RICHLAND, Wash. - The Northwest Nazarene softball team fell 11-1 to Sonoma State and 6-3 to Western Washington on Saturday afternoon in their final two games of the Clarion Hotel Central Washington Invitational, hosted at the Columbia Playfields in Richland, Washington.

 

Kate Free led the Crusaders, going three-for-seven on the day, as the Crusaders fell to 0-13 on the season with the pair of losses.

 

Rachel Bare (0-7) and Dana Shipley (0-5) were each tagged with pitching losses in the circle with Kayla Leford (2-0) earning the win for Sonoma State (7-8) and Emily Hardin (2-1) getting the win for Western Washington.

 

NNU led early in both games on Saturday, scoring one run in the first against Sonoma State when Free's lead-off single eventually scored on a Haley Hevern RBI double.  NNU would also grab a 2-0 lead in the first against Western Washington (8-4) with a pair of unearned runs thanks to two WWU errors.  WWU would score three in the fourth and three in the sixth, while Sonoma State answered with two in the second, two in the sixth and seven in the seventh.

 

The Crusaders will open GNAC play next weekend when they travel to Saint Martin's University on Thursday and Western Oregon University on Friday.

 

Game One

 

Sonoma State 11, Northwest Nazarene 1 (Mar 01, 2008 at Richland, WA)
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Sonoma State........ 020 002 7 - 11 12  2      (7-8)
Northwest Nazarene.. 100 000 0 -  1  5  4      (0-12)
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Pitchers: Sonoma State - Ledford. Northwest Nazarene - Bare; Shipley(5).
Win-Ledford(2-0)  Loss-Bare(0-7)  T-2:15  A-33
HR SSU - Cordova (1).
Game notes:
Clarion Hotel Central Washington Invitational
Game: CWI19

 

Game Two

 

Western Washington 6, Northwest Nazarene 3 (Mar 01, 2008 at Richland, WA)
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Western Washington.. 000 303 0 -  6 11  5      (8-4)
Northwest Nazarene.. 200 001 0 -  3  5  1      (0-13)
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Pitchers: Western Washington - Jorgensen; Hardin(1); Rosencrants(6). Northwest Nazarene -
Shipley; Bare(6).
Win-Hardin(2-1)  Save-Rosencrants(1)  Loss-Shipley(0-5)  T-1:53  A-89
Game notes:
Clarion Hotel Central Washington Invitational
Jorgensen faced 4 batters in the 1st.
Game: CWI23