{"id":3224,"date":"2016-03-10T19:28:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T03:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=3224"},"modified":"2016-03-10T19:28:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T03:28:16","slug":"rain-messes-softballs-mojo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/rain-messes-softballs-mojo\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain messes with softball\u2019s mojo"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Jamal Smith\r\nSports Editor<\/pre>\n
March 5 was supposed to be the Wolves\u2019 home opener, but Mother Nature had other plans. The rain came down in droves and forced Western\u2019s double-header against Saint Martin\u2019s University to be postponed until a not-yet-decided future date.<\/p>\n
By Sunday, the weather subsided, and the Wolves traveled to Ellensburg, Wash. to play a double-header against Central Washington University. Although the Wolves gave a valiant effort, they inevitably fell short 5-7 in the first matchup and lost 6-7 in the second.<\/p>\n
In the first game, junior infielder Kelsie Gardner had three hits in only four at-bats, and she also smacked a home run in the third inning to even the score at 2-2.<\/p>\n
In the seventh and final inning and down 4-7 to Central Washington, the Wolves put pressure on the Wildcats when Knowles hit a sacrifice ground-out which sent freshman infielder Ryanne Huffman home to close the gap to 5-7. Unfortunately, that was the closest the Wolves would get.<\/p>\n
After the loss, the Wolves looked to get even with the Wildcats in the second of their back-to-back matchups. With the score even at 1-1 going into the second inning, junior Destiny Kuehl crushed a two-run homer to give Western the 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n
The Wildcats fought back and started scoring relentlessly, tallying six runs over the next three innings. The Wolves showed grit and determination to come back from the deficit, and a homerun from Ashlee Lynch in the sixth inning brought the Wolves within one run on the Wildcat\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n
In the final inning the Wolves were unable to find an offensive spark, and the Wildcats escaped with the victory.<\/p>\n
The two losses bring the Wolves\u2019 overall record to 7-10 and 0-2 in GNAC conference play.<\/p>\n
Western looks for their first GNAC conference win when they host Montana State University of Billings (MSUB) for a double header on Friday, March 11 at 1:00 p.m. and then at 3:00 p.m. Then the following day, Saturday, March 12, the Wolves again host MSUB for another double-header; the first game starts at 12:00 p.m. and the second at 2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
All four games will be played on Western\u2019s Softball Field.<\/p>\n
Contact that author at jwilson15@wou.edu or on Twitter @journalsportWOU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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