Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The Webster University women's softball team lost a doubleheader at Greenville College (IL), losing 5-3 and 7-2, on April 29.  The Gorloks fell to fifth place in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and will not qualify for the conference tournament for the first time.

In game one, Webster fell behind 5-0 after three innings.  The Gorloks rallied for three runs in the sixth when Rachel Franck (FR, McCluer North HS, MO) and Molly Muntz (JR, Streator HS, IL) singled to start the inning.  Aly Watson (SR, Ft. Zumwalt South HS, MO) scored Franck with a sacrifice fly.  After a Taylor Gibbs (SO, Alton HS, IL) single, Jessica Arcangel (SR, St. Lucy's Priory HS, CA) doubled home two to make it 5-3.  Webster couldn't muster any more runs in the seventh and fell.

Arcangel was two for three for the game, with two RBIs and a double.  Trisha Thompson (JR, Xavier Prep HS, AZ) started the game and took the loss, giving up 11 hits and five runs.   Thompson struck out nine in the game and finished the season 8-10.

Webster fell behind, 7-0, in the nightcap before getting on the board with two runs in the fourth.  Watson led off with a single and two outs later, scored on a Kaytlin Burczak (SR, Bishop McNamara HS, IL) double.  Burczak came around on a Kelley Bridgmon (JR, Seckman HS, MO) single to make it 7-2, but the Gorloks would not score again.

Samantha Powers (JR, John F. Kennedy HS, MO) started for Webster and gave up five runs in two innings on five hits and a walk.  Thomspon relieved in the third and gave up two runs in four innings, striking out six, giving her 175 Ks on the year.  Powers took the loss and finished 5-5 on the season.

Seniors Arcangel, Burczak, Kayla Mahoney (Fox HS, MO), Thompson, and Watson played their final games for Webster.

Arcangel winds up in the top ten on the Webster career list in a number of offensive categories.  She finished fifth in at-bats (407), 10th in runs scored (92), eighth in hits (142), 10th in RBIs (96), and 10th in home runs (10).

Thompson, who will end her career after just three seasons, wound up in the top ten in several pitching categories.  She finished 10th in earned run average (3.01), sixth in wins (29), first (tied) with 15 shutouts, and first in strikeouts (352).  Thompson also set a single season strikeout record for Webster with the 175 in 2013, eclipsing the record of 169 set by Crystal Wilson in 2002.

Franck had an outstanding freshman campaign, batting a team-high .420 for the season with 16 stolen bases.  On the mound for the Gorloks, Franck was 6-1 and led the SLIAC with an 0.66 earned run average, despite dealing with an arm injury for the course of the season.

Gibbs led Webster in home runs and RBIs for the season, with eight and 25, respectively.

Webster finished 8-8 in the SLIAC and 19-16 overall.  The Gorloks had qualified every year a tournament was held since the team was formed in 1997.  From 1997-99, all eight teams in the league qualified, and from 2000-2004 there was no tournament.  Since the tournament was resumed in 2005, only the top four teams in the conference standings qualify.