Saturday, October 03, 2009

WNCC softball goes 2-1 at Colorado Northwestern Tournament

RANGELY, Colo. – The Western Nebraska Community College softball team went 2-1 at the Colorado Northwestern tournament on Saturday.

WNCC opened with a heartbreaking loss to the Utah Twisters 9-7 even though the Cougars out-hit the Twisters 14-12. WNCC rebounded with a strong pitching performance from Taylor Anderson in blanking Colorado Northwestern 2-0 before getting revenge on the Twisters by winning 7-3.

In the opener, Katie Groves paced the offense with a 2-for-3 performance with two runs scored, two RBIS and a 2-run inside-the-park home run. Also for the Cougars, Chara Horsley went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a triple; Megan Burditt went 2-for-4 with two runs scored; and Alyssa Hickey went 3-for-4 with a double.

Stephanie Townsend and Britt Enterline combined for the loss, giving up 12 hits and nine runs.

WNCC came back as Anderson shut out Colorado Northwestern 2-0 in allowing six hits and striking out three.

Ashton Hughes paced the Cougars with a 2-for-3 game with a run scored. Jordan Schoepflin finished with a double, while Groves had a triple.

WNCC came back to post a 8-3 win against the Twisters in the final game of the day as the Cougars scored six times in the first inning. They then received a stellar pitching performance from Schoepflin, who pitched the first five innings before giving way to Enterline.

Groves went 2-4 with a triple followed by Katie Hill going 2-for-3 with a run scored. Also, Anderson went 1-2; Hickey went 2-2 with a RBI; Hickey went 2-for-2 with an RBI; Schoepflin went 2-for-3 with a run scored and RBI; and Burditt went 1-for-2 with two RBIs and a double.

WNCC will have three more games in the Rangely tournament on Sunday.

First Game

WNCC 302 010 1 – 7 14

Utah Twisters 030 330 x – 9 12

LP – Townsend, Enterline; 2B – Hickey; 3B – Horsley; HR – Groves.

Second Game

WNCC 001 100 0 – 2 6

CNCC 000 000 0 – 0 6

WP – Anderson; 2B Schoepflin; 3B – Groves.

Third Game

WNCC 600 100 0 – 7 10

Utah Twisters 001 200 0 – 3 7

WP – Schoepflin; 2B – Burditt; 3B – Groves.

1 comment:

futurewnccmom said...

Way to go ladies, wish we could have been there, can't wait for next year!! The Ward-Haddan Family :)