LAMAR, Colo. – The Western Nebraska Community College softball received two home runs from Arianah Plorin and one home run from Morgan Dustin in registering a conference doubleheader win over Lamar Community College Saturday in Lamar, Colorado.

                Game one saw the Cougars plate six runs in the second inning while pounding out 10 hits in the 10-2 win.

                Game two saw Plorin slap two home runs and the Cougars pounded out 12 hits and scored 16 times in the 16-8, five-inning win.

                Plorin said the team stayed together to get the two important conference, which also snapped a 10-game losing streak.

                "Everyone had a lot of heart and hustle," Plorin, the sophomore from Casper, Wyoming, said. "These two wins set the tone for Cougar softball for the rest of the conference."

                The two wins were a good team effort as WNCC scored runs and the defense kept runs in check from Lamar.

                "Everyone did their part individually and as a team," she said. "There is still for improvement, but we all came together and got the job done."

                Game one started out as both teams scored a run. Lamar plated one but WNCC answered in the bottom of the first as Devyn Priselac reached on an error, stole second and third, and scored on another error to tie the game.

                Lamar went up 2-1 with a run in the second, but WNCC answered with six runs in the second for a 7-2 lead. The inning started as DemiRae Woolsey led off with a solo home run. Erin Hurst followed with a one-out single and scored on a 2-out Victoria Wharton single. Priselac and Avery Fox followed with singles and then Dustin got a 3-run home run for the 7-2 lead.

                Neither team scored in the third, but WNCC plated one in the fourth as Wharton led off with a single and game in to score on a Fox single.

                WNCC put the game away with two in the fifth. Sianna Lewis led off with a single followed by a double by Woolsey. Both runners came in to score to end the game on the 8-run rule.

                WNCC pounded out 10 hits in the contest with three players registering multiple hits. Wharton was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, while Fox went 2-for-2 with a run scored. Woolsey went 2-for-3 with double, home run, two runs scored, and two RBIs.

                Fox picked up the pitching win, allowing five hits while striking out two and not walking a batter.

                The second game saw the Cougars score 16 times on 12 hits in the 8-run-rule contest. Lamar started things with three runs in the first inning only to watch the Cougars plate 10 runs in the bottom of the first on six hits. WNCC scored nine of their runs with two outs. The big hits included back-to-back run-scoring doubles from Priselac and Fox for the 10-3 lead.

                Lamar scored two more runs in the top of the second to cut the deficit in half, but WNCC put up another run with a lead-off home run off the bat of Plorin for the 11-5 lead.

                Lamar answered in the top of third to make it 11-6 and then held WNCC scoreless in the bottom of the third. The Lopes added two more runs in the top of the fourth to make it 11-8.

                WNCC picked up the offense in the bottom of the fourth with four runs. Plorin started the offensive rally with another solo home run. Dustin then scored two more runs with a double to make it 15-8.

                WNCC ended the game via the 8-run-rule in the bottom of the fifth as DemiRae Woolsey was hit by a pitch and came around to score on a Plorin single for the game-ending run.

                Plorin led the Cougars at the plate with a 3-for-3 day with two RBIs, three runs scored, and two home runs. Wharton, Dustin, and Lewis all had two hits as well. Wharton had three runs scored with an RBI, while Dustin had a double with two RBIs.

                DesaRae Woolsey picked up the win going three innings in allowing five hits, five runs, and walking two. Caley Leslie pitched two innings in allowing five hits and three runs.

                WNCC, 2-10 overall and 2-0 in conference play, will be back in action Sunday with a single game with Lamar down in Lamar, Colorado.

Game 1

Lamar                    110 00 – 2 5 4
WNCC                   160 12 – 10 10 4

WP – Avery Fox.

2B – DemiRae Woolsey.

HR – Morgan Dustin, DemiRae Woolsey.

Game 2
Lamar                    321 20 – 8 10 6

WNCC                   (10)10 41 – 16 12 1

WP – DesaRae Woolsey.

2B – Devyn Priselac, Avery Fox, Morgan Dustin.

HR – Arianah Plorin.