LACEY, Wash. – The Central Washington University softball team split a doubleheader with Saint Martin's University by scores of 6-2 and 1-0.
 
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"It was a disappointing first game leaving multiple runners on base," CWU Head Coach Joe DiPietro said. "We need to be much more disciplined at the plate and execute. In the second game, Izzy was really good! She made pitches when she needed to and made our one run stand."
 
GAME ONE | CWU 2, SMU 6
Rhaney Harris (1-4) got the call for the Wildcats (4-5) in the opening game against the Saints (2-5). She tossed 3.2 innings and allowed six runs, four earned, on eight hits. Harris struck out four and walked a pair.
 
Makayla Miller threw 2.1 innings of shutout relief, recording one strikeout.
 
Saint Martin's struck first in the bottom of the first. An error allowed Britney Patrick to reach base and she came around to score on a single from Olivia Schmidt later in the inning. Central immediately got the run back, however. Jillian Hampson reached on a fielder's choice as the Saints opted to make a play on Brooke Jordan running from first, allowing Alyssa Benthagen to score.
 
An RBI double from Destiny Conerly in the bottom of the second drove in a run for the Saints, before Conerly was driven in on a single from Malia Pinder to give SMU a 3-1 lead. The Saints added another run in the bottom of the third when a dropped fly ball allowed Vanessa Smoke to score.
 
In the fourth inning, Saint Martin's added two runs on a single from Schmidt to extend their lead to 6-2.
 
Harlee Carpenter drew a lead-off walk in the top of the fifth and advanced to second on a groundout. Myiah Seaton then roped a double to left center, driving in Carpenter. The Saints were able to quell the comeback, however, setting the Wildcats down in order in both the sixth and seventh innings.
 
Seaton finished 2-for-3 with an RBI.
 
GAME TWO | CWU 1, SMU 0
Isabel Womack was lights out for the Wildcats in game two. She a complete game shutout, extending her scoreless innings streak to 20. Womack allowed just three hits and one walk, while striking out five hitters.
 
The only run of the contest came in the top of the first inning. Karsyn Decker worked a one-out walk before Thiessen did the same. Seaton took advantage of the runner in scoring position, driving in Decker with a single up the middle for a 1-0 lead.
 
Womack retired the first nine hitters the Saints sent to the plate, carrying a perfect game through three innings. In the bottom of the fourth, Smoke worked a lead-off walk and Pinder followed with a bunt single, snuffing out both the perfect game and no-hitter. After a groundout, Womack got Schmidt looking to end the inning and preserve the 'Cats lead.
 
Saint Martin's put the lead-off hitter aboard thanks to an error in the bottom of the fifth. They tried to advance the runner into scoring position via a stolen base, but catcher Reese Schimmel had other ideas. She nabbed the would-be base stealer for the first out of the inning. Saint Martin's managed to push a runner to third later in the inning, but Womack forced a fly out to retire the side.
 
Womack retired six of the next seven Saints to secure the victory, including retiring the side in order in the seventh.
 
UP NEXT
Central returns to Frederick Field for a doubleheader against Simon Fraser University tomorrow (Feb. 26). First pitch is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. The games were originally scheduled o be played in Burnaby, B.C. but field conditions forced a switch to Ellensburg.