The Cougars dominated from start to finish to open with an 13-0 win before downing the Trojans 2-0 in the second game.
WNCC coach Maria Winn-Ratliff was extremely pleased with how the team played in their first Region IX contests of the year.
“I felt like the first game we did everything right,” she said. “We put a lot of hits and runs up in game one and wanted to send a message to the region of how good our team can hit. Game two we still pounded out seven hits only that they were scattered throughout the game.”
Garner, the right-handed flamethrower from
Winn-Ratliff said that Garner dazzled from the circle.
“Only giving up one hit in your first conference performance on the road as a freshman was huge,” she said. “She also started game two and went 4 2/3 innings. She really kept their hitters off balance and I was pleased with her performance on the day.”
In game one, Garner struck out five while throwing a one-hitter in five innings of work. The freshman also threw just 55 pitches in the win. In game two, she was just as sizzling, scattering five hits and striking out six batter.
Sophomore Natasha Dypchey then picked up the save by also throwing a nice game. Dypchey allowed three hits and struck out three in the 2-0 win.
Offensively, the Cougars managed 23 hits – 16 in game one and seven in game two. In the opener, five players had a multiple hit game. Kara Ryman paced the Cougars with a 4-for-4 game, including a double, five RBIs and a run scored.
Also collecting multiple hits were Amanda Hensley going 2-for-2 with two walks and an RBI, Jessie McNabb going 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored, Alec Voci going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs, and Lauren Bourdon going 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored.
Bourdon paced the Cougars in game two with a 2-for-3 performance, including a solo home run in the second inning to get the Cougars on the scoreboard.
WNCC’s other run came in the sixth inning as Amanda Torimaru singled in McNabb with the game’s second run.
Overall, Winn-Ratliff was pleased with the performance on the day.
“We got a great pitching performance from Kelsey Garner our hitters really stepped up big as our defense played well also,” she said. “In game two we didn’t have the same type of plate appearances as we did in game one, but we did come up with a couple key hits, including Lauren Bourdon’s second inning home run. Our defense from the middle infielders was tremendous and our outfielders were making plays all day long.”
WNCC, 8-3, will have more Region IX games this weekend when they take on
“It is nice to win on the road and to pick up our first two region wins is huge for us,” Winn-Ratliff said. “Hopefully we will be able to carry over some momentum going into this weekend against Otero and Lamar. We are going to need another great weekend in the circle as well as good plate appearances and great defense to get the wins.”
Game One
WNCC 013 81 – 13 16 1
WP – Garner, 2B – McNabb, Bourdon, Ryman, Lauryn Smith, Mandy Pounds.
WNCC (8-3) 010 001 0 – 2 7 2
WP – Garner (6-1), Save – Dypchey; 2B – Ryman; HR – Bourdon.
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