Softball | 5/12/2016 2:33:00 PM

Box Score ARCATA, Calif. (May 12) -- The historic 2016 Central Washington University softball season came to a close today when the Wildcats lost 11-2 in the NCAA Division II West Super Regional to Humboldt State.
 
Despite the loss the Wildcats take home a host of accomplishments, including breaking the school record for wins in a season, and becoming the first team in school history to win the GNAC Tournament and the first GNAC school to advance to the Super Regionals.
 
"I've coached places where it takes teams a couple of seasons to buy into a system and start performing," CWU Head Coach Mike Larabee said.  "From day one, this team bought in to our coaching staff and they have had a terrific season.  Obviously we would have liked to win, but I am overflowing with pride of our team."
 
The Wildcats missed a lot of early opportunities as they had base runners in every inning except the last and stranded 10 runners, seven in the first three innings.
 
Down 5-0, Kailyn Campbell hit a solo homerun that landed deep into the tree line the extended past the leftfield scoreboard to give CWU its first score of the game.   Taylor Ferleman added a RBI single later in the inning as the Wildcats chipped away at the HSU lead.
 
"Kailyn hit a moonshot, and it was nice to get that first run in," Larabee added.  "We had the chance to score a lot more than two that inning, but getting the runs that we did was a huge confidence builder for our offense.
 
The Lumberjacks responded in a big way, scoring six more times, including a grand slam in the sixth inning.
 
"Credit to Humboldt, they are a very good team who can really hit the ball," Larabee said.  "They caught fire in the final inning and finished the way a top team should finish."
 
The softball team will be arriving at Nicholson Pavilion around 9:00 p.m. tonight and will head back to class Friday morning.