T-Wolves softball sweeps Bulldogs
TREVAN PIXLEY | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 6 months AGO
COEUR d’ALENE — Jaidyn Inman started Game 1 of Sandpoint’s doubleheader against Lake City with a solo homerun. Aspen Schwenk hit a two-run shot in the third inning.
The Timberwolves still managed to get the 20-3 and 10-0 sweep of the Bulldogs.
Layla Gugino hit a solo homer in the second for Lake City to snap a 1-all tie. Hanah Stoddard added a solo shot in the second.
Sandpoint’s head softball coach, Elizabeth Hawkins-Williams, was pleased with the Bulldogs effort at the plate during Game 1.
“We hit really well,” Hawkins-Williams said. “Those two (Schwenk and Inman) are very similar. “If they get a hold of it, it has a chance of going over.”
Lake City’s Hope Bodak went 4 for 4 with a homer, three doubles, seven runs batted in and four runs scored in the opener for the Timberwolves.
Defensive miscues are what prevented Sandpoint from getting off the ground, according to Hawkins-Williams.
“We were not very sharp defensively,” Hawkins-Williams said. “Our errors cascaded into a lot of runs.”
In the second game, Kivia Barlow made her season debut on the mound for the Bulldogs.
“She took a bit more of a conservative approach to the mound,” Hawkins-Williams said. “But she was able to throw a lot of quality pitches.”
Lake City’s Layla Gugino and Brooklyn Wullenwaber combined for a five-inning two-hitter for the T-Wolves.
Sandpoint fell to 0-6 overall and 0-2 in Inland Empire League play. The Bulldogs will next play Bonners Ferry at 3 p.m. on Thursday in its home opener at Memorial Field.
FIRST GAME
Sandpoint 102 00 — 3 5 3
Lake City 265 7x — 20 13 2
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Cresanna Authier, Ashlyn Darling (2), Mayle Ducken (4) and Jaidyn Inman; Kylee Palmer and Hope Bodak.
HITS: Spt — Inman 2, Ducken, Schwenk, Darling. LC — Bodak 4, Gugino 2, Stoddard, Glenn 2, Clevenger, Chavez 3. 2B — Clevenger, Bodak 3, Gugino. HR — Inman, Schwenk, Stoddard, Bodak, Gugino.
SECOND GAME
Sandpoint 000 00 — 0 2 3
Lake City 051 4x — 10 10 0
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Kivia Barlow, Mayle Ducken (4) and Elizabeth Dysart; Layla Gugino, Brooklyn Wullenwaber (5) and Taylor Hill, Hope Bodak (5).
HITS: Spt — Darling, Cessna. LC — Bodak, Hill 2, Gugino, Stoddard, Glenn, Clevenger 3, Chavez. 2B ‚ Clevenger, Hill, Glenn, Gugino.
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