LAMAR, Colo. – The Western Nebraska Community College softball team remained perfect on the season by shutting out Frank Phillips College Friday in Lamar, Colo. Taylor Anderson tossed a 2-hitter in the opener as the Cougars registered an 8-0 win. Brittany Enterline followed with another dazzling pitching performance while tossing a 5-hitter in the Cougars 9-0 win.
The No. 11-ranked Cougars will return to action Saturday when they face Lamar Community College in a conference doubleheader in Lamar, Colo.
Both games saw some clutch hitting for WNCC. In the opener, the Cougars pounded out 11 hits, including back-to-back home runs by Katie Groves and Stephanie Townsend in the third inning to put WNCC up 3-0.
Groves and Townsend each went 2-for-2. Groves had two runs scored and two RBIs, while Townsend had a double, two runs scored and two RBIs.
Also collecting multiple hits were Megan Burditt, Allie Alverson and Ashton Hughes. Alverson delivered two RBIs in the contest.
Anderson picked up her third win of the year by limiting Frank Phillips to two hits, while walking two and striking out two.
The second game saw Enterline register her third win as well with a five hit performance. The freshman from Tracy, Calif., struck out four and walked five in seven innings.
Offensively, the Cougars pounded out 12 hits Alverson led the team with a 3-for-4 performance, missing hitting for the cycle by just a home run. Alverson’s triple came in the seventh inning as she scored Jordan Schoepflin. Alverson finished with a double, two runs scored and two RBIs.
Burditt, Schoepflin and Adena Hagen had multiple hits. Schoepflin went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs, while Hagen scored two runs and had an RBI.
First game
Frank Phillips 000 00 – 0 2 2
WNCC 012 5x – 8 11 2
WP – Taylor Anderson (3-0); 2B – Stephanie Townsend; HR – Townsend, Katie Groves.
Second Game
WNCC (7-0) 000 232 2 – 9 12 0
Frank Phillips 000 000 0 – 0 5 2
WP – Brittany Enterline (3-0); 2B – Alverson; 3B – Alverson.
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