Box Score
OGDEN, Utah (May 14, 2016) – Weber State became the first two-time champion in conference history as the No. 1 seeded Wildcats defeated No. 3 seed Idaho State 4-2 in the final game of the 2016 Big Sky Conference Softball Championship presented by Red Lion® Hotels.
Weber State will play in their second NCAA Tournament beginning next week. The Wildcats will find out who their opponent will be as ESPNU broadcasts the NCAA selection show at 8 p.m. Mountain.
Tatiana Su’esu’e picked up the win in 2.1 innings of relief action. The freshman stuck out one batter and allowed just one hit. Ashlyn Ames picked up the loss in six innings of five-hit action.
Ames and WSU starter, Kirtlyn Bohling, had a pitching battle going into the fourth when the Wildcats finally got on the board thanks to a sac fly by Sara Hingsberger.
ISU answered with two runs in the top of the fifth on an RBI single by Sarah Hayes and a RBI triple by Kacie Burnett.
Weber State’s Kristyn Kubo added some insurance with a two-out homerun in the bottom of the sixth.
Katelyn Marquez and Hayes both went 2-for-4 with a run for the Bengals. Aubrey Whitmer led WSU with two hits in three appearances with an RBI. Whitmer, who was named the Big Sky Player of the Year earlier this week, earned the 2016 Tournament MVP honor.
2016 Big Sky All-Tournament Team
Aubrey Whitmer, WSU (MVP)
McKinley Brinkerhoff, WSU
Kirtlyn Bohling, WSU
Sara Hingsberger, WSU
Molly Horne, WSU
Sophie Slagle, ISU
Alex Portesi, ISU
Kacie Burnett, ISU
Katelyn Marquez, ISU
Shelby Johnson, SAC
Jessica Ravetti, SAC
Zamari Hinton, SAC
Sydney Stites, UM
Alex Wardlow, UM
Delene Colburn, UM
Megan Reed, SUU