Lady Blues open first day of Big Blue Classic 3-0

March 15, 2002

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TOPEKA - The Washburn Lady Blues were perfect in the first day of action in the Ramada Inn Big Blue Classic as they topped Colorado Springs 4-0, Tarleton State 8-7 and South Dakota State 6-1. They will take on No. 4 seed Colorado Springs in the semifinals at 10 am on Saturday morning at the Washburn Softball Complex.

In the first game in a 4-0 win over Colorado-Colorado Springs, the Lady Blues' Ashley Perkins pitches five innings for win. Julie Blaufuss hit her third home run of season. Kristen Cheney, Keri Tanner and Katie Schmidt each hit doubles.

Against the TexAnns, the Lady Blues scored an exciting come-from-behind win scoring five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to record a 8-7 win. Molly Gleisberg's two-out single scored Jenny Fletcher and Brook Lyons with the go-ahead and winning runs. Earlier in the inning, Dara Clouse smashed her second home run of the season. Holly Reichel picked up the win tossing four innings in relief allowing one earned run.

In the final game of the day, the Lady Blues topped South Dakota State 6-1. Reichel picked up her second win throwing a complete game striking out five allowing one earned run, scattering seven hits. Julie Blaufuss was 2 for 4 with her fourth home run of the season and second of the day driving in two runs. Clouse also hit her second home run in as many games.

In other games, Tarleton State went 2-1 with a 9-2 win over Colorado Springs and a 16-6 win over South Dakota State and Colorado Springs fell to South Dakota State 9-2.

In the other game tomorrow, Tarleton State will take on South Dakota State with the winner of that game taking on the winner of the Washburn-Colorado Springs game for the championship. The losers of each game will take on each other in the consolation finals.