Warrior season ends at conference tournament

May 7, 2006

BOX SCORES - CORBAN VS. CONCORDIA | CORBAN VS. EASTERN OREGON

PORTLAND, Ore. - Corban College's softball team had its season come to an end Sunday at the 2006 Cascade Collegiate Conference post-season tournament thanks to losses to Concordia, 5-2, and Eastern Oregon, 8-2, at Delta Park.

Game #1 - Concordia 5, Corban 2

In the tournament opener, Concordia struck first with 3 runs on 3 hits capped by RBIs singles by Kelly Mannion and Rebekah Cox. The Cavaliers other run came via an RBI groundout by Kristin Donohue that scored Mannion from third. The Cavaliers plated another run in the 5th inning when Donohue singled scoring Brynn Ludwig.

Corban attempted a come back over the last two innings, as freshman Becca Shelamer (Central Point, Ore.) singled up the middle, scoring senior pinch runner Andrea Hansen (Canby, Ore.) in the 6th inning. Following another Cavalier run, the Warriors put another lone run on the board in the 7th via another RBI single up the middle by sophomore Lindsay Batey (Aloha, Ore.) that scored freshman Megan Gaylord (Portland, Ore.) from third.

Gaylord led the Warrior with a 2-for-3 performance, while Batey, Shelamer, and senior Rachel Hiatt (Sublimity, Ore.) each recorded a hit. Hiatt went the distance in the circle, allowing 5 runs (2 earned) on 8 hits, while striking out a game-high 6 Cavalier batters.

Game #2 - Eastern Oregon 8, Corban 2

In its final game of the season, Corban struggled for the first three innings and allowed Eastern Oregon to grab an early 2-0 lead before coming back in the 4th inning with a pair of runs. Sophomore Laura Santie (Seattle, Wash.) led off the stanza with a single and then advanced to third thanks to back-to-back walks to senior Monica Crumley (Gold Beach, Ore.) and junior Ashley Holder (Fairbanks, Alaska). One batter later, Shelamer knotted the game at 2-apiece with a 2-RBI single.

With the score tied at 2-2, the Mountaineers scored 6 unanswered runs on 5 hits and shut down the Warrior bats over the final three innings to eliminate Corban and end its season.

On the afternoon, Shelamer, Batey, and Santie recorded the Warriors' lone hits, while freshman starter Erin Sailors (Anchorage, Alaska) went the first 5 2/3 innings and allowed 8 earned runs on 8 hits before handing the ball over to Hiatt. The senior right-handers hurled the final 1 1/3 innings, allowing a mere hit to the Mountaineers.

In the two games, Gaylord led the Warrior hitters with a combined 2-for-5 performance, while Shelamer turned in a combined 2-for-6 effort with 3 RBIs.

Corban ends its season at 5-33 overall. Hiatt finished the season as the team's leading hitter at .392 (40-for-102) and anchored the Warrior pitching staff with a record of 4-15 and an ERA of 4.74.