RENO " After holding on for a close win over Galena Friday afternoon in the Northern 4A Regional tournament, the Douglas softball team saw its season come to an end in a 10-2 loss to top-ranked Reed.
Douglas opened the day in the winners bracket and kept things close with defending state champion Spanish Springs through the first half of the game, trailing only 1-0.
The Cougars broke things open late, however, and beat Douglas 6-0.
Douglas needed a late run to get past Galena after leading 8-4 at one point. Stephanie Harper, who pitched the majority of all three games Friday, was pulled in order to rest her arm for Reed, but Galena responded with a grand slam to tie the game up at 8 entering the seventh inning.
Brenna White singled to bring Mackenzie Cauley home and give Douglas the 9-8 win.
Reed brought three runs across in the top half of the first inning but Harper proceeded to shut the Raiders out over the next four frames as Douglas cut the lead to 3-2.
Reed broke things open with a three-run sixth and a four-run seventh to advance to the loser's bracket finals on Saturday.