Bulldogs softball swept Skagit Valley, Douglas and Everett in North Region play this past week to improve their North Region record to 18-0 and their overall record to 34-3.
Traveling north to Mount Vernon, the Bulldogs beat Skagit Valley on Friday, April 27, by scores of 13-0 and 16-0. Danielle Orvella picked up the win in game one, and Danielle Jackman picked up the win in game two, while Emilly Cunningham closed out both games on the mound. Offensive contributors in game one were Jessica Tingley (3-4), Autumn Isaacson (homerun), and in game two, Haylee Baker (4-4), Lindsey West (3-4, HR), Brittany Parkhurst (3-4) and Jackman (HR).
On Saturday, April 28, the Bulldogs headed into Canada to take on the Douglas College Royals. Game one was a battle as Orvella threw seven solid innings to pick up the win. The Bulldogs, down 3-4 in the seventh with one out, came fighting back. Baker walked, West hit a triple off the wall to score the tying run, then Tingley hit a two-run homerun to put the Bulldogs ahead 6-4. Orvella then shut out Douglas getting the first three hitters in the seventh to secure the come-from-behind win. In game two, the Bulldogs proved too much for Douglas beating them 14-2 behind the solid pitching efforts of Jackman and a team total 12 hits.
Back on their home field, the Bulldogs faced North Region rival Everett on Tuesday, May 1. The first game started out as a seesaw battle through four innings as the teams changed leads each inning. Bellevue, down 4-6 in the fourth, exploded for 10 runs in the fourth and fifth innings to end the game by the 7-run rule 14-6. Offensively, the Bulldogs were led by long balls from Shelby Poole, Tingley, Baker, Nicole Barger and Emily Guluarte. Emilly Cunningham picked up the win in the game. The Bulldogs finished the day winning 8-2 in game two. Jackman threw seven strong innings in the winning effort.
Up next, the Bulldogs travel to Edmonds on Saturday, May 5, with games at noon and 2:00 p.m., then play Shoreline in their annual game at Husky Softball Stadium on Sunday, May 6, games again at noon and 2:00 p.m. The Bulldogs return home to host their final regular season game on Friday, May 11, facing Olympic at 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Last Updated January 29, 2014
