The Western Nebraska Community College softball team went 1-2 in the first day of the Cowtown Classic in Dallas, Texas, Friday.
The Cougar women dropped both of their pool play games in the afternoon, falling 15-10 to Ranger College and losing 5-0 to Vernon College. That moved the Cougars into a bracket contest against Midland College, a team that head coach Maria Winn-Ratliff said is good. Midland is pre-season ranked No. 4 in the nation, while the Cougars are ranked No. 10.
In that contest, the No. 10 Cougars upended the No. 4 preseason ranked Midland 7-1. Freshman Casey Simpson picked up the win in the circle, going the distance. Sophomore Kelsey Garner had the hot bat for the Cougars, slapping a grand slam, her second home run of the season. garner went 1-for-3 in the game with four RBIs.
Also for the Cougars, Adena Hagen went 1-for-1 with a run scored and three walks; Groves went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two stolen bases; Gomez went 2-for-4 with a run scored; and Hickey went 2-for-3 with two RBIs. The Midland College contest didn't finish until after 11 p.m. MST time.
In pool play action against Ranger, Christy Degano took the loss in the circle. Offensively, Katie Groves went 2-for-4 with three runs scored, a RBI and a double; Sofia Gomez went 2-for-5 with a run scored and a RBI; and Alyssa Hickey went 1-for-2 with two RBIs and a run scored.
Against Vernon, Garner took the loss from the circle, giving up nine hits, three walks and striking out just three.. Offensively, the team had just three hits in the blanking.
WNCC will now face the winner of the Independence Community College and Trinity Valley Community College game at 10:30 a.m.
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