BEREA , OHIO – The Baldwin Wallace University softball team split an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader with Marietta College, on Seniors' Day at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds Field in Berea. BW won the first game, 6-5, and Marietta won the nightcap, 2-1.

The Yellow Jackets won the first game, 6-5, when junior two-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference third baseman Lauren Feciuch (Kent/ Field) blasted a walkoff home run with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning. You can read more about that game here.

With its split, BW ends its season at 20-18 overall and 5-11 in the OAC. The Yellow Jackets have won 20 or more games for the fourth time in the last five years. With its split, Marietta is 21-15 overall and 11-7 in the OAC.

The Pioneers opened a 2-0 lead with single runs in the top of the second and third innings.

BW cut the deficit to 2-1 with a run in the third inning. With one out, junior designated hitter Nikki Peskura (Strongsville) doubled and scored when freshman center fielder Jessica Chidsey (West Salem/ Black River) doubled her home.

At the plate, Chidsey was the only Yellow Jacket with more than one hit as she went 2-for-3 with an RBI.

On the mound, junior All-OAC pitcher Tabitha Murray (Mogadore/Field) started her 22nd game this season and pitched all seven innings, allowed seven hits, two runs (both earned), struck out six and issued two bases on balls as she fell to 17-10 overall.  The complete game was the 19th this season.

This spring, Murray had an outstanding junior season. At the plate, she batted a single-season school-record .475 (58-for-122). Her 58 base hits were one shy of a single-season school record. She also scored 25 runs, had 13 doubles, nine home runs and 33 runs batted-in.  Her 33 runs scored ranks 10th, the 13 doubles are tied for third, her nine homers are tied for fifth and her 33 RBI are ninth. On the mound, Murray finished 17-10 overall with a 2.54 earned run average in 22 starts with 19 complete games and 173 strikeouts in 171 innings pitched.  Her 17 victories rank tied for second in a season, her 19 complete games are tied for third and her 171 innings pitched and 173 whiffs ranks second, 

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