ALLIANCE – Big innings by each team propelled Wilmington College softball and Mount Union to a split of an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader Sunday. The twinbill was moved from Saturday due to weather.

GAME ONE: WILMINGTON 12, MOUNT UNION 7

Becca Carpenter’s three-run home run capped a six-run fourth inning as the Fightin’ Quakers scored 11 unanswered runs in the win. Her two-out single in the bottom of the first inning gave Wilmington an early 1-0 lead.

She was the only WC player with multiple hits as the Fightin’ Quakers managed eight hits and took advantage of seven Mount Union miscues.

A pair of errors in the second opened the door for the Fightin’ Quakers. Senior Kerrie Trautman singled home a run and freshman Je’Taysia Johns raced home on a wild pitch.

Wilmington took the lead with the aforementioned six-run fourth as freshman Grace Yoder drew a bases load walk and freshman Jillia Cook added a two-run single ahead of Carpenter’s bomb.

In her first career start, Johns finished 1-for-3 with three runs scored and an RBI. Yoder and Cook had two RBI each.

Carpenter, 3-13, got the victory in the circle, allowing seven earned runs on 11 hits in the complete game.

GAME TWO: MOUNT UNION 8, WILMINGTON 6

Mount Union took control of the game with a seven-run fourth inning as the Purple Raiders held on to the 8-6 win in the nightcap.

After a two-run homer that gave MTU the 3-1 lead, Wilmington turned to its bullpen – which offered no relief as the next seven batters reached and when the inning was all said and done, the Fightin’ Quakers trailed 7-1.

Undeterred, WC responded with four runs in its portion of the fifth inning. Junior Savannah Hooper singled and Yoder was hit ahead of Cook’s RBI single. Carpenter brought home another run with a ground out and freshman Micalah Hensley picked up a two-out RBI single.

A single by freshman Mariyah Burkhardt kept the inning going, and freshman KenDahl Bowles reached on an error loading the bases for Johns, who picked up an RBI the hard way by getting hit.

A solo shot in the fifth gave the Purple Raiders a three-run, and Bowles ended the scoring with a RBI groundout in the seventh.

Hooper finished the game 2-for-4 with two runs scored, Hensley was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI, and Cook was 2-for-3 with a run scored and RBI. Carpenter was 1-for-3 with two RBI, and Hensley recorded WC’s lone extra base hit – a double.

Junior Beth Persicano, 2-7, allowed three runs on seven hits in three innings of work, while Trautman surrendered four earned runs on four hits in 2/3 of an inning.

Wilmington finishes the season 7-29 overall, 4-14 in the OAC.