BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The Central Washington Wildcats softball team fall to the talons of the #1 seed Northwest Nazarene Nighthawks on day one of the GNAC Tournament.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

·       Final: Central Washington (0), Northwest Nazarene (1).

·       Records: CWU (17-29), NNU (38-8)

SCORING:

·       The Nighthawks squeezed one run in during the bottom of the fifth inning, Jami Obringer scored after a pop fly out to right field by Emma Mulligan.

PITCHING:

·       Ashlee Laver pitched another complete game for the Wildcats allowing six hits, one run, zero walks, and struck out two out of the twenty-four batters faced.

·       Sidney Booth pitched seven innings for the Nighthawks allowing, three hits, four runs, and struck out seven out of the twenty-eight batters faced.

HITTING:

·       The Wildcats finished with three hits with Laney Kaysner leading with two, and Serena Perez having one hit.

·       The Nighthawks ended with six hits with Abigail Gagnon and Obringer each having two hits. Mulligan and Clarissa Moreno each having one.

SERIES HISTORY:

·       The Wildcats and Nighthawks have met 121 times with CWU owning the series of 84-37.

UP NEXT:

·       The Wildcats are not finished yet and will be back in action tomorrow facing off against the #3 seed Saint Martin's University at 12:30 p.m. in an elimination game.