The Cougars traveled to Community field today to play the Orioles of Conant. The game started well for the Orioles with 3 up and 3 down in both the 1st 2 innings. The Orioles got 1 hit in the first but were retired after batting out of order for the 3rd out. 1 hit in the 2nd for the Orioles and they were once again retired. In the top of the 3rd with one out Jaden Hubbard-Lemay singled up the middle. Courtesy runner Bre Hutchinson stole second. A ground ball to 3rd kept her at 2nd. With 2 outs, Bre stole 3rd, an over throw by the Oriole catcher allowed Bre to score easily, allowing the Cougars the first run of the game. Sarah Dauphinais hit a double but was unfortunately left stranded. 4 Orioles came to the plate in the 4th, Welch hit a center-right double but was stranded. In the 4th the cougars scored Rachyl Parslow, who reached on a walk, stole second and 3rd, and scored on a sacrifice fly to left field by Hayley Cheviot! A quick 2 outs for the orioles but then they came alive with 2 singles. A dropped fly ball in the outfield allowed 2 runs to score. Tie game going into the 5th. The Cougars had 4 batters go to the plate in the 5th and 6th but each time one runner was left stranded. The Orioles scored 1 run in the 5th and 2 runs in the 6th. The cougars never gave up and got 3 hits from Kylee Brown, Bre Hutchinson, and Jaylin Calistro in the top of the 7th and scored one run but lost with a 5-3 final score. Jaden Hubbard-Lemay got the start for the cougars going 4 innings, facing 20 batters, allowing 6 hits, 2 runs, 1 walk and striking out 2. Rachyl Parslow came on in relief going 2 innings, facing 13 batters, allowing 1 hit, 3 runs, 5 walks and striking out 2.