April 1, 2016 Box Score
TURLOCK, Calif. - Western Washington sophomore Makinlee Sellevold recorded a complete-game victory on the mound in game one and then went 3-for-3 with a home run and 4 RBI in the second game to lead the Vikings to a 2-0 day at the Tournament of Champions presented by the City of Turlock.
WWU beat UC San Diego 5-4 in the first game and recorded a run-rule-shortened 12-4 win over Dominican (CA) in 6 innings in the second game. The Vikings improved to 19-16 overall with the seventh win in the last nine games.
Sellevold (Everett, WA/Cascade) recorded the complete-game victory in the win over UCSD (7.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 5 SO) and was 3-for-3 with 2 runs, 4 RBI and hit her second home run of the season in the win over Dominican.
Senior right fielder Alexie Levin (Everett, WA) hit a grand slam and drove in all 5 runs in the victory over UCSD.
The Vikings return to action tomorrow in the Tournament of Champions presented by the City of Turlock with games against San Francisco State (9 am) and Azusa Pacific (12:30 pm).
Western Washington 5, UC San Diego 4
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Senior right fielder Alexie Levin hit her first career grand slam and drove in all 5 runs to lead the Vikings to a 5-4 victory over UC San Diego Friday afternoon to open play in the Tournament of Champions presented by the City of Turlock.
Levin (Everett, WA) recorded an RBI fielder's choice to tie the game in the 3rd inning and then put a charge into a 2-1 pitch in the 4th inning for her first career grand slam. The home run was the 21st of Levin's career, one shy of the school record held by Meghan Flem (2007-2010).
While Levin carried the WWU offense, sophomore starting pitcher Sellevold recorded a complete-game victory allowing 8 hits and 4 runs while going the distance. She struck out 5 and walked 4 to even her season record at 7-7 on the season.
The Tritons out-hit the Vikings 8-6, led by multi-hit games from catcher Lauren Sanders (2-for-4, HR) and left fielder Taylor Abeyta.
UCSD struck first with a run in the 2nd inning, but Western answered in the top of the 3rd when Levin drove in her first run on a fielder's choice.
Despite having two outs and no runners on base, the Vikings rallied to take the lead with four runs in the top of the 4th inning. Senior Arianna Barrio (Stanwood, WA/Lakewood) walked and junior second baseman Kali Patterson (Bonney Lake, WA) singled to center field. Freshman McKenna Mathis (Mesa, WA/Connell) kept the rally alive being hit by a pitch to load the bases. Levin greeted UCSD relief pitcher Milana Casillas with a home run to left field to give the Vikings a 5-1 lead.
UCSD scored a pair of runs in the 5th inning and climbed to within one run at 5-4 with a single tally in the 6th inning. The Tritons threatened in the bottom of the 7th with a leadoff double by Sanders, but Sellevold got Abeyta to line into a double play and struck out Kendall Baker to end the game.
Western Washington 5, UC San Diego 4 (Apr 1, 2016 at Turlock, CA)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington.. 001 400 0 - 5 6 1 (18-16)UC San Diego........ 010 021 0 - 4 8 0 (21-15)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington - Sellevold and ClarkUC San Diego - Duarte, Casillas (4) and SandersWin-Sellevold (7-7) Loss-Duarte(3-4) T-2:26 A-122HR WWU - Levin (3)HR UCSD - Sanders (3)
Western Washington 12, Dominican 4
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The Vikings completed their perfect 2-0 day at the Tournament of Champions with a 12-4 win over Dominican (CA) in a run-rule shortened 6-inning game Friday afternoon.
WWU led 4-3 after three innings, and then blew the game open with a seven-run 4th inning.
Freshman starting pitcher Shearyna Labasan (Mililani, HI/Maryknoll) picked up her 10th win of the season (10-5) allowing 6 hits and 3 runs in 4.0 innings. All three of her strikeouts came in the 4th inning just after the Vikings recaptured the lead at 4-3.
Sellevold led the Vikings at the plate going 3-for-3 with 2 runs scored, 4 RBI and hit her second home run of the season. Patterson added a pair of hits in the victory.
With the game tied 3-3 after the top of the 3rd inning, the Vikings took the lead for good in the bottom half of the inning on a run-scoring single by Sellevold.
The seven-run 4th inning was highlighted by a 3-run home run by Sellevold.
Western Washington 12, Dominican 4 (Apr 01, 2016 at Turlock, CA)----------------------------------------------------------------------Dominican........... 003 010 - 4 8 1 (11-22)Western Washington.. 121 701 - 12 12 0 (19-16)----------------------------------------------------------------------Dominican - Moriarity, Lombardi(4) and ChinchillaWestern Washington - Labasan, Ison (5) and AmundsonWin-Labasan (10-5) Loss-Moriarity (3-5) T-1:52 A-89HR WWU - Sellevold (2)
