WC softball wins two vs. Temple

The Weatherford College softball team took both games of a key conference doubleheader with Temple College Saturday at Stuart Field. 

Carter Smith added to her school-record stolen bases total with three on the day. The sophomore outfielder from Rowlett ranks No. 8 in the nation in stolen bases with 39 on the season. 

WC won the first game 8-6. Lilly Bean turned in a 3-for-4 performance with a home run and four RBI. 

Teoni Lamb earned the win in relief, allowing two hits and no earned runs in three innings while striking out four. 

Game two was a 9-6 Coyote win. WC built a 7-2 lead but held off a late rally as the Leopards scored four runs in the fifth inning. 

Smith was 3-for-4 and four runs scored. Lilly Bean had three RBI. 

Amelia Hatthorn scattered seven hits over four and two-thirds, earning the win with three walks and three strikeouts. 

The Coyotes improved to 33-10 overall and 18-6 in conference play, good for third place in the NTJCAC, two games back of second-place McLennan Community College. 

WC faces Cisco College in a four-game series, beginning with a Wednesday doubleheader on the road and returning to Stuart Field on Saturday, April 22, for a noon doubleheader.