April 9, 2016

Game 1 - Box Score | Game 2 - Box Score

MONMOUTH, Ore. -- The Western Washington University softball squad split its doubleheader today at Western Oregon winning 7-4 in the first game and falling 5-4 in extra innings in the second game in Great Northwest Athletic Conference action.

The Vikings moved to 22-19 overall and remained at .500 in GNAC play with an 11-11 mark.

Sophomore Makinlee Sellevold (Everett, WA/Cascade) earned the pitching win in the first game with a complete-game effort and helped her own cause going 2-for-3 with 2 RBI.

Junior second baseman Kali Patterson (Bonney Lake, WA) recorded a pair of multi-hit games going 5-for-8 for the day. Patterson, the reigning GNAC Player of the Week, has strung together five consecutive multi-hit games (and 8 of last 9) to raise her season batting average to a team-high .387.

WWU returns to action tomorrow with a GNAC doubleheader against Concordia at Delta Park in Portland (12 & 2 pm).

Western Washington 7, Western Oregon 4 //GAME 1
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Sophomore starting pitcher Makinlee Sellevold fired her fourth consecutive complete-game victory to lead the Vikings to a 7-4 victory over Western Oregon in the first game of a GNAC doubleheader.

WWU jumped out to an early 3-0 lead with a single tally in the 1st inning and a pair of runs in the 2nd inning. Senior right fielder Alexie Levin (Everett, WA) opened the scoring with a run-scoring double in the top of the 1st.

WOU tied the game 3-3 in the bottom of the 3rd, but the Vikings answered with a pair of runs in the 5th inning and cushioned the lead with a 2-run 7th inning. Junior catcher Lynsey Amundson (Arlington, WA) provided the game-winning RBI with a two-out RBI double in the 5th inning.

Leadoff hitter Kali Patterson led WWU going 3-for-4 with a run scored and RBI, increasing her team-leading batting average to .384 (56-for-146). Patterson has recorded multiple hits in four consecutive, and seven of her last eight games.

Sophomore first baseman Emily Benson (West Richland, WA/Kamiakin) went 2-for-4 and Sellevold was 2-for-3 with 2 RBI to round out the Vikings contributing multi-hit games.

In the circle Sellevold scattered 7 hits (6 singles, 1 triple) and allowed 4 runs while recording her 12th complete-game of the season. Over her last four starts she is 4-0 (all CG) with a 3.00 ERA (12 ER, 28.0 IP).

Western Washington 7, Western Oregon 4 (Apr 09, 2016 at Monmouth, OR) (Game 1)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington.. 120 020 2 -  7 13  0      (22-18, 11-10 GNAC)Western Oregon...... 012 010 0 -  4  7  1      (16-18, 6-7 GNAC)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington - Sellevold and AmundsonWestern Oregon - Boytz and SperryWin-Sellevold (9-7)  Loss-Boytz (7-5)  T-1:35Weather: 58°, overcast, S@7 mph

Western Oregon 5, Western Washington 4 //GAME 2 -- 8 innings
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The Vikings were out-hit 12-6 and could not take advantage of four Western Oregon errors falling to the Wolves 5-4 in extra innings in the second game of the doubleheader.

WOU left fielder Ryanne Huffman recorded a two-out, walk-off double to the right-center field gap to drive in the winning run in the bottom of the 8th inning.

WWU was staked to a 3-1 lead after the top of the 2nd inning, but couldn't hold onto the lead when WOU tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the 4th inning. Both teams exchanged runs in the 5th inning before the Wolves recorded the walk-off victory to even the season series at 2-2.

Kali Patterson (2-for-4) and Alexie Levin (2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI) each recorded multi-hit games for the Vikings.

Freshman Shearyna Labasan (Mililani, HI/Maryknoll) was saddled with the loss (11-7) allowing 12 hits and 5 runs in 7.2 innings, recording her 9th complete game of the season.

WOU second baseman Kelsie Gardner went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs scored and first baseman Ashlee Lynch was 2-for-4 and hit her 6th home run of the season.

Western Oregon 5, Western Washington 4 (Apr 09, 2016 at Monmouth, OR) (Game 2)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington.. 120 010 00 -  4  6  0      (22-19, 11-11 GNAC)Western Oregon...... 101 110 01 -  5 12  4      (17-18, 7-7 GNAC)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington - Labasan and ClarkWestern Oregon - Cadwallader and GreenWin-Cadwallader (5-2)  Loss-Labasan (11-7)  T-1:54  A-337HR WOU - Lynch (6)Weather: 62, partly cloudy

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