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BELLINGHAM, Wash. - The Western Washington University softball team opened its stretch of 8 games over a 5-day span with a doubleheader split against Western Oregon in Great Northwest Athletic Conference action on Friday afternoon at Viking Field. WWU earned a commanding 13-1 win in 5 innings during the opener before WOU responded to take game two, 6-1.

Friday's doubleheader was the result of a rescheduled rainout from earlier in the season that was originally scheduled to be played at Western Oregon. As a result, WOU (22-17, 9-9 GNAC) was the home team for both of Friday's games while WWU (21-16, 10-8 GNAC) was the visiting team even though the games were played at Viking Field.

Junior left fielder Sarah Morrow (Enumclaw, WA) was 4-for-6 with 4 runs and 2 RBI for the Vikings during the day, including 3 extra-base hits (2 doubles, 1 triple). She tied the program single-game record with 2 doubles in the game one victory. Junior third baseman/pitcher Makinlee Sellevold (Everett, WA/Cascade) went 3-for-6 with 5 RBI and a run for the day, tying a career high with 4 RBI in game one.

Junior catcher/outfielder Carlie Richards (Kennewick, WA/Kamiakin) was 3-for-6 with an RBI and a run in extending her streak of reaching base safely to 24 games. Sophomore third baseman/designated player Shearyna Labasan (Mililani, HI/Maryknoll) was 3-for-7 with 3 runs and an RBI while junior first baseman Emily Benson (West Richland, WA/Kamiakin) had a hit in each game to extend her hit streak to 6 games.

Freshman pitcher/designated player Anna Kasner (Milton, WA/Fife) started in the circle and earned the win in game one to claim a victory for the sixth consecutive start. She concluded the day with 7.1 innings pitched, allowing only 4 hits and 1 run with 9 strikeouts following a relief appearance in game two.

The Vikings and Wolves will play another doubleheader on Saturday at Viking Field. WWU continues its homestand by hosting a doubleheader against Concordia on Sunday before Simon Fraser travels to Bellingham for a doubleheader on Tuesday.

The Vikings are currently in 3rd place in the GNAC standings (10-8 GNAC) with 10 regular-season games remaining, just ahead of Northwest Nazarene (11-11 GNAC) and Western Oregon (9-9 GNAC). WWU is a game back of Saint Martin's (11-7) in 2nd place. The top 4 teams in the GNAC standings at the end of the regular season advance to the postseason GNAC Championships.

The Vikings used a pair of 5-run innings and scored in each inning on their way to a mercy-rule victory in the opener.

WWU plated 5 runs in the 1st inning, totaling 5 hits in the frame and taking advantage of a defensive miscue from the Wolves. A 2-RBI single from Makinlee Sellevold and a 2-RBI double from senior second baseman Kali Patterson (Bonney Lake, WA) highlighted the inning as the Vikings sent 9 batters to the plate.

Carlie Richards added an RBI single in the 2nd inning to up the lead to 6-0, scoring Emily Benson. The Wolves came within 6-1 during the bottom of the 2nd inning with an RBI double from Ashley Doyle before the Vikings answered to open a double-digit advantage.

WWU struck for 4 hits in the 3rd inning and sent 10 batters to the plate. An RBI single from Shearyna Labasan opened the scoring before an RBI double from Sarah Morrow and another 2-RBI single from Sellevold increased the lead. Sellevold later scored on a fielder's choice in the inning for an 11-1 WWU advantage.

Morrow added a second RBI double in the 4th inning and Anna Kasner drove in a run with a single in the 5th inning as the WWU offense consistently put pressure on WOU. The Vikings finished the game with 16 hits (tied for 2nd-most hits in a game by WWU during 2017) in recording a double-digit hit total for the 4th consecutive game.

Kasner started for WWU and improved to 12-5, allowing 1 earned run on 3 hits with 6 strikeouts over 3.0 innings pitched. Sellevold relieved Kasner and did not allow a hit, recording 3 strikeouts and a walk over 2.0 innings pitched.

Chandler Bishop pitched all 5 innings for WOU and dropped to 3-4 with the loss.

Four Vikings finished with 3 hits apiece in the game and the No.1, No. 2, and No. 3 hitters in the lineup combined to go 9-for-12 with 7 RBI and 7 runs. Labasan went 3-for-4 with 3 runs and an RBI while Morrow was 3-for-4 with 2 RBI and 3 runs. Sellevold (3-for-4) finished with a career-high tying 4 RBI and a run while Carlie Richards went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run.

Western Washington 13, Western Oregon 1 (Apr 21, 2017 at Bellingham, WA) (Game 1)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington.. 515 11 - 13 16  0      (21-15, 10-7 GNAC)Western Oregon...... 010 00 -  1  3  3      (21-17, 8-9 GNAC)----------------------------------------------------------------------Pitchers: Western Washington - Kasner,Anna; Sellevold,Makinlee(4) and Hughes,Mackenzie.Western Oregon - Bishop,Chandler and Green,Mercedes.Win-Kasner,Anna(12-5)  Loss-Bishop,Chandler(3-4)  T-1:24  A-0Weather: 62-degrees, Sunny

The Wolves scored all 6 of their runs during the 2nd inning and starting pitcher Haley Fabian held the Vikings to a run on 3 hits in a complete-game effort as WOU bounced back to earn a split of Friday's doubleheader in game two.

WOU scored 6 unearned runs with 2 outs in the 2nd inning, totaling 4 hits while sending 11 batters to the plate during the frame. A defensive miscue after the Wolves had loaded the bases helped give WOU a 1-0 lead and an RBI single from Kelsie Gardner increased the lead to 2-0. A bases-clearing 3-RBI double by Cheyanne Rimer upped the lead to 5-0 before an RBI single from Jenna Kelly gave the Wolves a 6-0 lead.

The Vikings scored their lone run in the top of the 3rd inning on a sacrifice fly from Makinlee Sellevold to score Sarah Morrow. Morrow had tripled with 1 out, her third triple of the season, to set the stage for Sellevold.

Fabian (9-7) retired 12 consecutive batters during a stretch that began with 2 outs in the 3rd inning and ended on a defensive error with 2 outs in the 7th inning. She struck out 6 and did not allow a walk in the game.

Sellevold (2-6) took the loss for WWU, allowing 6 runs (0 earned runs) on 4 hits with 2 walks over 1.2 innings pitched. Kasner relieved Sellevold and limited the WOU to 1 hit over the final 4.1 innings with 3 strikeouts.

Sellevold, Kasner, and Emily Benson each had a hit for WWU. With a hit in each game, Benson extended her hit streak to 6 games.

Western Oregon 6, Western Washington 1 (Apr 21, 2017 at Bellingham, WA) (Game 2)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington.. 001 000 0 -  1  3  1      (21-16, 10-8 GNAC)Western Oregon...... 060 000 X -  6  5  1      (22-17, 9-9 GNAC)----------------------------------------------------------------------Pitchers: Western Washington - Sellevold,Makinlee; Kasner,Anna(2) and Richards,Carlie.Western Oregon - Fabian,Haley and Siolo,Ku'ulei.Win-Fabian,Haley(9-7)  Loss-Sellevold,Makinlee(2-6)  T-1:24  A-67Weather: 63-degrees

Game Notes: Anna Kasner won her sixth consecutive start with her win in the first game of the doubleheader...the freshman improved to 8-1 with a 2.57 ERA (22 ER, 60.0 IP)...Kasner has recorded 150 strikeouts this season, 4th-most in WWU single-season history (3rd is 155)...Sarah Morrow tied a single-game program record with 2 doubles in the first game of the doubleheader...Morrow combined to go 4-for-6 with 4 runs, 3 extra-base hits (2 2B, 3B) and 2 RBI in the doubleheader...Makinlee Sellevold went 3-for-6 with 5 RBI in the doubleheader...Sellevold made her 62nd career pitching start in G#2, 6th-most in WWU history...Sellevold moved into 13th place in WWU history with 73 career RBI and tied for 8th with her 40th career extra-base hit...Carlie Richards reached base safely in each game of the doubleheader to extend her streak to 24 consecutive games of reaching base safely (via H, BB, HBP)...Emily Benson went 2-for-6 in the doubleheader with a hit in each game, extending her hitting streak to 6 consecutive games...Benson moved into 19th place in WWU history with 135 career hits...head coach Amy Suiter is two wins short of 200 for her coaching career (198-202/.495)...combined between the two games, WWU's pitchers allowed just one earned run (0.64 ERA).