by Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — The Wellington girls softball team was eliminated in the first round of the Class 4A Div. 1 Regional by the Mulvane Wildcats 6-0 in Winfield Tuesday afternoon.

Mulvane would lose to Rose Hill 7-3 in the regional championship. Rose Hill beat Winfield in the other first round game 14-6

It was a tough outing for the Crusaders, who couldn’t get the bats going. The two teams has split during the regular season, but this time Mulvane dominated. The Wildcats had 10 hits to the Lady Dukes two. Wellington also committed three errors.

Jade Dry reaches first in the top of the seventh after leading off the inning with a walk.

Mulvane opened with a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first. It was a defensive battle the rest of the way until the fifth inning when the Wildcats added three more runs to lead by six. Wellington never made an offensive threat the whole ball game.

Carlie McComb and Ryleigh Buck both had one hit for Wellington .

Jade Dry was the losing pitcher. She allowed 10 hits, no walks while striking out two.

Wellington ends its season at 7-14.

Wellington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0       0 2 3

Mulvane      3 0 0 0 3 0 x.     6 10 0

LP Dry 6I 10H 6R 2ER 0BB 2K

WP H Hayes

Wellington batting stats:

McComb 1/3

P Adams 0/3

Buck 1/2 1BB 1SB

Dry 0/2 1BB

DeJarnett 0/2 SAC

E Goodrum 0/3

Oathout 0/3

M Adams 0/2

A Goodrum 0/2

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