Williams, Glacier blank Hellgate in AA softball
MISSOULA — Ali Williams followed her no-hit effort in the circle on Thursday versus Flathead by holding Missoula Hellgate to three singles and a double in an 8-0 Western AA softball victory on Friday.
Williams, a junior pitcher, struck out 12 batters in going the distance.
Glacier tallied three runs in the first and sixth innings and scored twice in the fourth.
Mackenzie Brester-Knight and Alivia Atlee both went 2 for 3 for Glacier.
Atlee doubled and drove in a run. Brester-Knight was credited with two RBIs along with Christine Connolly and Christina DuFour.
Glacier (8-1 overall, 6-1 league) plays a nonconference doubleheader today at Butte.
Glacier 300 203 0 — 8 6 0
Hellgate 000 000 0 — 0 4 4
Ali Williams and Christine Connolly. Talley Hill and Sierrah Hardy. W – Williams. L – Hill.
GLACIER – Christina DuFour 0-4, Kayla Russell 0-4, Williams 0-2, Erin McHugh 0-3, Katie Wiley 1-3, Mackenzie Brester-Knight 2-3, Alivia Atlee 2-3, Connolly 1-2, Kayleena Ikeda 0-2.
MISSOULA HELLGATE – Callie McKillop 1-3, Hill 0-3, Hardy 0-3, Korey Waletzko 0-3, Katie Packard 0-3, Goose Swanson 1-3, Elise Marquardt 0-3, Dusty Caluori 1-2, Adessa Gagner 1-1.
2B – Atlee; Caluori. RBIs – DuFour 2, McHugh, Brester-Knight 2, Atlee, Connolly 2.