Softball squad starts 0-3

POTEAU, Okla. — Allen Community College’s softball team had a rough start to the 2013 season Saturday.
The Red Devils committed 12 errors on the day in dropping three straight games as part of the Carl Albert Tournament. Allen had four errors in each of the three losses.
The Red Devils fell 9-3 to host Carl Albert in the opener; 12-1 to Paris Junior College in game two; 6-4 to Connors state in the finale.
Carl Albert led the opener 4-0 before Paige Rothwell’s two-run single scored Stormie Bush and Kaitlin Norris in the bottom of the third.
The Vikings responded with two runs more in the fourth and sixth innings to take control.
Maecy Charleston tripled in the bottom of the seventh and scored on a passed ball for Allen’s third and final run.
Kaitlyn Rash went the distance in the pitcher’s circle, giving up nine hits and five walks in seven innings with three strikeouts.
Annie Gentry added two singles for Allen, while Bailey Burnett and Bush each had one single.

PARIS took advantage of 10 walks, eight hits and four errors to roll past ACC in the second contest. Paris scored four in the top of the second and eight in the top of the third in a five-inning contest.
Conversely, Allen had only one hit, a run-scoring double by Katelyn Pedrow in the fourth. She drove in Norris, who opened the inning with a walk.
Melissa Davidson started for Allen, giving up four hits and six walks in two innings of work. Rash came on in relief to give up two hits with four walks and three strikeouts in three innings.

IN THE FINALE, Allen trailed 3-0 before scoring four times in the bottom of the third to take a lead for the first time this season.
But Connors State responded in the top of the fifth with Whittney Whitmore’s three-run home run to retake the lead for good.
Taylor Easum’s bases-loaded single drove in Rothwell and Gentry, who opened the third with hits for the Red Devils. Charleston, who was hit by a pitch, and Easum came around to score on an error by Connors State’s Amanda O’Neal.
But Allen was unable to put another runner on base after Connors State re-acquired the lead.
Charleston, who reached base all three times, had two singles to lead Allen. Burnett also had a single.
Rash pitched all seven innings for Allen, giving up five hits and six walks with three strikeouts.
The Red Devils (0-3) resume play Thursday at Maplewoods Community College in Kansas City, Mo.