Sixth Postseason No-Hitter In UW History Takes Huskies To Supers

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Sixth Postseason No-Hitter In UW History Takes Huskies To Supers

May 19, 2019 | Softball

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SEATTLE – The Washington Huskies advanced to Super Regionals in historic fashion, riding power bats and the sixth postseason no-hitter in program history in an 8-0 win over Mississippi State. Gabbie Plain faced the minimum in the game, her fourth career no-hitter, with just one walk allowed the only blemish.

Plain was brilliant through the game, striking out ten. Only three balls left the infield all day, all routine flyouts. It was the third no-hitter she has thrown this season alone. She now has a 0.66 ERA in postseason play.

Morganne Flores homered again, giving her three this weekend and seven postseason homers in her career. Emma Helm also homered in the game with a blast in the fifth inning in addition to an RBI double in the seventh.

Washington is now 33-1 in Regional games when hosting under Heather Tarr's leadership, with 28 consecutive wins in the Regional round in Seattle. The Huskies will now host Kentucky next weekend in Super Regionals.

Gabbie Plain and the Husky defense complete the no-hitter!#NCAASoftball // #MightyAreTheWomen

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		SCORING
First Inning: Two hits and a walk by Washington's first three batters put the Huskies on the board. After Sis Bates scored on a Sami Reynolds single, Kaija Gibson's groundout made it 2-0. Fifth Inning: With Bates on following a leadoff single, Flores went deep for the third time this weekend, plopping a high flyball over the leftfield wall. Helm joined in the power part soon thereafter as she sent a hard liner over the right-center wall for a three-run shot and a 7-0 lead. Seventh Inning: Back-to-back doubles by Madison Huskey and Helm brought in another insurance run.

		NOTES
Flores (2x3, 2 HR, 4 RBI) is now the eighth Husky ever to hit 40 homers in their career. Flores has the sixth 20+ homer year by a Husky ever. This was Flores' fourth multi-homer game this year and second postseason game with multiple home runs. Flores is the only Husky in school history with multiple two-homer postseason games. Alvelo (7.0 IP, 0 BB, 8 K) has not walked a batter in 20.1 innings. In her last ten appearances, Alvelo has a 0.69 ERA, with 39 baserunners and 71 strikeouts. Helm (3x3, R, 2B) tied her career high with three hits. Bates (2x3, 2 R) now has 20 multi-hit games, her second year in a row with 20 multi-hit games.

Washington heads to Super Regionals, which they will host next weekend against Kentucky.

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