Story by NPCC Athletic Communications
The season is officially over for the North Platte Community College softball team.
The Knights dropped their final game of the Region IX Tournament in Columbus Sunday afternoon to Southeast Community College.
The Knights fell behind early and sustained an 11-5 loss despite outhitting the Storm 10-6. Angelina Lockhart and Elena Montoya collected two hits each to lead NPCC.
Lockhart led things off in the pitcher’s circle for North Platte. The righthander allowed five hits and nine runs over three innings, striking out four and walking one. Jenelle Gudjonson threw three innings in relief out of the bullpen.
“Offensively, we hit decent today, but defensively, we were pressing, and when you press, errors happen,” said NPCC Head Softball Coach Janelle Higgins. “We gave up too many unearned runs to get the win. This is a great group of ladies, and they left it all on the field today. We just came up short. We thank our sophomores for their leadership and dedication to our program and leading by example. To our freshmen, let this feeling fuel your fire for next season. To our community, administration, fans, parents and assistant coaches, we thank you for all the support.”
North Platte ends the season 15-31.