March 29, 2016

Game 1 - Box Score | Game 2 - Box Score

TURLOCK, Calif. - The Western Washington University Vikings opened their nine-game California road trip splitting a doubleheader at Stanislaus State Tuesday evening in non-conference college softball action at Warrior Field.

WWU beat Stanislaus 4-2 in the first game, and dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker on a two-run, two-out walk-off double in the second game.

The Vikings remain at .500 for the season with a 16-16 overall record. Stanislaus State improves to 17-16 overall.

The Vikings return to action Thursday with a single game against Sonoma State at 4 pm at Warrior Field in Turlock. WWU will then play six games in the Tournament of Champions, beginning with games Friday vs. nationally ranked UC San Diego and Dominican.

Western Washington 4, Stanislaus State 2 // GAME 1
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Sophomore Makinlee Sellevold took the game into her own hands, pitching a complete-game 4-hitter to earn the victory and hit the deciding 3-run home run as WWU beat Stanislaus State 4-2.

In the circle Sellevold (Everett, WA/Cascade) scattered 4 hits in her 9th complete game of the season to improve to 6-7 on the season. At the plate she went 1-for-3 with her first home run of the season, a 3-run shot that proved to be the game winner.

WWU took an early 1-0 lead in the 3rd inning on a run-scoring single with two outs by senior right fielder Alexie Levin (Everett, WA).

The lead would be short lived as the Warriors catapulted ahead with a 2-run home run by first baseman Katelyn McDonald, a transfer from WWU.

Trailing 2-1, Sellevold helped her own cause with a two-out home run on a 3-2 count to give the Vikings the lead for good.

Emily Benson (West Richland, WA/Kamiakin) went 1-for-2 with a walk, extending her hitting streak to 16 consecutive games with a 6th inning single. Junior second baseman Kali Patterson (Bonney Lake, WA) went 3-for-4 to record her fifth game with 3+ hits this season.

Kylie Ragsdale went the distance for the Warriors, allowing 7 hits and 4 runs to take the loss falling to 9-10 on the season. Centerfielder Cassidy Duke went 2-for-3 to lead Stanislaus at the plate.

Western Washington 4, Stanislaus State 2 (Mar 29, 2016 at Turlock, CA) (Game 1)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington.. 001 003 0 -  4  7  1      (16-15)Stanislaus State.... 002 000 0 -  2  4  0      (16-16)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington - Sellevold and ClarkStanislaus State - Ragsdale and MartensWin-Sellevold (6-7)  Loss-Ragsdale(9-10)  T-1:42HR WWU - Sellevold (1)HR STAN - McDonald (3)

Stanislaus State 4, Western Washington 3 // GAME 2
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The Vikings nearly pulled off the doubleheader sweep, but Alex Rowell hit a two-run, two-out double down the left field line to give Stanislaus State a 4-3 walk-off victory.

With WWU leading 3-2, Stanislaus loaded the bases with no outs off relief pitcher Shearyna Labasan (Mililani, HI/Maryknoll). A crafty 3-2-3 double play put the Vikings within one out of the victory, but after a hit batter, Rowell delivered the game-winning hit on a 1-2 pitch.

The Warriors led 2-0 after the 2nd inning, but Western battled back with a 3 runs in the top of the 5th inning. Jordan Walley (Maple Valley, WA/Tahoma) led off the top of the 5th inning with a long home run to cut the deficit to 2-1. It was Walley's first homer of the season and 17th of her career, 4th-most in WWU history.

Senior Arianna Barrio (Stanwood, WA/Lakewood) tied the game with an RBI single up the middle the go-ahead run scored on a bases loaded walk to Levin.

Labasan (8-5) suffered the loss despite a solid effort allowing 2 runs in 5.2 innings. The freshman did not allow a run in her first 5.0 innings in her relief outing.

Walley was 2-for-3 with a double and home run and senior third baseman Emma Blauser (Federal Way, WA/Todd Beamer) went 2-for-3 to record her eighth multi-hit game of the season. Benson went 0-for-3 to have her 16-game hitting streak snapped, falling two short of the WWU record 18-game hitting streak.

Rowell drove in all four runs for the Warriors, going 3-for-4 with a 2-run double (game-winner) and 2-run home run.

Stanislaus State 4, Western Washington 3 (Mar 29, 2016 at Turlock, CA) (Game 2)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington.. 000 030 0 -  3  5  2      (15-16)Stanislaus State.... 020 000 2 -  4  8  3      (17-15)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington - Adelstein, Labasan (2) and AmundsonStanislaus State - Callazo, Ragsdale (5) and MartensWin-Ragsdale (10-10)  Loss-Labasan (8-5)  T-1:57  A-83HR WWU - Walley (1)HR STAN - Rowell (1)