The Western Nebraska Community College softball team split a doubleheader with North Platte Community College on Sunday. The Cougars fell 4-0 in the first game and then came back and downed North Platte 12-2 on a 3-run walk-off home run by Lauren Mills.
In fact, the Cougars victory in the second game was dramatic. Before that game, the Cougars had 19 innings of scoreless innings. After two innings in the second game against North Platte, that streak ballooned to 21 innings. Finally, the Cougars broke the ice and once they did, they rattled off 12 runs on 15 hits.
Things started in the third inning as Whittany Foster rocketed a double off the fence. After an error to put Jessica Ventoza on base, and with two outs, the Cougars recorded three straight hits by Kara Ryman, Jessie McNabb an Ashley Eichelberger for a 3-1 lead.
WNCC added another run in the fourth as Lauren Bourdon scored. They then put up four runs in the fifth inning as McNabb and Eichelberger recorded singles followed by Amanda Torimaru loading the bases after being plunked by a pitch. Bourdon and Foster followed with back-to-back 2-run scoring doubles to push the lead to 8-1. All the Cougars needed was one more run to call the game because of the 8-run rule, but they couldn't get the run across.
That allowed North Platte to score one run in the sixth inning, but it also gave Lauren Mills an opportunity for some dramatics in the bottom of the inning. After Eichelberger and Torimaru recorded back-to-back singles, Bourdon loaded the bases by getting hit by a pitch. Foster then came through with a run-scoring groundout followed by Mills' towering home run that easily sailed over the scoreboard in left field to end the game.
WNCC, 24-15, will next be in action Monday when they face McCook Community College on the road. After that, they will face McCook in their last home game on Friday.
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