DW COMBINE-It was a long nine-inning game on a cold, windy afternoon in Dayton during the DW vs. Desales softball game on April 13. The Irish led 2-0 after one inning before the Wolfpack took a 7-6 lead after four innings. The game was tied at 15-15 after seven innings. Both teams scored three runs in the eighth inning. The Irish scored five in the top of the ninth and held the Wolfpack to one run in the bottom of the inning to win 23-19. Nine fielding errors in the game were the downfall for DW.
Marrisa Tupling had four hits for DW. Maddi Gallardo had two hits, and Alyssa Segraves, Peyton Struckmeier, Sam Boggs, and Hendrix Groom each had one hit. Gallardo was the starting pitcher allowing ten hits, 19 walks, and five strikeouts.
The second game of the doubleheader was called after three innings due to darkness.
In the match played against Warden High School on Saturday, April 15, DW struggled to get hits against the Couger's pitchers. The lack of hits and fielding errors resulted in a 21-2 first-game loss and a 25-10 loss in game two.
DW allowed Warden batters to score 11 runs in the fifth inning to end the first game per the mercy rule. Groom, Segraves, Teagan Culley, and Lila Hutchens each had one hit for the Wolfpack. Groom had eight put-outs, and Gallardo had five. Kameryn Tupling pitched.
Warden scored 11 runs in the first inning of the second game. DW answered with three runs. Highlights were Hendrix Groom hitting two home runs in the game and DW scoring at least one run in all five innings. Struckmeier had three hits, Groom, Hutchens, and Segraves each had two hits, and M. Tupling had one hit in the loss. Gallardo pitched.
This season, the Wolfpack is 0-2 in district play and 4-5 overall.
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