WILMORE, Ky.--- Asbury senior
Taylor Enlow and freshman
Samantha Bottom each had doubles on opening day but AU softball (0-2) dropped the doubleheader in Wilmore, Ky., to Shawnee State, 0-4 and 0-12. Junior right-hander
Josie Deatherage went a complete seven innings in her first start of the season, allowing only three earned runs with no walks and two strikeouts.
* Josie Deatherage struck out two and walked none in her first start of the season, going a complete game with only three earned runs
* Taylor Enlow and Samantha Bottom each opened the season with doubles in their first game
* Freshman Katelyn Bolin has a base-hit in her first career collegiate game
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Kaitlyn Wilson had a stolen base on opening day
* Laura Spears went 3-3 with two RBI's for Shawnee State in game two
* Both teams were scoreless after the first two innings of game one
* Shawnee State got on the board first in game one with a run in the third and a run in the fourth to go up 4-0
* Asbury left eight runners on base in game one compared to Shawnee State leaving five on base
* Josie Deatherage threw only 57 pitches in her complete game
* Asbury had runners at second and third in the bottom of the third in game one after a Taylor Enlow double to left-center, before Emily Popplewell hit a hard line drive right at the Shawnee State center fielder to get out of the inning
* Both teams combined gave up only five walks on the day, striking out 15 times across both teams
* Asbury eight runners on base in game one and were held to three hits on the day
* Shawnee State's pitching staff walked only two hitters across both games
Asbury will travel to Midway University on Friday for a doubleheader starting at 2 pm, before hosting Manchester University at home on Saturday for games at 1 and 3 pm.
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