Oct. 8, 2011
The Washington softball team picked up two more wins in the Husky Fall Classic Saturday, beating Bellevue College 16-0 and Western Washington, 8-2. Freshman Kylee Lahners provided the main highlight in the opener with a grand slam while Shawna Wright homered in the nightcap. In the opener, Washington took a 3-0 lead in the first on a three-run homer from sophomore Kaitlin Inglesby. In the second, Lahners' grand slam made it 7-0. Washington scored seven in the fourth, led by an RBI double from Jerrin Faasua and a two-run double from Hooch Fagaly. In the second game, leading 1-0, Shawna Wright belted a two-run homer to center, staking the Dawgs to a 3-0 lead in the second inning. In the third, Lahners proved one RBI and freshman Courtney Gano drove in two more. Western's Jordan Emmil plated a pair for the visitors in the fourth, but another UW freshman Kimberlee Souza, drove in the eighth Husky run in the fourth as the came was called after five and a half innings due to a time limit. "Offensively I think we're continuing to figure things out," said UW head coach Heather Tarr. "The biggest thing about our team is that we have to learn from each other, and I think we did that in the Bellevue game," continued Tarr. "On the second game of the day, I don't think we did a very good job making adjustments from batter to batter. We kind of went down too quick in a couple of innings. Other than that, defensively, some pretty good things happened. Everybody is getting an opportunity to play, which is what the Fall is all about--seeing what people can do." The Fall Classic continues Sunday with Wenatchee Valley taking on Western at 10:00 a.m. The Huskies face North Idaho at 2:00 p.m., and then will finish the tournament with Wenatchee Valley at 4:00 p.m. |
