ELLENSBURG, Wash. (April 26) – The Central Washington University softball team finished its season on a high note Saturday afternoon, defeating Simon Fraser 11-0 and 10-5.  The day was also the teams 7^th annual ALS fundraiser and senior day as the Wildcats raised money to fight ALS and said goodbye to three seniors.
 
Central Washington finished its 2015 season with a 20-23 record with a 11-13 Great Northwest Athletic Conference mark.  Simon Fraser's season also came to an end finishing 17-29, 5-18 in the GNAC.
 
The Wildcat offense was relentless in game one scoring 11 runs, six of which came in the first inning.  Seniors Katie Focher and Shelby Yasuda each drove in runs in the first inning, Yasuda with a two run single with the bases loaded.
 
In the second inning, junior catcher Austin Wilkerson hit the first of her two homeruns on the day, a solo shot to left field giving the Wildcats a 7-0 lead.
 
The third inning saw CWU plate three runners with Sammy Morris, Celine Fowler and Kailyn Campbell each recording an RBI.
 
Senior third baseman Amanda Hopkins drove in the final run of the game on a sacrifice fly to centerfield that plated pinch runner Taylor Ferleman.  All three seniors, Focher, Yasuda and Hopkins each had an RBI in the contest.
 
Starting pitcher Kiana wood notched her six win of the season scattering three hits and striking out four batters in five innings of work.
 
The Clan struck first in the night cap scoring one run in the first inning and two in the second to take a 3-0 lead.  The lead was short lived as the Wildcats took advantage of suspect pitching by the Clan scoring three times on bases loaded walks in the third inning to tie the game up.
 
Central Washington added four more runs in the fourth inning highlighted by Wilkerson's second homerun of the day, this time a three-run round tripper over the left field fence, her ninth of the year.
 
Fowler, who went 4 for 4 in game two drove in a run in the fifth inning and GNAC RBI leader Kailyn Campbell added CWU's ninth and tenth runs of the contest with a double to left centerfield scoring Fowler and Sammy Morris.
 
Lindsey Kamphuis picked up her 11^th win of the season giving up just one earned run in five innings with two strikeouts.
 
"It is hard to come to terms with the fact that our season is over," CWU Head Coach Mallory Holtman-Fletcher said.  "We expected more out of this season, but I am happy the girls ended the season on a high note and I am proud of the performance we got out of our seniors today.  These young players have a bitter taste in their mouths having not made the GNAC Tournament, and we plan to use this as fuel to become a better team next season."