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Photo contributed by Jennifer Faith Photography
Sophomore pitcher Ashely Devincenzi defends the home plate at the Saints' softball game against Walla Walla Community College on Friday. The Saints won the game 6-5.
Saints softball takes third at NWAACC tournament
The Advocate
The softball team took home third place from the NWAACC tournament last weekend.
Sunday's games in the NWAACC tournament broke the Saints win streak when they lost to both Lower Columbia and Clackamas.
In game one against the Lower Columbia Red Devils the Saints lost 21-16. In the first inning the Saints put 4 runs on the board while the Red Devils managed one.
In the second inning the Saints scored two more runs pulling ahead of Lower Columbia who had 2 runs. Although the Saints scored another run in the third inning the Red Devils came back and scored six, taking over the lead. Both teams scored 3 runs in the 5th inning and the Red Devils scored another 3 in the sixth inning keeping the game out of reach for the Saints who scored 6 more runs by the seventh inning to the 7 runs scored by Lower Columbia.
In game two the Clackamas Cougars shut down MHCC, winning 20-6. The Cougars came out strong in the first two innings scoring 6 runs in the first and 8 in the second. By the bottom of the third inning the score was 16-1. The Saints put 5 more runs on the board and the Cougars put 4.
Clackamas went on to battle Lower Columbia for the NWAACC title and won both games.
The team's first game Friday, May 18 had promise however, when the Saints beat the fourth seeded Walla Walla warriors 6-5. With the score tied in the fourth inning both teams added a run to the board each inning until the Saints scored in the seventh inning winning the game.
In game two against the Clackamas Cougars, the Saints again won by a run ending the game 3-2. The Saints got two runs in the first inning which the Cougars matched in the second inning. The Saints then scored again in the sixth inning to get the win.
Continuing the trend of remaining one run ahead, Mt. Hood kept their momentum Saturday beating the number one seeded Wenatchee Valley Knights 1-0. The Saints scored a run in the fifth inning.
In game two the Clackamas Cougars shut down MHCC, winning 20-6. The
Cougars came out strong in the first two innings scoring 6 runs in the first and 8 in the second. By the bottom of the third inning the score was 16-1. The Saints put 5 more runs on the board and the Cougars put 4.
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