Coupeville Sports

   Lauren Rose smacked a triple and a single Wednesday, sparking Coupeville to its second win of the season. (John Fisken photo)

Need a win? Make sure Mouse is in the house.

Riding a spectacular game from sophomore third baseman Lauren “Mouse” Rose, the Coupeville High School softball squad rallied for a big home win Wednesday afternoon.

Trailing 1-0 heading into the bottom of the fifth, the Wolves stormed back to knock off Concrete 5-3 for the non-conference victory.

Now 2-1 on the young season, they’ll go for a two-game sweep of the Lions Friday, when they hit the road for the first time this season.

Wednesday’s game was a pitcher’s duel for most of the way, with the Lions picking up an unearned run in the third.

With the sun dipping over the prairie on a gorgeous, wind-free day, Coupeville finally put together something on offense in the bottom of the fifth.

Veronica Crownover reached on an error and was pinch-run for by the speedy and deadly Robin Cedillo.

The Wolf junior had a chance to kick on the after burners immediately, as Rose found the pitch she was looking for and launched a resounding RBI triple to tie things up.

While Coupeville couldn’t get her home to break the tie, the Wolves carried their momentum over into the next inning, breaking things wide open.

Playing solid small ball and taking advantage of a series of errors from the suddenly frazzled Lions, CHS sent four across the plate, with Sarah Wright, Hope Lodell, Kailey Kellner and Tamika Nastali all stomping on home.

Not content to make their coach’s life an easy one, though, the Wolves gave back two runs in the top of the seventh.

With the bags juiced, Coupeville hurler Katrina McGranahan, who earlier in the day had been honored as a WIAA Player of the Week, put the fire out, fanning a Concrete batter for the 21st and final out of the day.

The Wolves collected four hits on the day, with Rose accounting for 50% of their output (she added a single to go with her three-bagger).

Wright and Tiffany Briscoe chipped in with a hit apiece, while Coupeville tacked on four stolen bases.

As he basked in the afterglow of the win, Wolf coach Kevin McGranahan wore a huge grin as he talked about his scrappy lead-off hitter.

“Lauren really sparked it for us today,” he said. “She had a strong game and it was good to see.”