PHOENIX, Ariz. – The Western Nebraska Community College softball team paradise in Arizona didn’t end the way they wanted after splitting with Paradise Valley Community College in the team’s games for their Spring Break trip.
The Cougars started things off well, registering a 4-0 win against the Pumas as Natasha Dypchey earned the win scattering seven hits while striking out two.
The nightcap wasn’t rosy as Paradise Valley scored six early runs to earn the split 8-2. WNCC drops to 17-10 on the season with their next games Tuesday at home against Black Hills State.
In the opener, WNCC registered 13 hits in posting the win. The Cougars scored first in the second inning as Kara Ryman and Amanda Torimaru each collected singles. Lauren Mills then scored Ryman with a base hit for the 1-0 lead.
Actually that was all WNCC needed as Dypchey was throwing well. But the Cougars added insurance runs with single runs in the third, fourth and seventh inning.
Amanda Hensley started things in the third inning with a single and later scored on a Ryman base hit.
The fourth inning say Dypchey start things with a walk followed by singles by Mills and Jessica Ventoza. Ventoza’s single scored Dypchey for the 3-0 lead.
The final insurance run came as Ashley Eichelberger singled and then scored on Ryman’s double – the only extra base hit by the Cougars.
Ryman and Mills led the Cougars from the plate. Ryman went 4-for-4 with two RBIs and a run, while Mille was 3-for-3 with an RBI> Ventoza was the only other player with multiple hits, going 2-for-4 with an RBI.
The second game didn’t go WNCC’s way early on. The Pumas scored twice in the first and four times in the second to run to a 6-0 lead. WNCC sliced the lead to 6-2 with single runs in the fourth and fifth innings. The Cougars, who had seven hits for the game, had two in the fourth inning by Eichelberger and Dypchey, while Hensley had a clutch single in the fifth inning to spark the Cougar’s comeback.
The comeback, though, wouldn’t happen as Paradise Valley had single runs in the fifth an sixth innings for the win.
Jessica Pexton took the loss in the circle striking out one and walking four. Dypchey came in relief in the fourth inning and struck out four Pumas.
Hensley was the only Cougar in double figures with a 2-for-4 day. Ryman also had a good game going 1-for-1 with two walks, a sacrifice and an RBI.
Game One
WNCC 011 100 1 – 4 13
Paradise Valley 000 000 0 – 0 7
WP – Dypchey; 2B – Ryman.
Game Two
WNCC (17-10) 000 110 0 – 2 7
Paradise Valley (12-18) 240 011 x – 8 14
LP – Pexton.
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