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BILLINGS, Mont. (May 3) -- Senior CASSI ELLIS (East Wenatchee/Eastmont HS) drove in the game-winning run with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning to help Central Washington University defeat Western Oregon University, 3-2, in the first of two elimination games for the Wildcat softball team on Friday at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Tournament. CWU was later eliminated from the double-elimination tournament after a 2-0 loss to Simon Fraser University.

The Wildcats, who lost their tournament opener to Saint Martin's University on Thursday, finished the 2013 campaign with an even 20-20 record.

CWU 3, Western Oregon 2
Ellis' full-count single in the bottom of the seventh inning capped an emotional inning on both defense and offense for the Wildcats.

In the top of the inning, sophomore outfielder Katie Focher (Missoula, Mont./Sentinel HS) threw out the potential go-ahead run at the plate after WOU had loaded the bases with one out.

In the bottom of the frame, senior pinch-hitter Elena Carter (Olympia/Black Hills HS) reached on a four-pitch walk to lead off the inning. Pinch-runner Adrianne DeLay (White Salmon/Columbia HS) then advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and to third on a groundout, setting the stage for Ellis, the Wildcats' designated player, to win the game.

WOU took a 1-0 lead in the third inning on a solo home run by sophomore Amanda Evola. The Wildcats came back in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead, with both runs scoring on a single by freshman catcher Alexa Olague (Tacoma/Woodrow Wilson HS). Olague was credited with one RBI on the play, while the second run scored on an error.

Western Oregon tied the game in the top of the sixth inning on a RBI single by Danielle Harcourt, sending the game into the final inning in a 2-2 deadlock.

CWU junior Maria Gau (Woodinville), who threw every pitch of all three games for the Wildcats in the tournament, survived a rough outing in which she walked five and hit a pair of batters. However, she allowed just four hits.

Olague had three of the Wildcats' seven hits in the game.

Simon Fraser 2, CWU 0
A two-run home run by Kaitlyn Cameron in the bottom of the sixth inning broke a scoreless tie and spoiled the Wildcats' bid for an appearance in the GNAC title game.

Neither team did much offensively in the elimination contest, as the two squads combined for just four hits. CWU had just one of those -- a fourth-inning single by freshman Andrea Hamada (Walla Walla) -- although the Wildcats had their chances to get on the scoreboard in that inning, leaving the bases loaded. CWU also stranded two on the basepaths in the third inning.

Cameron's home run in the sixth came after Lauren Mew had reached on a one-out error. Gau responded by striking out the final two hitters she faced, but the CWU offense was unable to extend the game in the top of the seventh after going down in order.

Gau finished with five strikeouts in the game to break the century mark for the season (104). She allowed just one earned run and maintained her conference lead in earned-run average as she finished at 2.20.

Cameron had two hits for SFU, and relief pitcher Kelsie Hawkins threw the final two innings to pick up the pitching victory.