Bellevue didn't stand a chance on Saturday, as Lady Falcons captured a blowout 15-2 win in six innings vs Bellevue at Eastmont.

Falcons scored five runs in the sixth on a single by Sara Taketa, a passed ball, an RBI single by Rochelle Taicz, an RBI single by Alena Jones, and an RBI single by Kathryn Hatlen.

Falcons was led by a flawless day at the dish by Alena, who went 4-4 against Bellevue's pitching.

Kathryn struck out seven, paving the way for a Falcons win. Kathryn allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks over 5 2/3 innings.

The bottom of the first saw Bellevue take an early lead, 2-0. A two-run blast by Rogers, plating started the inning off.

Falcons never surrendered the lead after the third inning, scoring four runs on two singles and a two-run triple by Sara.

Falcons tacked on another four runs in the fourth. The inning got off to a hot start when Alena singled, scoring Rochelle.

Falcons added two more runs in the top of the fifth. A passed ball scored Rochelle to get Falcons on the board in the inning.

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These girls came to play. Lauryn pitched the entire game giving up only three runs while the batters came up with hit after hit to build an 18-3 run rule victory in 5 innings. I am looking forward to seeing much more from these proud Falcons!

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Katie Kelly took the mound and went the whole way as the JV had a hitfest with the Eastmont team. Gina hit an over the fence homer to give the crowd a reason to get up out of their seats!

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Home opener last night saw Woodinville take on a talented young team from Monroe who jumped out to an early lead in the first inning with a 2 run home run.  The Lady Falcons jumped right back in the bottom of the second inning when Kathryn Hatlen led off with a double followed by a 2 run homerun by Alyssa O'Farrell to tie it up 2-2. 

Freshmen pitchers Lauryn Rhinehart and Olivia Riener kept the Bearcats at bay keeping the game close with solid pitching backed by solid defense into the 7 inning where the score was tied 3-3.  Lady Falcons put a couple of runners on base and Kathryn Hatlen comes through with a walk-off rbi single to win the game for Woodinville 4-3.   Again a team win with great offense and defense.

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Kicking off the 2014 season on the road, the Woodinville Falcons Fastpitch went up against a 2013 4A State team in Todd Beamer.  After last years close 2-1 victory in Woodinville to kick off the season, the Lady Falcons knew they were up against a solid team in Todd Beamer who lost only one of their 2013 4A State teammates.

 The Lady Falcons got on the board early in the 2nd after a double by starting pitcher Kathryn Hatlen to lead off the inning.  Base running substitution had then a sac-fly RBI by Freshman Lauryn Rhinehart to put the girls up 1-0.  Todd Beamer came right back and tied it with a couple of doubles to make it 1-1.  At that point we knew we were in for a fight.  Beamer kept the pressure on with 7 more hits over the next two innings to push their lead to 4-1.

Coach Dani made a few changes both offensively and defensively putting Freshman Olivia Reiner on the mound and going to a small-ball approach.  This change worked beautifully as Beamer was unable to get anything going offensively with some solid pitching and great plays especially by Senior Tori Lettus at short stop to snag a couple of sure hits.

Finally by the 6th inning the Lady Falcons got it going offensively.  With two outs and a runner on 1st and 2nd, Freshman Jordyn Boyd came through with a nice RBI Single.  A couple of errant throws later the Lady Falcons scored another to bring the game to a 1 run deficit at 4-3.

 A 1-2-3 bottom of the 6th and the Lady Falcons went back to small ball.  Alena Jones, Taylor Rhinehart and Boyd put down perfect bunts to get things going.  Even the 'Bigs' in the lineup were putting it down and that kind of pressure caused another series of errors and indecision by Todd Beamer which allowed for 3 runs to score putting the Lady Falcons up 6-4.  Nice pitching and plays in the bottom of the 7th to seal the win.

This was a team win from Coach through all 14 girls.  It appears this year will be one that will require all girls to come to the field ready and expecting to contribute night in and night out.

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