In a repeat of Friday’s outcomes, the Montana softball group downed UNLV in a thriller on Saturday, then misplaced to the Redhawks because the hosts rallied late on the Seattle U Invitational at Logan Subject.
Montana defeated UNLV 5-4 and fell to Seattle 2-1 in eight innings.
The Grizzlies (2-22) jumped on the Rebels early, going up 3-0 after two innings, Montana’s largest lead of the season.
Elise Ontiveros singled and later scored within the first, then added a two-run single within the second. Montana went up 4-1 within the backside of the fourth on an RBI floor out by Julie Phelps.
Maggie Joseph obtained the beginning for the Grizzlies and labored across the UNLV leadoff batter reaching base in every of the primary 4 innings, with only one run allowed.
She bumped into bother within the fifth. With one out, she walked a batter, hit a batter, then gave up back-to-back singles because the Rebels rallied to tie the sport at 4-4.
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She was changed by Grace Haegele, who pitched the remainder of the way in which to gather her first collegiate win, permitting two hits in 2 2/3 innings.
Kendall Curtis performed hero in Montana’s 2-1 victory over UNLV on Friday, singling in two runs within the sixth.
On Saturday she got here up within the backside of the sixth and hit a solo residence run on a 1-0 depend for what can be one other game-winning hit as Haegele labored a 1-2-3 prime of the seventh.
Saturday’s second recreation was a pitchers’ duel between Montana’s Allie Brock and Seattle’s Grace Luderer, final season’s WAC Freshman of the Yr.
The Grizzlies opened the scoring on a sacrifice fly by Ontiveros within the prime of the third that scored Jaxie Klucewich.
Seattle left 12 runners on base for the sport, not less than one each inning, with Brock getting out of bases-loaded jams within the second and fifth innings.
She took a 1-0 result in the underside of the sixth earlier than the Redhawks, who improved to 18-5 with the win, tied the rating on a two-out double to proper.
With Klucewich positioned on second to start out the highest of the eighth, Montana was unable to deliver her residence. A floor out moved her to 3rd however the Grizzlies adopted with a strikeout and floor out.
Within the backside half of the eighth, Seattle sacrificed its runner to 3rd, then gained it on a walk-off sacrifice fly to proper.
Ontiveros and Curtis each had a pair of hits, matching their output in opposition to UNLV. Brock took the loss regardless of permitting one earned run and eight hits over 7 2/3 innings.
Montana will face Seattle at 1 p.m. (MT) on Sunday.