The No. 20 Grizzlies topped the No. 20 Cougars 3-2 in game one, limiting WNCC’s bats to just five hits. In the nightcap, the Cougars scored four late runs to earn a 5-1 win, their 30th of the year, and earned a split with Butler County on Friday in El Dorado, Kan.
The Cougars swept a doubleheader from Friends College junior varsity on Thursday, winning the first game 1-0 and then taking the second contest 8-6 in nine innings.
Friday’s action featured two evenly-matched, nationally-ranked teams. WNCC scored first as Katie Groves singled and scored on a Sofia Gomez single for a 1-0 lead. Butler came back with a run in the bottom of the inning to tie the game.
Both teams then scored a single run in the fourth inning. The Cougars run saw Gomez get a single followed by Kelly Pearson rapping out a double. Gomez then scored on a Alyssa Hickey sacrifice fly for the 2-1 lead. Butler came back with a single run in the fourth and then the winning run in the fifth.
Kelsey Garner picked up the loss, scattering 10 hits, striking out six.
Gomez paced the Cougars with a 2-for-3 performance, including a run scored and an RBI. Groves, Garner and Pearson had the other hits for WNCC.
Both teams were in another dogfight in game two. Butler scored once in the first only to see WNCC tie the game in the second as Gomez singled and scored on a Tonya Atencio single.
WNCC added two more in the fourth and seventh inning. In the fourth, Atencio walked and Stephanie Townsend reached base on an error. Both runners scored on a Groves single. The Cougars scored the two seventh-inning runs on two hits as Adena Hagen and Gomez each had singles.
Casey Simpson picked up the win, allowing just three hits, while striking out five and walking five.
Gomez finished the game going 3-for-4 with a run scored and a RBI, while Atencio went 1-for-1 with a run scored, a RBI and two walks.
In Thursday’s contests against Friends College junior varsity, WNCC scored the only run they needed in the first inning. Groves reached base on an error, stole second base and then scurried home on a Gomez single.
The Cougars managed just four hits against a stiff wind that was blowing in. Gomez went 2-for-3 with a RBI. The other two hits came from Hickey and Atencio.
Garner picked up the win allowing just one hit, while striking out nine.
The second contest was a barn-burner as the Cougars won the contest in the ninth inning. WNCC trailed 5-4 entering the seventh inning. WNCC scored the tying run in that inning to force extra innings. After each team scored once in the eighth, WNCC added two runs in the ninth in dramatic fashion.
Brittany Chacon started things off after she was placed at second via the international tie-breaker rule. Groves sacrificed her to third and then Chacon scored on a Burditt triple. Burditt came around to score on a Pearson single.
Garner picked up the win, pitching the final two innings. Garner allowed one hit, a run and struck out five. Stephanie Townsend started and went three innings, giving up four hits, three runs and striking out two. Simpson followed by going four innings, allowing three hits, two runs and striking out five.
WNCC pounded out 10 hits in the win. Burditt went 2-for-3 with a triple, RBI and run scored, while Townsend went 2-for-4 with two doubles and a RBI. Garner also had an extra base hit, a double, in her 1-for-3 performance, while Chacon went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.
WNCC is slated to play the Sterling College junior varsity Saturday, depending on the status of Sterling’s contest outcome Friday. The Cougars (30-16) will then play Garden City Community College and Colby Community College on Sunday, before playing Colby in a double dip on Monday.
Thursday’s Games
WNCC 100 000 0 – 1 4
Friends JV 000 000 0 – 0 1
WP – Garner.
WNCC 021 100 112 – 8 10
Friends JV 003 200 010 – 6 8
WP – Garner; 2B – WNCC (Townsend 2, Garner); 3B – WNCC (Burditt).
Friday’s Games
WNCC 100 100 0 – 2 5
Butler County 100 110 x – 3 10
LP – Garner; 2B – WNCC (Pearson).
WNCC (30-16) 010 200 2 – 5 7
Butler (24-14) 100 000 0 – 1 3
WP – Simpson.
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