Kentucky Wesleyan College Athletics

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Casey Smith produced her second no-hitter of the season when Kentucky Wesleyan opened Great Midwest Athletic Conference with a sweep of visiting Salem International, 8-3 and 3-0, on Friday afternoon.
 
Smith (4-2) threw seven innings in the second contest where she had two strikeouts and one walk.
 
Mackenzie Weedman hit a double in the first inning to drive in Samantha Marksbury and Amber Pendergraft. Weedman followed in the fifth with her second RBI brining home Marksbury again for the 3-0 final.
 
In the opener, Kaci Ovelgoenner went three-for-four including a home run in producing three RBIs to lead KWC.
 
Ovelgoenner hit an RBI double and Ashley Crooke added a RBI single as the Panthers jumped out to a 2-0 in the first. Marksbury and Ovelgoenner recorded the runs.
 
Weedman drove in Marksbury on an error in the third for a 3-0 lead.
 
The Fighting Tigers got on the scoreboard in the fourth with one run.
 
Marksbury connected on a single to drive in two runs bringing Pendergraft and Kayla Norris home to extend the advantage to 5-1 in the bottom of the fourth.
 
Salem International fought back with two in the fifth. Alexis Chapman responded in the bottom frame to send Jaclyn Parker home to make the score 6-3.
 
In the sixth, Ovelgoenner hit a two-run homer with Marksbury joining her at the plate to settle on the final tally 8-3.  
 
Marksbury had two hits, two RBIs and scored two runs in two at bats.   
 
Josalyn Ress collected her third win (3-3) by pitching seven innings and throwing five strikeouts and giving up no walks.
 
The Panthers (7-6, 2-0 G-MAC) host Salem (4-8, 0-2 G-MAC) again on Saturday at noon in the Breast Cancer Awareness doubleheader.