First Two of Four-Game Series Split with Glenville State

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State battled Glenville State in a Mountain East Conference doubleheader Saturday at Calvin L. Bailey Field, but the Yellow Jackets had to settle for a split after dropping the opener, then rallying late to claim game two. In the opener, West Virginia State fell 5-3 despite a gritty push in the middle innings. After Glenville jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first, the Yellow Jackets answered in the third when Nate Bittinger scored on Michael Bittinger’s sacrifice bunt and Ayden Youngblood came home on a Glenville throwing error to tie the game. Glenville…