CLEARWATER, Fla. –  The Western Michigan softball team picked up two victories on Saturday, March 10, defeating UCF and Villanova during the USF Under Armour Series. The Broncos improve to 12-10 overall, 7-4 in Florida and are riding a seven-game winning streak.

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Both sophomore Kaylen Glenfield and junior Brooke Wyman batted an impressive 6-for-9 in two games this afternoon to lead the Broncos. Glenfield went a perfect 4-for-4 against the Knights and is now leading WMU this season with a .426 batting avg. while Wyman tied a game-high four RBI in the win over Villanova in the night cap. Junior Skyler Sobeski delivered a 1.200 slugging percentage in two games and had a team-high six RBI on the day.

GAME ONE
Western Michigan defeated American Athletic Conference opponent UCF 6-3 in the early game as all six runs occurred in the bottom of the third. With a 2-0 lead, Sobeski delivered a punch to the Knights with a straight shot over center field for a grand slam as the Broncos took a 6-0 advantage. The home run was Sobeski's first of her career. UCF mounted a comeback in the top half of four with three runs off two hits and a Bronco error but starting pitcher Sydney Stefanick and the rest of the WMU defense played tough, not allowing a single hit the remainder of the contest.
 
Stefanick pitched her second complete game of her collegiate career to pick up her second win of the season. The Johnstown, Ohio native allowed just three hits for three runs to go along with a strikeout to hand the Knights their ninth loss of the season.

GAME TWO
Villanova took the early 2-0 lead in the bottom half of the first in Saturday's night cap at the Eddie C. Moore Complex but the Brown & Gold added three runs in the third and fourth to take a 6-2 lead and never look back. The Wildcats did however pull within one in the bottom of the fourth but another six-run inning by the Broncos, this time in the sixth, boosted WMU to their seventh straight victory.
 
Senior pitcher Anissa Sanchez took the win in the circle and is now 4-3 overall after throwing 4.0 innings, allowing six hits that accounted for five runs. Junior relief pitcher Jordan Kurth was strong in the mound for WMU as she allowed just three hits and struck out a game-high four batters in the final 3.0 innings. At the plate both Wyman and Mackenzie Swinehart went 3-for-5 with 3 RBI while Glenfield extended her hitting streak to seven games.
 
Western Michigan is back at it one more time tomorrow, facing Rider University at 9:00 a.m. to conclude the USF Under Armour Tournament before heading back to Kalamazoo.