Nevada advances in Softball Championships
The Wolf Pack won its first-ever NCAA Regional tournament game Friday by beating Purdue 4-1 in the first game of the Los Angeles bracket’s weekend tournament.
Nevada pitcher Katie Holverson threw a complete game, allowing one run and three hits.
Britton Murdock supplied the majority of the Wolf Pack offense with a three-run home run in the first inning.
Noelle Micka led-off the rally with a single, followed by a Brittany Puzey strikeout and a Vanessa Briones walk. Britton Murdock then hammered a two-strike pitch over the left-field fence, barely staying in fair territory.
The home run was all the run production Katie Holverson needed for the win.
Holverson struckout eight batters and walked three, moving her record to 21-6 on the season.
Nevada (42-16) will play tonight’s winner of UCLA (48-7) and Cal-State Fullerton (27-26-1) on Saturday. If the Wolf Pack losses it will move to the losers bracket for a chance to win and play in the Regional Championship game on Sunday.
The winner of the weekend bracket will advance to the Super Regionals next week.
The Wolf Pack has already played Cal-State Fullerton and UCLA this season. Friday’s game against Purdue was the first meeting of the season for the two teams.
Nevada lost to UCLA 10-1 on Feb. 8. Nevada pitcher Jordan McPherson threw 3.1 innings and allowed five earned runs in the Feb. 8 loss.
Tomorrow’s game is scheduled for 3 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
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