May 3, 2008

Yellowjacket Softball Sweeps Central Washington in Season Finale

     Game One
     Game Two

BILLINGS, Mont. – The Montana State Billings softball team ended the regular season with a sweep of Central Washington Saturday afternoon at Cenex Stadium, 6-0 and 5-2. With the victories, the Yellowjackets improve to 28-21 on the year and 16-8 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. 

MSUB, which started the season 6-15, came on strong going 22-6 the rest of the way. 

In the opener, Jenna Haacke, Terina Stacks and Stephanie Gosselin each had two hits to lead the team in the 6-0 victory.  Lisa Moore (12-5) went the distance in the circle, scattering four hits, with three walks and seven strikeouts.

The Yellowjackets opened the scoring in the bottom of the first courtesy of two costly errors by the Wildcats on a RBI single by Davis for a 1-0 lead.  In the third, Stacks lined a RBI single for a 2-0 lead. 

MSUB plated four runs in the fourth helped out by two more CWU errors.  Gosselin led-off the inning with a solo home run followed by a two RBI single by Jessica Frank and she later scored on an error for a 6-0 lead.

In the nightcap, Kelly Parsons singled to left field in the bottom of the second, scoring Stacks for a 1-0 lead.  The Wildcats tied the game in the third with a RBI single to left.

The Jackets regained the lead in the fourth as Crystal Bentley scored Alyssa Frank on a single to right field for a 2-1 lead.  Just as before, CWU tied the game in the sixth on a solo home run and began to take some momentum.

A double by Jessica Frank in the bottom of the inning plated the first of three runs as the Jackets regained control.  Haacke scored two runs later in the inning with a single up the middle for a 5-2 lead.

CWU had two hits in the top of the seventh, but were unable to score. 

Haacke went 3 for 4 in the second game with two RBIs to lead the team.  Rebekah Tsatsa began the game for the Jackets, but Lindsey Trenary came in relief and picked up the victory.  Tsatsa went 5.1 innings, seven hits, two earned runs and a walk.  Trenary allowed just two hits in her 1.2 innings to close the door.