The Lady Lobos are headed to the state softball tournament as the 15th seed and will face No. 18 Cortez in the opening round of the Division III State Tournament at 7:30 tonight (May 2) at the Rose Mofford Complex in Phoenix. If they get past Cortez, they will advance to face second seeded Estrella Foothills at 8 p.m. on Friday. If they win both games, they will play in the quarterfinal round on Saturday.

The Snowflake squad split its final two games of the regular season cruising past Holbrook last Tuesday, then coming up one run short against Safford on Wednesday.

Tuesday’s home game saw the Lady Lobos come back from a one-run deficit in the first to take the lead for good with three second-inning runs. Snowflake broke open a 5-3 game by scoring nine runs in the bottom of the fifth to close out the game 14-3.

Tycee Coplan went three for four with a double, two RBIs and scored twice. Brylee Coplan was two for four, stole one base, had two RBIs and scored two runs. Carli Stratton went two for three, scoring twice. Lisha Titus was also two for three and scored once. Natalie Elkins went one for three with a double and scored once. Ashlyn Butler was one for three with a walk and scored once. Steph Swihart went one for four, reached twice on errors, had one RBI and scored a run. Tyler Flake went one for three, walked and scored. Stephanie Binnie went zero for three, but reached twice on errors, walked once and scored three times.

Brylee Coplan pitched five innings, facing 20 batters. She gave up three runs, only two earned, on four hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.

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A long trip to Safford to close out the regular season ended with Snowflake on the wrong side of a 5-4 final. The Lady Lobos took the early lead with three runs in the second and led 4-2 after four. Safford battled back to tie the game at 4-4 after seven, then scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth.

Titus went two for four with a home run. Tycee Coplan was one for three. Swihart was one for five. Elkins was one for four. Flake was also one for four, scoring once. Butler was one for five and scored once. Brylee Coplan went zero for two, but walked, reached on a fielder’s choice, had a sacrifice and collected three RBIs.

Elkins worked all eight innings in the circle facing 40 Lady Bulldog batters. She allowed five runs, only four earned, on seven hits with four walks and six strikeouts.

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Snowflake ended the regular season with an overall mark of 17-12-1.