DW girls slide into #2 seed in District playoffs

RICHLAND, Wash.-Sat., May 4, the DW softball team played a doubleheader against Liberty Christian, securing the number two seed at districts. In game one, DW scored two runs in the top of the first inning to take the early lead. Liberty Christian came back to score three unanswered runs to take a 3-2 lead. DW would load the bases in the 4th inning but left runners stranded. Errors would allow Liberty Christian to add insurance runs and hold on to win 5-2 in a low scoring game.

The loss in game one made game two very important. Both teams entered the final game of the regular season in a tie for the #2 seed for the district playoffs. The district playoffs reward the #1 and #2 seeds with a first-round bye. The #3, #4, #5, and #6 teams have to play an extra elimination game in the round robin style tournament.

Game two would start with DW scoring a single run in the first inning and then falling behind going into the third inning. It would be in the 3rd inning that DW's bats would come to life, batting around and scoring seven in the inning.

The big hits that inning were doubles by Mackenzie Dobbs and Kylee Laughlin. Mackenzie's double was hit deep into the outfield and for a brief moment she went into a home run trot before hustling into 2nd. From that point DW stayed comfortably ahead and scored four in the 5th and two big runs in the 7th to win 14-9.

They start the district playoffs on Fri. May 10 with games at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. in Pasco at the TRAC.

Game One DW - 2, LC - 5

AB H BB HBP R

T.Laughery 2 1 0 2 1

K.White 4 2 0 0 1

M.Dobbs 3 2 1 0 0

N.Bryan 3 0 0 1 0

S.Seney 4 1 0 0 0

K.Laughlin 4 1 0 0 0

M. Forney 2 0 1 0 0

E. Steinhoff 3 0 0 0 0

T.Larsen 2 0 1 0 0

27 7 3 3 2

2B – McKenzie Dobbs

Game Two DW - 14, LC - 9

AB H BB HBP R

T.Laughery 5 3 1 0 2

K.White 4 1 2 0 2

M.Dobbs 6 5 0 0 2

N.Bryan 5 4 0 0 2

M. Forney 3 0 2 0 2

K.Laughlin 4 2 1 0 2

E. Steinhoff 5 4 0 0 1

S. Seney 5 2 0 0 0

M. Summers 3 2 2 0 1

40 21 8 0 14

2B – McKenzie Dobbs, Tatumn Laughery, Kylee Laughlin