It was a bitter sweet Sunday for the WNCC women's softball team in their own Cougar Classic at Volunteer Field. The team opened the second day with an impressive 5-0 win over McCook Community College before falling to North Platte Community College 5-3.In the opener, pitcher Natasha Dypchey went 5 1/3 innings striking out 11 McCook batters and allowing just three hits. Offensively, the Cougars pounded out 10 hits in the win.
The Cougars got on the scoreboard first in the third inning. Kara Ryman reached base on a fielding error by the thirdbaseman and scored on a Ashley Eichelberger double for a 1-0 lead. The Cougars plated two more runs in teh fifth. Ryman, again, led off with a single and scored on a sacrifice fly by Amanda Torimaru. Eichelberger then smacked a triple (or a hard-hit grounder that that left fielder couldn't stop) and then scored the second run on a Lauren Bourdon triple for a 3-0 lead.
WNCC added another two more runs in the sixth. Jessica McNabb led things off with a single to left field. Then, with two outs, Torimaru singled to score McNabb. Torimaru scored on a double by Eichelberger for the 5-0 win. Eichelberger was 3-for-4 with two doubles, a triple and two RBIs. Torimaru also had two hits, singles, as she went 2-for-3.
In the team's final game with North Platte, North Platte scored four runs in the fourth inning on six hits to take the game 5-3. Jessica Pexton pitched three strong innings allowing just one one run on one hit before giving way in the fourth.
The Cougars biggest victim in this game was their inability to get the big hit to break open a tight ball game. WNCC scored the first run in the top of the first as McNabb reached base on an error. She later scored on a two-out single by Torimaru. Eichelberger then singled before the team left runners in scoring position when the third out was made.
North Platte answered with one run in the first before WNCC took the 2-1 lead with a run in the third. With one out, Eichelberger walked and then gave way to pinch-runner Stephanie Hamilton. Hamilton score on a Lauren Mills fielder's choice. WNCC added another run in the fifth as Bourdan reached base on a fielder's choice and scored on a Whitney Foster single for the final run before time limit was up.
Other scores in the tournament saw North Platte Community College down Chadron State 9-6 and McCook Community College used a last inning rally to get past Chadron State 6-5.
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