University of Washington
22-2
Boise State
15-10
No. 4/4 Huskies Take Final Two Games In Fullerton
March 20, 2011 | Softball
March 20, 2011
FULLERTON, Calif. - Six games in four days at the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, Calif., and the No. 4/4 UW softball team came out of it with a 4-2 record and improved to 23-2 overall.
The Huskies got a hard-fought win over Illinois (11-11) in the morning game Sunday, 3-2 in nine innings and then defeated a pesky Boise State team (15-10) by a score of 4-1 in the afternoon.
Game One - No. 4/4 Washington 3, Illinois 2 (9 innings)
Box Score 
It was the third extra inning game of the year for UW as the Huskies improved to 2-1 in those games and 2-0 in nine inning games. It was also the second-straight extra inning game as the Huskies fell to No. 9/8 Oklahoma 7-6 in eight innings on Saturday.
Illinois took an early 1-0 lead in the third as Alex Booker scored on a double to left by Danielle Zymkowitz. Junior Jenna Clifton (Glendale, Ariz.) got her second start of the season and allowed one run on four hits in 2.1 innings.
Junior Kimi Pohlman (Sammamish, Wash.) tied the game in the third with an inside the park home run. She hit the ball to left field and it rolled to the fence. The left fielder was playing up and it gave the speedy Pohlman time to go all the way home.
Zymkowitz scored in the sixth as the Illini re-took the lead 2-1.
In their half of the sixth, the Huskies tied the game as junior Taylor Smith (Olympia, Wash.) reached base on an error. Sophomore Maggie Wagner (Woodinville, Wash.) pinch ran for her and scored when senior Morgan Stuart (Riverside, Calif.) reached on a second Illini error in the inning.
After no runs in the seventh or the eighth with the international tiebreaker rule, sophomore Shawna Wright (Lancaster, Calif.) started the ninth on second. Freshman Victoria Hayward (Mountain View, Calif.) hit an infield single and her classmate Kaitlin Inglesby (Portland, Ore.) walked to load the bases for Pohlman. Pohlman hit the game-winning single to left to drive in Wright.
The Huskies had nine hits in the game led by senior Jenn Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) and Pohlman with two each.
Inglesby got the win in the circle improving to 12-1 on the season. She pitched 6.2 innings in relief, allowing just one run (unearned) on one hit with six strikeouts.
Game Two - No. 4/4 Washington 4, Boise State 1
Box Score
In the first-ever meeting between UW and Boise State the Broncos didn't make it easy but in the end the Huskies prevailed with some great pitching for the win.
Freshman Whitney Jones (Upland, Calif.) earned the start pitching four hitless innings. She would get the win to improve to 5-0 on the season.
Wright hit a solo home run in the second to give the Huskies the early lead, her fourth of the season.
Inglesby hit a solo home run of her own to lead off the third to left field, her sixth of the year. Pohlman also scored in the inning on a single by junior Niki Williams (Mission Viejo, Calif.) for a 3-0 lead.
Pohlman also scored the fourth run after her triple and a single to right by Salling in the fifth.
Boise State's lone run came in the top of the seventh.
Inglesby picked up her third save of the season, allowing one run on four hits with five strikeouts in 3.0 innings.
Washington heads to Bakersfield, Calif., for a doubleheader on Tuesday beginning at noon with Cal State Bakersfield.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jones, Whitney (5-0)
L: Work, L. (0-3)
S: Inglesby, Kaitlin (3)
Batting:
RBI: Bridges, D. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Caplan, K. 1
SB: Sweeney, K. 1
Batting:
3B: Pohlman, Kimi 1
HR: Wright, Shawna 1 ; Inglesby, Kaitlin 1
RBI: Salling, Jenn 1 ; Williams, Niki 1 ; Wright, Shawna 1 ; Inglesby, Kaitlin 1
SH: Hayward, Victoria 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pohlman, Kimi 2 ; Wright, Shawna 1 ; Inglesby, Kaitlin 1
SB: Pohlman, Kimi 1 ; Salling, Jenn 1 ; Williams, Niki 1
HBP: Hayward, Victoria 1
