ELLENSBURG, Wash. (Mar. 6) – The Central Washington University softball team heads to Nampa, Idaho for a four-game set against Northwest Nazarene where the Wildcats will be the home team.
GAME INFORMATION
Friday, Mar. 8
DH at 12:00 PM (MT)
vs Northwest Nazarene
Nampa, Idaho
LIVE STATS
Saturday, Mar. 9
DH at 12:00 PM (MT)
vs Northwest Nazarene
Nampa, Idaho
LIVE STATS
QUOTABLE
"We've been working really hard indoors on improving what we need to work on," CWU Head Coach
Mike Larabee said. "No better way to open conference play than with an excellent team with a great coaching staff."
SCOUTING NORTHWEST NAZARENE
The Nighthawks are 10-6 on the season after splitting a doubleheader with the College of Idaho last week.
Kylie Orr leads the NNU offense with a .488 batting average. She has belted three homeruns and driven in 13. Anna Williams is also above the .400 mark, hitting at a clip of .436 in 2019. Williams has six homeruns and 14 runs batted in. The Nighthawks are hitting .310 as a team, with 15 homeruns and 76 RBI.
Jordan Adams has made seven starts in the circle for the Nighthawks, posting a 5-2 record. In 41 innings, Adams has a 1.07 WHIP and an earned run average of 1.37. She has struck out 51 hitters and walked 15. Opponents are hitting at a clip of just .187 against Adams this season. The Nighthawks have a team ERA of 3.98.
LAST TIME OUT
Central Washington won two of three games at the Cavalier Classic, scoring a 12-3, five-inning win over Simpson (Calif.) on Friday and a 10-2, five-inning win over Eastern Oregon on Saturday before taking a 4-2 loss to Corban on Sunday.
Sophomore
Katie Kastning and junior
Savannah Egbert each hit .444 in the three games to lead the Wildcats offensively. Kastning went 4 for 9 with a double and two RBI, which included a 2 for 2 performance with an RBI single against Simpson. Egbert went 4 for 9 with four runs scored, topped by a 2 for 3 performance against Eastern Oregon. Egbert leads the Wildcats with a .452 batting average, fourth in the GNAC.
Freshman pitcher
Samantha Stanfield earned her third win of the season against Eastern Oregon, allowing two runs, one earned, on five hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Sophomore
Lexie Strasser went 1-1 and earned the win against Simpson. In that game, Strasser allowed three unearned runs on five hits and struck out six. Strasser is third in the GNAC with a 2.08 earned run average and is 4-3 on the season.
Central Washington enters the week with a .282 batting average and a 3.96 earned run average.
