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KENNESAW, Ga. – Freshman Patricia Awald went 3-for-4 with a pair of home runs and a career-high tying four RBIs, and junior Hailey Andrews struck out eight in a complete-game effort to lead the Kennesaw State softball team to an 8-2 victory over Fort Wayne during the second day of the Phyllis Rafter Memorial Tournament Saturday at Bailey Park.
 
The win was the sixth in a row for the Owls (12-8), who completed a perfect week with a 5-0 record. A late afternoon rain and expected wet weather on Sunday cancelled the remainder of the tournament.
 
After falling behind 2-0 in the first inning, Kennesaw State tied the score in the second. Lauren Bennett walked with two outs and Olivia Tamewitz followed with a single that extended her hitting streak to a career-high 13 games. Andrea Summey kept the rally going with an RBI single that plated Bennett and also scored Tamewitz following an error.
 
Awald put the Owls ahead 3-2 with an opposite field home run to left field to lead off the third, and was in the middle of a two-run rally in the fifth as she singled and scored a run. Senior Noelle Winkles had a clutch two-run single that provided KSU with a 5-2 lead.
 
Kennesaw State capped the scoring with a three-run sixth inning, highlighted by Awald's two-run home run to center field. It marked Awald's first career two-homer game.
 
The run support proved plenty for Andrews (3-0), who pitched seven innings, allowed two runs, walked one and struck out eight.
 
The Owls are next scheduled to play on Wednesday when they host Georgia State at Bailey Park beginning at 6 p.m.  
 
NOTES

• Sophomore Olivia Tamewitz extended her hitting streak to a career-high 13 games. During the streak, the Owls' outfielder is batting .468 (19-for-37) with 12 runs scored, six doubles and 10 stolen bases.
• Freshman Patricia Awald has hit safely in 12 of her last 13 games, during which time she is batting .514 (19-for-37) with 15 runs scored, five home runs and 15 RBIs, while slugging 1.027 and posting a .568 on-base percentage.
• During their six-game winning streak, the Owls are batting .352 as a team with 19 extra base hits, including nine home runs.
• Awald is batting .533 (8-for-19) with nine runs scored three home runs and eight RBIs, while recording a 1.133 slugging percentage and .611 on-base percentage during her last five games.
• Highlighted by a two-home run, eight-RBI game versus Belmont on Friday, senior Noelle Winkles is batting .500 (8-for-16) with three home runs and 13 RBIs over her last five games. She is slugging at a 1.063 clip and has a .529 on-base percentage.
• In her last three appearances, sophomore Alley Cutting is 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA. In 10 2/3 innings, she has allowed five hits, no earned runs, walked one and struck out 12.

 
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