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McKenna Hefley
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12
Winner Fort Lewis FLC 4-4
5
Northwest Nazarene NNU-SB 5-3
Winner
Fort Lewis FLC
4-4
12
Final
5
Northwest Nazarene NNU-SB
5-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Fort Lewis FLC 2 4 0 6 0 0 0 12 12 0
Northwest Nazarene NNU-SB 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 5 14 1

W: Trumbo, Kassidy (1-0) L: McNicoll,Maia (1-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Brian Kortz

Softball Piles up 12 Runs to Roll Past Northwest Nazarene

ST. GEORGE, Utah – Backed by an offense that tallied 12 runs on 12 hits, along with four home runs, the Fort Lewis College softball team cruised to a 12-5 win over Northwest Nazarene Saturday afternoon to conclude the Dixie State Courtyard Classic.

While Angelique Elemen added her normal home run for the day, McKenna Hefley drilled a pair of home runs, while Taylor Hollestelle also added a long ball. The offense was prolific right out of the gate, as FLC (4-4) plated two runs in the first and four more in the second to open up a 6-0 lead.

After two quick outs were recorded in the first, Elemen got the Skyhawks on the board when she took a 1-1 pitch and sailed it over the right-center field fence for the solo home run. McKenna Hefley followed that up with her own solo shot, as she took a 0-1 pitch and sent it over the center field wall for the 2-0 lead.

In the second, Cassie Sloan walked and then stole second. After a groundout moved her to third to mark the second out, another two out rally began. Hollestelle singled to center to plate Sloan and after Elemen worked a full-count walk, McKenna Hefley was ready again as she jumped on a 1-0 pitch and cracked it over the left-center field wall for a three-run homer to take a 6-0 lead.

Northwest Nazarene (5-3) got on the board in the third with an RBI single, but Kassidy Trumbo limited the damage to just a run leaving FLC with a 6-1 lead after three.

Hollestelle opened the fourth with a bang when she lifted a 2-2 pitch to left-center for a solo home run to open the frame and push the lead to 7-1. The inning was far from over when Elemen walked, McKenna Hefley was hit-by-pitch and then the bases were loaded when Kylie Hefley worked a full-count walk. Pilar Gutierrez singled up the middle on the first pitch to push across a run when pinch-runner Robyn Hall scored. After a fielder's choice out was recorded a home, Hunter Garcia smacked a double to left-center to bring in both Kylie Hefley and Gutierrez to move the lead to 10-1. To close the inning, Allison Young tallied a single up the middle to score both Sloan and Garcia to make it a 12-1 lead.

The Nighthawks kept the game alive in the bottom of the fifth, scoring four runs to extend the game to the sixth. Neither team would score over the final two innings to leave FLC with the 12-5 victory.

Northwest Nazarene ended up outhitting FLC 14-12 and the Nighthawks committed the only error.

Hollestelle, Elemen, McKenna Hefley and Gutierrez all recorded two hits apiece, while McKenna Hefley drove in four runs. Hollestelle, Young and Garcia added two RBI apiece. In the circle, Emily Morris started and went the first 2.1 innings and didn't allow a run, while posting three strikeouts. Trumbo ended up grabbing the win (1-0) as she came on in relief and went 1.2 innings allowing two earned runs. Dana Dwyer tossed two-thirds of an inning before Kelly Decker came on to finish the final 2.1 innings, allowing no runs.

Anna Williams went 4-4 to lead Northwest Nazarene, while Abigail Otto drove in two. In the circle, Maia McNicoll started and went the first three innings and ended up with the loss (1-1) after allowing eight earned runs.

Elemen had a tournament to remember, not only did she break the program home run and RBI records, but in the five games in Utah she hit .529 with nine hits, seven runs scored, three doubles, four home runs, six RBI, 24 total bases, a 1.412 slugging percentage and a .579 on-base percentage.

FLC will return to action Feb. 15-17 when they will compete in the Cactus Classic in Tucson, Ariz.
 
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