ELLENSBURG, Wash. — The Central Washington University softball team travels to Monmouth, Oregon for a four-game series against Western Oregon University.
GAME INFORMATION
Saturday, March 13
At Western Oregon
12:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m.
Monmouth, OR
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Sunday, March 14
At Western Oregon
11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.
Monmouth, OR
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"Western Oregon challenges you with their speed and small ball game," CWU Head Coach Alison Mitchell said. "They push your defense to be efficient and try to put pressure on you. I'm looking for my team to respond to this by trusting their skills and executing our game plan.
Offensively we will continue to work on our approach and focus on what we can control. My battery will be ready and will focus on spinning a ball to their spots and attacking the zone we are given by the umpire."
SCOUTING WESTERN OREGON
The Wolves have not had a chance to play yet in 2021. Last season, Western Oregon finished with a record of 13-10.
Tyler Creach led the offense with an average of .405, while Ayana Arceneaux finished with an average of .402. Creach had driven in 21 runs and hit two homeruns before the season was cut short. Sydney Bowers led the Wolves with three homeruns and drove in 15. Western Oregon hit .314 as a unit with 12 homeruns and 113 runs driven in.
In the circle, Chandler Bishop led the way with a 4-2 record of 10 appearances. She made six starts and compiled a total of 42.1 innings. Bishop posted an ERA of 3.80 with a WHIP of 1.65, while striking out just 13. Maddie Mayer handled the majority of the duties in the circle, hurling 70.1 innings. She held a record of 6-4 with an ERA of 4.28, a WHIP of 1.71, and struck out 53 hitters.
THE WILDCATS
Central dropped three of its games against Western Washington last week. They split a pair of one-run games on Saturday.
Central utilized the long ball for the first time in the 5-4 victory. Alyssa Benthagen hit a two-run blast in the bottom of the fourth inning after Dakota Brooks' first inning solo shot gave the Vikings a 1-0 lead.
Samantha Stanfield took to the circle in the opening game one. She went four innings and allowed three runs on six hits, while striking out three. Isabel Womack came on in relief, earning her first win of the season. She allowed just one run on four hits, the run coming unearned. Womack also struck out three.\
Sydney Brown, Alycia Bannan, and Alee Cruz each notched an RBI in the win.
After tying the game 2-2, the Wildcats fell behind 4-2 after a pair of RBI singles from the Vikings. A bases loaded hit by pitch in the sixth inning from Brown made it 4-3, before Bannan went opposite field for a single and an RBI to tie the game at 4-4. Cruz then hit a grounder to shortstop, allowing Sasha Mitchell to score from third for a 5-4 lead.
