VIENNA, W.Va. – Shepherd University was eliminated at the WVIAC Softball Tournament  in Vienna on Thursday. The Rams dropped a 7-5 game to Fairmont State in an early game  and later fell in a 3-0 decision to Ohio Valley.

 

After Fairmont State took a 3-0 lead in the first inning, Shepherd answered back with four runs in the second.  Senior second baseman Delaney Bell (Glen Burnie, MD/Archbishop Spalding) had a two-run single, while senior third baseman Chelsie Oals (Hedgesville, WV/Hedgesville) had an RBI-double and junior outfielder Bianca Biondillo (Canfield, OH/Canfield) smacked an RBI-triple to highlight the rally.

 

Fairmont rallied with single runs in the third and the fifth to take a 5-4 lead and later gained a 7-4 lead in the top of the seventh behind a two-run single by Chelsea Cobb.

 

Shepherd plated a run in the bottom of the seventh when Oals doubled and later scored on a single by Biondillo.

 

Oals and Biondillo each had a pair of hits for the Rams.

 

Brittany Tallhamer went 4-for-4 to lead the Falcons.

 

Junior pitcher Tricia Bettura (Canfield, OH/Canfield) took the loss for the Rams to fall to 13-14. Cobb gained the win for the Falcons.

Raegan Turner limited the Rams to just four hits as Ohio Valley posted a 3-0 victory in the later contest.

 

Oals went 2-for-3 to pace the Rams.

Junior pitcher Tiffany Biggs (Harpers Ferry, WV/Jefferson/Potomac State) took the loss to fall to 16-9.

Shepherd completes its season at 31-24.