Sunday, September 13, 2009

WNCC picks up two wins in second day of Fall Classic

The Western Nebraska Community College and Chadron State College softball teams each picked up two victories Sunday in the WNCC Fall Classic at Volunteer Field.

WNCC recorded a thrilling 4-3 win against McCook Community College before recording a 5-0 shutout against North Platte Community College.

Chadron State picked up a come-from-behind win against North Platte before shutting down the University of Wyoming 12-0 behind an 11-hit attack including 2-run home runs from Cassie Humphrey and Katie Bolin.

CSC finished the tournament with a 4-1 record, while WNCC went 3-1.

The Eagles opened the day with a come-from-behind win against North Platte. The Eagles led 2-0 through four innings before North Platte scored 3 runs in the fifth inning. The Eagles came back in the bottom of the inning scoring one in the bottom of the fifth as Katelyn Moore reached on an error and scored on a Nikki Ritzen single.

CSC won the game in the sixth inning as Allison Hendricksen reached on an error and scored the winning run on a 2-out single by Stephanie Hillman.

The Eagles had five hits in the contest. Ritzen had the only multiple hit game, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored.

Kim Pender picked up the win in the circle by allowing just five hits and striking out three.

Chadron State opened up the offense in its final game of the Fall Classic against Wyoming by scoring eight runs in the first inning. Ritzen started things by drawing a walk followed by Humphrey blasting a 2-run home run. Hendrickson followed with a double before Bolin hit the second home run of the inning. CSC also had a double by Jamie Mazankowski in the inning.

The Eagles plated three more runs in the fourth and a single run in the fifth for the 12-0 win. Christina Lewis picked up the win allowing just four hits, while striking out two.

Offensively for the Eagles, Humphrey went 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBIs, and a run scored, while Moore went 2-for-2 with a double, RBI and a run scored. Also for CSC, Ritzen went 1-for-3 with a run scored and two RBIs; DeNae Quijas went 1-for-2 with a run scored and RBI; and Kayln Land went 0-1 with two walks and a run scored.

WNCC also had two exciting contests. Against McCook, the Cougars jumped out to a 4-0 lead only to hold off the Indians in the seventh inning.

WNCC scored a single run in the first inning as Michelle Glaze doubled and scored on Jordan Schoepflin’s double. The Cougars added a single run in the third on back-to-back singles by Amanda Saldivar and Adena Hagen for a 2-0 lead.

The Cougars added two huge insurance runs in the fifth inning as Brittany Chacon walked. Glaze and Schoepflin followed with run-scoring, back-to-back doubles. McCook added a single run in the sixth and two more in the seventh. The Indians had the tying and go-ahead runs in scoring position before winning pitcher Schoepflin got the final out on a ground out.

Schoepflin scattered nine hits, seven in the final two innings, but struck out 11 McCook batters, including the first two in the seventh inning.

Schoepflin and Glaze paced the Cougars offensively. Glaze went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI, while Schoepflin was 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBIs and a run scored. Katie Hill also had two hits, going 2-for-2 with two singles and a walk.

WNCC finished off the opening tournament of the fall season with a 5-0 win against North Platte. Both teams were hooked up in a pitcher’s duel early before WNCC opened the scoring in the fourth inning with three runs on just three hits. Megan Burditt started things with a bunt single that put runners on first and second. After that, Katie Groves singled in Allie Alverson and Burditt. Hagen scored the third run of the inning.

The Cougars added two more runs in the sixth inning. Hagen led off with a single and scored on a deep sacrifice fly by Groves. Chara Horsley topped off the scoring as she had a solo home run that hit the top part of the scoreboard.

Taylor Anderson picked up the shutout win, allowing five hits and striking out five and walking just one.

Hagen led the Cougars with a 1-for-2 game with two runs scored, a triple and a walk. Also for WNCC, Ashton Hughes went 1-for-2 with a double; Stephanie Townsend 1-for-1 with a double; Jacqui Cappuccilli was 1-for-2; Horsley was 1-for-3 with a home run; Groves was 1-for-2’ and Burditt was 1-for-3 with a run scored.

Chadron State will next be in action this weekend when they go to the North Platte tournament, while WNCC will take on Colorado State n Ft. Collins, Colo., on Sept. 20.

McCook 000 001 2 – 3 9 0

WNCC 101 020 x – 4 7 0

WP – Schoepflin; 2B – Schoepflin 2, Glaze 2.

WNCC 000 302 – 5 6 0

North Platte 000 00x – 0 5 0

WP – Anderson; 2B – Hughes, Townsend; 3B – Hagen; HR – Horsley.

North Platte 000 030 – 3 4 4

CSC 101 011 – 4 5 3

WP – Pender

CSC 800 31 – 12 11 1

Wyoming 000 00 – 0 4 1

WP – Lewis; 2B – Moore; HR – Humphrey, Bolin.

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