RICHLAND, Wash. - The Northwest Nazarene University softball team fell to Seattle University 4-0, Montana State Billings 8-0 and Central Washington 8-0 on Thursday at the Clarion Hotel Central Washington Invitational, hosted at the Columbia Playfields in Richland, Washington.

 

The losses drop the Crusaders to 0-9 on the season, with Rachel Bare (0-5) taking the losses in games one and three and Dana Shipley taking (0-3) the loss in game two.

 

The Crusaders will face Saint Martin's University at 11 a.m. and Western Oregon at 1:45 p.m. on Friday.

 

Complete statistics will not be available until after the press deadlines.  Game linescores follow...

 

Game One
Seattle 4, NNU 0
 
Seattle scored two in first, one in third, and one in fourth. Hit totals: Seattle 4 (Purdy 2, Berin, Cueto), NNU 2 (Lowery, Bare).
Error totals: NNU 5, Seattle 1
RBI: Cueto (Seattle)
 
Reynolds, Seattle: 7 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 3 K
Bare, NNU: 6 IP, 4 H, 4 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 2 K

 

Game Two
MSU Billings 8, NNU 0 (5 innings)

 

MSUB 110 33 -- 8 15 0
NNU 000 00 -- 0 5 1
Moore and Parsons. Shipley and Lowery. W--Moore (1-2). L--Shipley (0-3). 2B--MSUB, Davis (2), Moore (1). 3B--MSUB, J.Frank (1). RBI--MSUB, J.Frank 2, Davis 2, Stacks, Parsons, Moore, Bentley. T--1:26. Att--51.
 
Multi-hit games: MSUB--Davis (3 for 4), Stacks (3 for 3), Bentley (3 for 3), J.Frank (2 for 4), Moore (2 for 3). NNU--Free (2 for 3).
 
Pitching lines:
Moore (MSUB): 5 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 2 K
Shipley (NNU): 5 IP, 15 H, 8 R (8 ER), 2 BB, 1 K

 

Game Three
Central Wash. 8, NNU 0 (6 innings)

 

NNU 000 000 -- 0 3 1
CWU 103 022 -- 8 8 0
Bare, Shipley (5) and Free. Reime and Rossman. W--Reime (1-1). L--Bare (0-5). 2B--NNU, Bare (1). CWU, Holtman 2(4), Rossman (1). HR--CWU, Hawkins (1), Holtman (2). RBI--CWU, Holtman 3, Hawkins, Rossman, Mohr. T--1:20. Att--65.
 
Multi-hit games: CWU--Holtman (3 for 4)
 
Pitching lines:
Bare (NNU): 4+ IP, 5 H, 4 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 0 K
Shipley (NNU): 1.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R (4 ER), 4 BB, 0K
Reime (CWU): 6 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 2K