Weber State University Athletics
Weber State University
Great Falls
Wildcat softball sweeps Great Falls on Tuesday
3/27/2013 1:59:00 AM | Softball
OGDEN, Utah – The Weber State University softball team romped to a doubleheader sweep of Great Falls on Tuesday afternoon.
The Wildcats racked up 19 hits and scored 19 runs as they defeated the Argos 7-0 and then 12-4 at Wildcat Softball Field.
Freshman infielder Brooke Ford had four hits, including two doubles and a triple, as she recorded a career-high seven RBI. Junior shortstop Brooke Silva was 4-of-7 at the plate, including a double and a home run, finishing the afternoon with four RBI.
Freshman infielder Alyson Kulp, freshman infielder Krystin Kubo, sophomore outfielder Kortney Jensen and sophomore catcher Janel Cunningham each had two hits on the afternoon. Freshman outfielder Rudi Barrios had four runs scored, along with a hit, and freshman outfielder Jazmine Thompson and sophomore designated player Stephanie Mathias each had hits.
Sophomore right-hander Morgan Allaband earned both wins, allowing just three hits and no runs with 11 strikeouts in 8.2 innings of work.
In all, Weber State finished with seven extra base hits, including five doubles, a triple, and a home run, earning its second doubleheader sweep in the last five days. The Wildcats (6-21 overall, 2-1 Big Sky) have won four of their past five games heading into a key Big Sky series with league tri-leader Portland State on Friday and Saturday at Wildcat Softball Field.
Weber State stormed out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning of the opening game, with Silva hitting the home run to get things going. After Cunningham and Barrios single, Ford hit a two RBI double that made it 3-0, before scoring on an error by second base.
Silva hit an RBI single to left field in the second inning to score senior outfielder London Clarke, making it 5-0, and then the Wildcats added two more in the fourth to make a 7-0 lead.
In the second game, Weber State scored eight runs in the final two innings to earn the run-rule victory after Great Falls had rallied to tie the game up at 4-4 in the top of the fifth.
The Wildcats took a 1-0 lead after Kulp doubled, then stole third, and scored on an error by the Argos' catcher.
Great Falls tied it up at 1-1 on a home run in the second, with the Wildcats going ahead 3-1 again after Kulp hit a two RBI single to center field. The Argos scored twice in the top half of the fifth to make it 4-4, but it didn't stay that way for long as Ford hit a three RBI triple to left field, followed by Kubo who doubled down the left field line to make it 8-4.
After putting the Argos down quickly in the sixth, the Wildcats loaded the bases with one out, scoring on a walk by Barrios and then Ford came up, blasting a double to center field that scored two runs, making it 11-4. Kubo ended the game with an RBI single, scoring Barrios from third base for the final eight-run margin.
