NAMPA, Idaho - The Central Washington Wildcat softball team concluded their road trip to Northwest Nazarene with another double-header, but this time with reverse results than from Saturday, as the Wildcats pulled out a major 14-6 victory to open the day, followed by a nail biting 5-4 victory in game two to wrap up the road trip. 

QUOTING HEAD COACH JOE DIPIETRO:

"I was happy with the way we played today after Saturday's losses. I thought we hit really well in Game one, scoring in every inning. Then getting Alyssa's homerun and Myiah executing a squeeze play in game two showed what we know we can do offensively." 

GAME 1 

SCORING: 
 

• The Wildcats started the scoring early as Harlee Carpenter tripled to right field bringing Makenna King home in the first inning.
• Following Carpenter was Kate Hopkins singled to right field which brought Carpenter home for the early 2-0 lead. 
• The Nighthawks responded as Maia McNicoll singled to left center seeing Clarissa Moreno come home for the 'Hawks. 
• NNU responded once again in the first inning to tie the game at two apiece as Abigail Gagnon doubled to the left side which brought Sidney Booth home. 
• The Wildcats weren't fans of the Nighthawks tying the game, so they made sure to change that led by a Karsyn Decker single bringing Allie Thiessen home to regain the lead.
• Hopkins doubled down the left field line bringing home King which was followed up by a Hannah Hvitved single to left field which brought Hopkins home to increase the 'Cats lead 6-2 after two innings.
• The Wildcats tacked on another two runs in the top of the third as Carpenter reached on an error which brought home Decker and Brooke Jordan. 
• The Nighthawks responded with another run of their own in the bottom of the third as Madison Felter singled to right field which scored Gagnon. 
• The Wildcats kept themselves on a roll in the top of the fourth as Jordan singled up the middle scoring Hvitved.
• Decker then reached on an error by the first baseman allowing Thiessen to score, which was backed up by King nabbing a double to right field allowing Decker and Jordan to score to increase the 'Cats lead 12-3.
• The Nighthawks responded in the bottom of the fourth as McNicoll doubled to right field allowing Booth and Gina Skinner to score. 
• Thiessen doubled down the right field line which brought home Hvitved and Alyssa Benthagen to secure the 14-5 lead for the 'Cats.
• The Nighthawks took the last score as Mari Kamemoto singled up the middle bringing Felter home. 

PITCHING: 
 

• Isabel Womack started the game for the Wildcats pitching four innings, allowing eight hits, six runs, five earned runs, six walks, but getting four strikeouts against 27 batters. 
• Makayla Miller cleaned up the game for the Wildcats pitching the full last inning, allowing one hit against three batters. 
• Sidney Booth lasted two innings for the Nighthawks allowing seven hits, six runs, five earned runs, two walks, and two strikeouts against 15 batters.
• Gina Skinner finished the game for NNU allowing six hits, eight runs, three earned runs, and three walks against 20 batters. 

BATTING:
 

• The Wildcats finished with 14 hits in the game.
• Five different Wildcats finished with two hits; King, Carpenter, Benthagen, Hvitved, and Hopkins. 
• Thiessen, Jordan, and Decker all finished with one hit. 
• NNU finished with nine hits with four different players recording two hits.
• The Wildcats left six runners on base compared to the nine NNU left on base. 

GAME 2

SCORING: 
 

• The Wildcats once again scored in the first inning, but no start will be as booming as this one as Benthagen slammed a three-run home run to center field bringing Carpenter and Hopkins home in the process. 
• The Nighthawks weren't disrupted by the homer scoring two runs in the second inning as Jami Obringer doubled to right center allowing Kamemoto and Felter to score. 
• The Wildcats increased their lead as Myiah Seaton reached on a fielders choice to the pitcher, which helped Hvitved and Laney Kaysner to score to increase the lead to 5-2 in favor of CWU. 
• NNU made the most of their final three outs as Moreno doubled to right center which allowed Obringer to come home.
• Tori Hensley tacked on the final score of the day singling to right field, allowing Moreno to score to make it 5-4 in favor of CWU. 

PITCHING:
 

• Freshman Payton Kessler started her second ever collegiate game going six innings and allowing six hits, four runs, four earned runs, three walks, while getting four strikeouts against 28 batters. 
• Miller came in in the bottom of the seventh, allowing one hit against one batter. 
• Ashlee Laver secured the win for CWU securing the final three outs against four batters. 
• Hensley went the full seven innings for NNU allowing eight hits, five runs, four earned runs, one walk, while getting seven strikeouts against 30 batters. 

HITTING:
 

• The Wildcats finished with eight hits. 
• Hopkins, Benthagen, and Hvitved each had two hits, while Carpenter and Seaton each had one. 
• The Nighthawks had seven hits with two players getting two hits in the game.
• CWU left only four runners on base compared to the eight from NNU. 

UP NEXT:
 

• The Wildcats will head back to Ellensburg for a four-game series against the Montana State Billings Yellowjackets this Friday and Saturday. First pitch is set for 11:00 a.m. on Friday and 12:00 p.m. on Saturday with the second game on each day to follow approximately 30 minutes following the conclusion of game one.