SEARCY, Ark. – The Missouri Western softball team’s season came to an end Saturday with a 7-3 loss to Winona State in the NCAA Division II Central Regional.

The Griffons couldn’t overcome an early 7-0 deficit after Winona State scored two runs in the first and five in the third, though they found some offense in the bottom half of the third with two runs.

NOTABLES
– The Griffons got their first hit of the regional tournament in the third when Katie Klosterman hit a two-out, RBI double off the wall in left. Sydney Washington followed with a single to right. She got caught in a run-down between first and second that allowed Klosterman to score before Washington was thrown out.

– Washington scored the Griffons’ third run in the sixth when Megan Korgie reached on an error

– Winona State scored all seven of its runs with two outs

– Missouri Western left five runners on base, drawing two walks, a hit batter and getting five hits after being no-hit in its regional opener against Harding

– It was the final game for six Griffon seniors who won 157 games in their career and became the only class in program history to qualify for four regional tournaments

TOP PERFORMERS
– Washington was 2 for 3 with a run scored in her final game as a Griffon

– Shelby Uhl went 2 for 3 with a walk to finish her sophomore season with a .333 batting average, third highest on the team

– Barbara Billingsley held Winona State scoreless through 4 and a third innings of relief. The junior gave up six hits, but walked just one and struck out two.

— MWSU Athletics —