Johnson perfect at the plate as No. 5 Walters State sweeps Southwest Tennessee

MORRISTOWN, TN – No. 5 Walters State used a complete, team-effort on Friday afternoon to finish off a four-game sweep of Southwest Tennessee. The Lady Senators won game one by a 10-0 score and took an 11-3 win in game two.

With the sweep, the Lady Senators improved to 27-3 overall and 17-1 in TCCAA play.

"Two more good wins today," Walters State coach Larry Sauceman said. "We came out and did what we had to do. We played really good defense behind our pitchers, and our pitchers did a good job, as well. Offense was solid too. Overall, a good day for us." 

Jules Johnson led the charge for the Lady Senators in the doubleheader. Johnson finished the day with six hits, two home runs and drove in seven runs. The only out that she recorded all day was a sacrifice fly in game one that scored a run. 

GAME ONE: No. 5 Walters State 10, Southwest Tennessee 0 (6 Innings)

In game one, Hayley Lawing pitched a complete game shutout and the offense backed her up. 

Lawing picked up win number nine on the season, allowing no runs on six hits while striking out four. 

At the plate, the Lady Senators got the scoring going early as Johnson had an RBI single and Haidyn Campbell walked with the bases-loaded to make it 2-0 in the bottom of the first. Walters State added two more runs in the second to make it 4-0, as Johnson scored a run on a sacrifice fly and Nora Mack had an RBI double.

In the third, Campbell made it 5-0 with a solo home run. It was her sixth homer of the season. 

Following a run in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single by Olivia Neese that made it 6-0, the Lady Senators scored four in the bottom of the sixth to close things out. Those runs came on an RBI single by Sarah Evers and a three-run homer by Brooklyn Copley. It was Copley's eighth home run of the season, leading the team in the category.

GAME TWO: No. 5 Walters State 11, Southwest Tennessee 3 (5 innings)

In game two, Johnson continued her unbelievable day with two home runs and an RBI single in the fifth that scored the game-clinching run.

In the circle for game two was Makayla Ramsey and she improved to 2-0 on the season with the win. Ramsey threw all five innings, allowing three runs on four hits. Ramsey set Southwest down 1-2-3 in three straight innings in the middle of the game. 

Southwest got on the board first in game two with a run in the top of the first, but Johnson immediately got the lead back in the bottom half with a two-run homer that made it 2-1. 

Following a scoreless second and third, the Lady Senators upped their lead in the bottom of the fourth with eight runs. Copley started it off with a two-RBI double, and Kailey Dixon made it 6-1 with a two-RBI single. Johnson was next up and hit her second two-run homer of the game to make it 8-1. The final two runs of the inning came on a Imari Golden RBI single and a Neese RBI groundout that made it 10-1.

Southwest kept the game going in the top of the fifth with two runs to make it 10-3, but Walters State ended the game in the bottom half of the inning as Johnson laced a two-out single up the middle to score Dixon and secure the win. 

Up Next:

Walters State will be back in action on Wednesday, traveling to Roane State. First pitch of the doubleheader is set for 2 p.m. ET. 

Rob Harvey

Walters State Community College

Sports Information Director

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