DALLAS -- The Western Nebraska Community College softball team went finished the Cowtown Classic going 2-3 in the 2-day tournament in Dallas over the weekend.
The Cougars opened pool play Friday dropping both contests, 15-10 to Ranger College and then falling 5-0 to Vernon College. The Cougars followed that by going 2-1 in bracket play. They opened the tournament portion of the tournament with a 7-1 win against No. 4 ranked Midland College, followed by a 14-3 beating of Trinity Valley Community College. They then lost to Northern Oklahoma 11-0 to end their tournament run.
In the pool play game against Ranger, Christy Degano took the loss in the circle. Offensively, Katie Groves went 2-for-4 with three runs scored, a RBI and a double; Sofia Gomez went 2-for-5 with a run scored and a RBI; and Alyssa Hickey went 1-for-2 with two RBIs and a run scored.
Against Vernon, Garner took the loss from the circle, giving up nine hits, three walks and striking out just three. Offensively, the team had just three hits in the blanking.
The No. 10 Cougars started bracket play late Friday evening and upended pre-season ranked No. 4 Midland College as freshman Casey Simpson picked up the win in the circle, going the distance. Offensively, Garner had the hot bat for the Cougars, slapping a grand slam, her second home run of the season. Garner went 1-for-3 in the game with four RBIs.
Also for the Cougars against Midland, Adena Hagen went 1-for-1 with a run scored and three walks; Groves went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two stolen bases; Gomez went 2-for-4 with a run scored; and Hickey went 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
Against Trinity Valley Community College out of Athens, Texas, Stephanie Townsend picked up the win, going five innings and allowing four hits and striking out three.
Offensively, Hagen went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and three singles. Also for the Cougars, Megan Burditt went 1-for-1 with a run scored; Groves went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and two singles; Garner went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, two RBIs and a double; and Hickey going 2-for-3 with a runs scored, an RBI and two stolen bases.
The Cougars then were eliminated from the tournament with an 11-0 lose to Northern Oklahoma as Simpson suffered the loss in the circle. Simpson gave up 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings of work.
Offensively, Gomez went 2-for-3 with two singles, while Tonya Atencio went 1-for-2 with a single.
WNCC (6-8) will return to action next weekend when they travel to Seward County Community College and Garden City Community College.
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