TURLOCK, Calif. – The Western Oregon softball team wrapped up their three-day trip to Turlock with a pair of losses in the 2017 Tournament of Champions. The Wolves fell to San Francisco State, 2-1, and Sonoma State, 4-2, on Sunday to finish the tournament with a 4-2 record.
 
WOU slips to 14-13 overall for the season.
 
GAME ONE – SF State 2, Western Oregon 1
Western Oregon scored a run in the top of the first in classic fashion. Kelsie Gardner laid down a perfect bunt single and advanced to second on a sacrifice from Ryanne Huffman. On the next pitch, Destiny Kuehl singled to center, scoring Gardner for the 1-0 lead.
 
The lead held until the Gators scored twice in the bottom of the fourth. WOU had the tying run at third in the top of the fifth after a two-out triple from Kuehl, but SF State held the Wolves from getting another base runner into scoring position the rest of the game.
 
Sammi Cadwallader pitched well in the low-scoring game. She allowed two runs on three hits with a walk, striking out two. The losing decision dropped Cadwallader to 5-2 on the season.
 
Kuehl went 3 for 4 in the game while Gardner was 2 for 4 with a run scored.
 
GAME TWO – Sonoma State 4, Western Oregon 2
The Wolves and red-hot Seawolves each tallied a run in the first inning. Gardner led off the game with a double down the left field line. After a ground ball moved Gardner to third, Chandler Bishop singled into left-center to knock in Gardner.
 
Ashlee Lynch gave WOU a 2-1 lead in the top of the third with a RBI double, scoring Kuehl.
 
Sonoma State answered back with two runs in the bottom of the third to retake the lead and added an insurance run in the fifth to build a two-run cushion.
 
In the circle, Lizzet Dominguez allowed four runs on seven hits with a strikeout. Haley Fabian threw one shutdown inning with a strikeout in relief.
 
Each team had eight hits with the Wolves being led by a 2 for 4 game from Kuehl.
 
NOTES
- Kuehl was named to the al-tournament team hitting .500 for the weekend (11-22) with two doubles, a triple, a home run and four RBI
 
- Western Oregon had the third-highest batting average in the tournament hitting .329 as a team collectively.   
 
- The Wolves went 4-2 at the TOC to secure the first winning record at the event since 2010. WOU had gone 2-4 in each of the last two years in Turlock.
 
NEXT UP
The Wolves return to GNAC play hosting Northwest Nazarene in a four-game series beginning Friday, April 7. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.