Huskies Down Army, 5-0, To Open NCAA Regional Action

Thursday, May 18

Seattle, Wash.

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University of Washington

1-0

Army

0-1

Army

Washington

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May 18, 2000 | Softball

Box Score

By: Washington Athletics

May 18, 2000

Box Score

SEATTLE - The '00 Dawgs struck again. Washington slammed six doubles, a Husky postseason record, to down Army, 5-0, on the first day of the NCAA Regional No. 1 Tournament on Thursday in front of 1,513 fans at Husky Softball Stadium. In other action, Utah squeaked past Western Illinois, 1-0 in eight innings, and Mississippi State defeated Chattanooga, 6-1.

The Huskies will face Western Illinois on Friday at 12:30 p.m. The first game of the day will pit Army against Chattanooga at 10 a.m., with Mississippi State and Utah finishing the day at 3 p.m. The double-elimination tournament concludes on Sunday, with the winner advancing to the College World Series.

UW's Kelly Hauxhurst and Kim DePaul began the doubling action in the first inning for a run, and Melissa Downs doubled in the second before the next three Huskies went down in order. Rosie Leutzinger doubled to begin the third, and Jenny Topping knocked her 23rd homer of the year after Hauxhurst had singled to put the Dawgs up, 4-0.

Washington wasted DePaul's second double of the day, a leadoff shot in the fifth. But, one more run in the sixth came when Christie Rosenblad walked and moved around the bases on a passed ball, Leutzinger's second double of the day and a wild pitch. The Huskies pounded out 10 hits, the 21st time they have hit for double-digits. Jamie Graves (26-3) went the distance for Washington, striking out 10 and allowing just three hits. Leutzinger and DePaul both doubled twice.

The first game of the tournament went extra innings, as No. 3 seed Utah took eight innings to outlast fourth-seed Western Illinois, 1-0, despite eight hits by the Utes. Niki Hayhurst got an RBI single to score Molly McLean and end the game. WIU garnered four hits in the contest.

The Mississippi State-Chattanooga outing started out much the same, going scoreless through six-and-a-half innings. But second-seeded MSU exploded for six runs in the bottom of the fifth frame to put the game away. The Bulldogs got a triple and a double from Keri McCallum, a Port Orchard, Wash., native., as MSU sent 11 batters to the plate that inning. The Lady Mocs answered with a run in the bottom of the frame, and both teams turned in seven hits in the game.