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| Recap, photo courtesy of Dominican |
Junior catcher Alexis Chinchilla led the Penguins (10-20, 3-11 PacWest) on offense, going 3 for 7 with a double and three RBI. Senior Tayler Munoz led the offense in the first game, finishing 2 for 4 with two RBI. Gaby Katafias (6-9) and Lauren Persi (2-7) both threw complete games in their starts in the circle for Dominican.
Alexandria Steen went 3 for 4 with a triple for the Cavaliers (13-13) in the first game. Tori Muir started the game but only lasted two innings. Jessica Lambourn carried Concordia for 4.1 innings, giving up six runs on six hits for her third loss of the season. Katafias got her sixth win of the season, allowing two earned runs and left nine runners stranded on base.
Concordia got the upper hand in the bottom of the first as Victoria O'Neill reached base on a fielding error by right fielder Munoz.
O'Neill scored on a fielder's choice for a 1-0 lead. The Penguins responded in the top of the second with three straight 2-out singles from Munoz, Alyssa Waltman, and Persi to tie the game 1-1, with Persi bringing home Munoz. Elena Cook led off the bottom of the frame with a single up the middle and scored on a Jordan Smith-Imes single going the same way to retake the 2-1 lead.
Dominican loaded the base in the first three at bats of the top of the third inning, but the Cavaliers recorded two ground outs to keep the Penguins off the board. Munoz then reached on a throwing error by O'Neill to score two runs and give Dominican the 3-2 lead. The Cavaliers tied it back up with three straight singles with Courtney Somers earning an RBI when she drove in Mckenzie Smith with a single up the middle.
Steen led off the bottom of the fifth with a first-pitch single up the middle. She advanced around the bases on a sacrifice bunt and a throwing error and scored on a single up the middle by Adrianna Rupright to make 4-3 in favor of Concordia.
The Penguins refused to go down easy, as Karitza Reyes led off the top of the seventh with a triple to center field and Alyssa Ramirez drove Reyes home with a single down the right-field line to tie the game 4-4. Alexis Chinchilla hit a go-ahead single through the left side to move Ramirez home and reclaim the lead 5-4. Munoz blew open the lead with a 2-RBI single up the middle, extending the Penguins' lead to 7-4 and Katafias stranded a leadoff triple by the Cavaliers at third to seal the final margin of victory.
Ryanne Huffman walked to become the first baserunner for the Wolves in the second game. A single up the middle by Cheyanne Rimer scored Huffman for the first run of the game. Vanessa Porto led off the bottom of the first with a walk in the bottom of the first. Reyes followed with a single and Ramirez drew a walk to load the bases for Dominican. Mady Christensen brought home Porto when she was hit by a pitch to tie the game and Alexis Chinchilla doubled to right to give the Penguins a 3-1 lead.
The next inning, Jenna Kelly tripled to right field on the first pitch of the at-bat, and Kennedy Coy singled through the left side to bring her in and cut the lead to 3-2. Kelly snuck another run in for the Wolves as her groundout to second base scored Allyson Drury to tie the game 3-3.
Christensen led off the bottom of the sixth with a double to left and advanced to third on a throwing error on the relay throw. Munoz followed with a sacrifice fly to right to give the Penguins back the lead at 4-3. The Wolves looked for the tie as Huffman and Mariah Deleon singled to lead off the top of the seventh and they advanced to second and third on a sacrifice bunt. Persi responded and got Nicole Miller to pop out to Haley Cheek in foul territory for the second out. Keely Bowlan secured the victory by catching a fly ball in shallow center for Dominican.
The Penguins continue tournament play in Turlock, California, Saturday facing Northwestern Nazarene University in game one at 9:30 am PDT and Simon Fraser University in game two at 11:30 am PDT. Live stats will be available online.
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