Feb. 13, 2016

Box Score - Dixie State | Box Score - Cal Baptist

ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Western Washington University Vikings felt the pain and the joy of a walk-off hit Saturday in the second day of the Dixie State Softball Tournament.

The Vikings beat Cal Baptist 6-5 in the second game of the day, scoring 5 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning, capped by a walk-off single by senior right fielder Alexie Levin (Everett, WA).

WWU lost in heart-breaking fashion to No. 2 Dixie State 4-3, allowing a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 8th inning in the first game of the day.

"We put ourselves in position to win each game, and that's all you can ask from the team," said head coach Amy Suiter. "It would have been nice to get two wins, but the team played hard and never quit."

Western completes play in the Dixie State Tournament tomorrow at 12:30 pm MT/11:30 am PT against Hawai'i Hilo.

#2 Dixie State 4, Western Washington 3 8 innings//GAME 1
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Dixie State junior first baseman Mallory Paulson hit a walk-off home run with one out in the bottom of the 8th inning to lift the No. 2 Red Storm to a 4-3 win over Western Washington in the second day of the Dixie State Tournament at the Canyons Softball Complex.

WWU (4-4) led 3-1 through its half of the 6th inning, but Dixie State (7-3) scored a run in the bottom of the 6th and tied the game on a two-out passed ball in the bottom of the 7th to force extra innings. With one out, Paulson drove a 0-1 pitch from Makinlee Sellevold (Everett, WA/Cascade) over the right field fence for the game winner.

Trailing 1-0, the Vikings broke through with 3 runs in the top of the 6th inning to snap a 14-inning scoreless streak. Arianna Barrio (Sr., Stanwood, WA/Lakewood) led off the inning with a double to left field, moved to third on a sac bunt by Kali Patterson (Jr. Bonney Lake, WA) and scored the equalizer on a single by Alexie Levin (Sr., Everett, WA). Benson followed with a 2-run home run to right-center field on a 3-0 pitch for her team-leading fourth home run of the season, giving WWU a 3-1 lead.

The Red Storm got one run back in the bottom half of the 6th on a two-out single by Arista Honey to close the gap to 3-2. Down to its last out, Dixie recorded a pair of two-out singles and tied the game on a passed ball with two outs.

Barrio reached base in three of her four plate appearances, going 2-for-3 with a double and a walk to lead the Vikings at the plate. Dixie State out-hit Western 11-7, with the Vikings going 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position and 3-for-14 with runners on base.

#2 Dixie State 4, Western Washington 3 (Feb 13, 2016 at St. George, UT)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington.. 000 003 00 -  3  7  0      (4-4)Dixie State......... 100 001 11 -  4 11  1      (7-3)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington - Sellevold and ClarkDixie State - Feickert and WoodfallWin-Feickert (4-2)  Loss-Sellevold (1-2)  T-2:14  A-237HR WWU - Benson (4)HR DX - Paulson (1)Weather: 61 degrees, SunnyRecords: WWU (4-4), DX (7-3)Note: Dixie State ranked No. 2 in preseason NFCA Division II Poll

Western Washington 6, Cal Baptist 5 //GAME 2
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Senior right fielder Alexie Levin hit a walk-off single to cap a 5-run 7th inning sending the Vikings to a dramatic 6-5 victory over Cal Baptist in the second game of the day.

WWU trailed 5-0 heading into the 6th inning, but got on the scoreboard with a single tally in the bottom of the 6th, and pulled out the victory with the big 7th inning. Senior Jordan Walley (Maple Valley, WA/Tahoma) grounded out to first base to start the inning, but after that, the Vikings would not record another out in picking up the walk-off win to improve to 5-4.

Junior Mackenzie Hughes (Ellensburg, WA) drove in the first run of the inning with a single to left field. After a walk and an error, junior Kali Patterson (Bonney Lake, WA) drove in another run with a single to left center and the tying run scored on an error by the Cal Baptist catcher. Levin then singled to left field for the game-winner to score Arianna Barrio (Stanwood, WA/Lakewood).

Levin was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI and senior third baseman Emma Blauser (Federal Way, WA/Todd Beamer) went 2-for-3 with a run scored for the Vikings. Levin now has 155 career hits, climbing into the WWU career top 10 in hits in that category.

Freshman pitcher Shearyna Labasan (Mililani, HI/Maryknoll) improved to 4-1 on the season logging her second complete game of the tournament (7.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 9 BB, 1 SO).

Western Washington 6, Cal Baptist 5 (Feb 13, 2016 at St. George, UT)----------------------------------------------------------------------Cal Baptist......... 230 000 0 -  5  7  3      (9-3)Western Washington.. 000 001 5 -  6  9  2      (5-4)----------------------------------------------------------------------Cal Baptist - Hatch; Springstead (7) and BurkhartWestern Washington - Labasan and Amundson; HughesWin-Labasan (4-1)  Loss-Springstead (3-3)HR CBU - Mann (2)T-2:05  A-33  Weather: 58 degrees, SunnyNote: Springstead faced 1 batter in the 7th