the Lady Bulldogs took advantage of nine Tiger errors to score 15 runs in the final three innings. Dayton pitcher Savannah McFarland held WP to only two hits, but Dayton committed four errors of their own, as WP put up five runs.

For Dayton, Taylor Frame had a home run and four RBIs. Hannah Becker added two doubles. The Lady Bulldogs had a total of 10 hits. For WP, DeJa Williams also had a double.

In Game 2, most of the scoring again came late, as Dayton broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning with six runs. The Lady Bulldogs added two in the fifth and four in the sixth.

The Lady Tigers' bats came to life in game 2, as Jade Alleman had a home run Jaidyn Brown hit a double. WP had a total of six hits.

Sarah Phillips and Mia Becker each had three hits in the game for Dayton.

"The girls had too many bobbles today, especially in the first few innings," said Dayton assistant coach Desirae Jones. "But they ended up rallying in each game and hitting the ball very well.  Lexie Ramirez was five for five on the day and had five RBIs."

WP Coach Angie Potts gave both teams praise. "We played really well for the first half of each game," she said. "Unfortunately, when Dayton started getting the bat on the ball in the third and fourth innings of each game, we couldn't make the plays we needed to make to get out of the inning. Dayton does a really good job of putting the bunt down in order to make things happen for their base runners."

Game 1

WP  2  0 0   3  0    5 runs, 2 hits, 9 errors

Dayton 1  0 7  3  5    16 runs, 10 hits, 4 errors

WP battery:  Jaidyn Brown and Paige Wood

Dayton battery:  Savannah McFarland and Madison Mings

WP hits:  Hannah Grant, DeJa Williams

Dayton hits:  Sarah Phillips, Taylor Frame, Lexie Ramirez 4, Samii Bledsoe 2, Hanna Becker 2

Dena Wood

WP's Hannah Grant takes a cut at apitch high in the strike zone.

2B-Williams (WP); Phillips, Ramirez, Hanna Becker 2

HR- Frame(D)

Game 2

WP          0   0   0  1  1  1   3 runs, 6 hits, 5 errors

Dayton  1   0   0  6  2  4  13 runs, 15 hits, 3 err.

WP battery:  Jaidyn Brown and Jade Alleman

Dayton battery:  Megan Robins and Taylor Frame

WP hits:  Hannah Grant, Jaidyn Brown, Ariel Sandau, Timber Frohreich 2, Jade Alleman

Dayton hits:  Sarah Phillips 3, Samii Bledsoe, Lexie Ramirez, Taylor Frame, Heidi Dobbs 2, Kellie Moore 2, Mia Becker 3, Megan Robins 2

2B- Brown (WP); Ramirez, Moore, Megan Robins HR- Alleman (WP)