Friday, March 19, 2010

WNCC softball goes 1-2 at Central Arizona tourney

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. -- The Western Nebraska Community College softball team opened the Central Arizona Tournament with a 1-2 record.

The Cougars dropped Odessa College to open the tournament 14-5 before falling to Glendale Community College 11-0. They finished the pool play portion of the tournament by falling in a nail-biter 5-3.

WNCC's Brittany Enterline picked up the win in the opener with a strong showing. The Cougars had two home runs in the win. Katie Groves' led off the second inning with her sixth home run of the season. Allie Alverson had a 3-run shot in the fourth inning.

The Cougars found going extremely tough in the contest against Glendale as Stephanie Townsend took the loss.

in the team's final game of the tourney, the Cougars got a home run from Jordan Schoepflin, but couldn't hang on in falling to Arizona Western. WNCC led Arizona Western 3-1 in the sixth inning before giving up four runs.

Taylor Anderson took the loss in the circle.

"We played really well against Odessa," WNCC coach Maria Winn-Ratliff said. "Then we didn't show up against Glendale. Against Arizona Western, Taylor pitched well to win the game, but we let them score four runs in the sixth inning."

WNCC, 14-10, will enter the bracket play portion of the tournament at 9 a.m. against Glendale.

After Saturday's contest, the Cougars return home to host contest Friday through Sunday. Saturday's contest against Garden City Community College will be Scleroderma Day and the auction for the autographed player T-shirts starts Saturday and is open until March 27 at noon.

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