Montana
Weber State softball takes 2 from Montana to stay in 1st place, reach 30 wins
OGDEN — Weber State softball survived a final-inning rally in Recreation 1, then used the bats to tug away from Montana in Recreation 2 to comb a truncated sequence Saturday at Wildcat Softball Area, stay undefeated in Large Sky play and attain 30 wins for the season.
Friday’s scheduled doubleheader was nixed as a result of area circumstances because it rained or snowed every single day this week main as much as Saturday. The 2 groups turned Saturday’s scheduled sport right into a doubleheader to salvage one of many video games misplaced from Friday.
The Wildcats (30-8, 8-0 Large Sky) play their ultimate nonconference sport Tuesday, April 19, internet hosting Utah in a rubber match earlier than hitting the ultimate stretch of convention play.
Portland State (24-14, 8-4) rose to second place behind the pitching of Olivia Gray, sweeping last-place Southern Utah (3-32, 0-12) this week.
Sacramento State (22-18, 6-3) and Northern Colorado (17-23, 5-4) are in third and fourth locations.
WSU 6, UM 5
Arissa Henderson picked up her eleventh win of the season within the circle, giving up two runs on 5 hits and hanging out 5 in 5 innings, to steer WSU in Recreation 1.
Religion Hoe scored on a wild pitch and Henderson on a handed ball within the first inning. Henderson made it 3-0 within the second with an RBI single, and Hoe pushed it to 4-0 with an RBI single within the third.
Maygen McGrath acquired Montana (17-20, 5-6) on the board with a solo no-doubter within the fourth inning.
Within the sixth, Lauren Hoe beat out a throw at first that might have ended the inning on a double play, and the ball then acquired away from first base, permitting Chloe Camarero to attain. Katelyn Whiting singled onerous up the center to attain Lauren Hoe to make it 6-2.
Weber State wanted each a type of runs. Within the prime of the seventh, McGrath singled in two runs with the bases loaded however Mia Rushton threw out Kendall Curtis at third base throughout the play for the second out. After one other RBI single made it 6-5 and put the go-ahead run on base, WSU’s Mariah Ramirez struck out Kelly Sweyer seeking to finish the sport.
WSU 10, UM 5
In Saturday’s second sport, Mandy Sink acquired the win within the circle, permitting 4 runs in 5 innings, but it surely wasn’t as clear-cut because the wire-to-wire win that preceded it.
McGrath homered once more for Montana for a 1-0 lead within the first. Religion Hoe answered with a solo shot that clanged off the scoreboard in right-center to tie it, however the Griz regained a 2-1 lead within the second.
WSU took the lead for good within the backside of the second, scoring on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly earlier than Henderson singled in a run to go up 4-2.
Emily Ruhl drove in two extra with a single within the fourth to make it 6-2. However Montana appeared able to reply once more with two run-scoring singles for a 6-4 tally within the prime of the fifth.
That was short-lived. Rushton drove in a run with a single, then stole second in a double-steal that plated Makayla Donahoo. Henderson capped WSU’s scoring with a three-run homer to heart, her seventh of the season on the plate, to make it 10-4.
Henderson batted 3 for six with 4 RBIs between the 2 video games and pitched seven innings, permitting three runs and hanging out eight.