Photo Courtesy of Idaho State Athletics
Brandon Davis
Reporter
This past weekend the Weber State Wildcats softball team hosted the Idaho State Bengals in a three-game series with the Bengal losing all three games. The first game was a close one, 6-8; the next game with a score at 0-19; and the final game of the series ending 1-7. With this, The Bengals record is 6-13 for the season and 0-3 in Big Sky Conference play.
The first game in the series started strong with Idaho State scoring first with Isabel Cargill hitting a single, bringing in J.J. Martinez. After this, over the course of the next four innings, Weber State scored eight runs taking an 8-1 lead heading into the sixth. The Bengals could have taken the beating and just moved on, but instead, they chose to go back hard, and not let up. The sixth inning was a great display by The Bengals scoring five runs at the top of the sixth bringing the game to a very winnable position at 6-8. They closed out the sixth allowing no hits on the board. The seventh inning continued with the Bengals’ high-intensity play, but despite the tying run, Weber State prevented the comeback as ISU grounded out, ending the inning and the game.
Both teams had nine runs in the game, Cargill and Shea Perkins led the Bengals with two hits each.
Game two didn’t quite have the highs of Game One. Weber State got up early and kept the lead strong, scoring two in the first inning and 10 in the next. The game was cut short in the fifth inning when Weber State took their 19-0 lead leading to a run-rule victory.
Game three rounded out the series with another disappointing performance from the Bengals. Weber State took an early lead, scoring in every inning until the fifth. Weber State managed to keep the Bengals scoreless once again until the top of the seventh inning, when, with the bases loaded Weber State walked the batter leading to the only Bengal run. ISU had six hits in the game with two coming from Kaylee Butterworth. On four innings pitched, Mareena Ramirez had three strikeouts.
“We’ve got work to do,” said Coach Cristal Brown after the game. “It’s still early in conference but we need to pull it together quickly. Looking forward to doing that at home next weekend.”
Next week ISU plays at home, for the first time since 2019, against Southern Utah University. With that The Bengals look to snap their seven-game losing streak and get some much needed conference wins.
