WNCC shined offensively and defensively in the two conference wins, pounding out 11 hits in earning a 10-2 win in game one. The Cougars then had 12 hits and turned three double plays in registering an 11-1 win in the second contest.
Tonya Atencio, who had a hand in all three double plays from her short stop position, said they played well.
“I think we did well. We made a few mistakes,” she said. “It took us a while to jump on their pitchers and get used to them. We did really well when we hit. It went far and hard.”
The Cougars definitely didn’t start the contests with a lot of authority as Dawson was in both games through the early innings. WNCC, however, found their offense in the late innings.
In game one, Dawson took a 1-0 lead after two innings on a Whitney Newman home run. WNCC finally cracked the scoring column with two runs in the fourth. Sofia Gomez led off with double. Pinch runner Alec Voci later scored on an Atencio single. Atencio scored on a Megan Burditt slap single to center field for a 2-1 lead.
WNCC added two more runs in the fifth on two errors and just one hit, before opening the contest in the sixth by plating five runs for a 9-1 lead.
Atencio and Burdett started the inning with singles. Kelly Pearson then had a run-scoring double. After Adena Hagen walked, Katie Groves had a sacrifice fly to score one run, followed by a Kelsey Garner single that plated two runs.
Dawson came back with a run in the sixth inning as Kristen Delude walked and scored on a Erin Greensberg double. WNCC added another run in the top of the seventh for the final margin of victory.
WNCC pounded out 11 hits, led by four players collecting multiple hits. Groves, Atencio, Burditt and Alyssa Hickey all went 2-for-4. Groves had a double and two RBIs, while Hickey had a double and RBI, Atencio had two runs scored and two singles, and Burditt had two singles, a stolen base and two runs scored.
Garner picked up the win in the circle allowing two runs, while scattering five hits. Garner walked just two batters, while striking out 11.
Game two was a pitcher’s duel between WNCC’s Casey Simpson Dawson’s Brittany Fedler for the early innings. WNCC took a quick 1-0 lead as Hagen singles and scored on a throwing error. WNCC led 2-0 after 2 ½ innings as Hagen doubled and scored on a double by Sofia Gomez.
Dawson sliced the lead in half as Lindsey Speer singles and scored on a passed ball.
WNCC added a single run in the fifth inning, before putting the game with eight runs on seven hits in the sixth inning.
Simpson helped her own cause out in the sixth by starting the inning with a single. Lauryn Smith followed with a single before Atencio roped a 2-RBI double. Hagen contributed with a run-scoring double. The big hit came from Pearson, who’s triple scored three runs to put WNCC up 9-1.
Simpson and Hickey each had run-scoring singles to make the score 11-1.
The big momentum changer for the Cougars, however, was their defense, where they turned three double plays to stop potential Dawson runs. In the second inning, Dawson’s Karissa Fenstemacher bunted back to the Simpson, who threw home to catch the runner in a run down. Gomez threw to Atencio at third, who tagged out both the runner going back to third as well as the runner going to third to end the inning.
In the forth, Brittany Chacon fielded a line drive and then doubled off the runner at second to stop another rally. The other double play was a 6-4-3 routine play in the sixth inning.
WNCC had 12 hits in the second game as Hagen went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and two doubles. Gomez went 1-for-3 with two RBIs, while Pearson went 1-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs.
Also for the Cougars, Simpson went 2-for-4 with a stolen base, a run scored and a RBI; Atencio going 1-for-4 with two RBIs and a double; and Burditt going 1-for-2 with two runs scored.
Simpson went five innings in the circle, scattering five hits and striking out two.
WNCC will next be in action Saturday and Sunday when they face Lamar Community College in conference games and then Colby Community College on Sunday. The team’s contest with North Platte Community College on Friday has been cancelled.
Game One
WNCC 000 225 1 – 10 11 0
Dawson 010 001 0 – 2 5 5
WP – Garner, LP – Meghan Dewer; 2B – WNCC (Pearson, Groves, Gomez), Dawson (Greensburg); HR – Dawson (Newman).
Game Two
WNCC (20-12) 101 018 – 11 12 0
Dawson (3-12) 001 000 – 1 5 2
WP – Simpson; LP – B. Fedler; 2B – WNCC (Hagen 2, Gomez, Atencio); 3B – WNCC (Pearson).
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