“It’s tough,” Hurricanes coach Rich Giering said. “We had shots, a lot of shots early. We were there. We had bases loaded a couple of times, we had eight hits and left 11 girls on. When you get into a state game with a pretty good team you’ve got to capitalize. They had a couple of big hits and, hey, that’s just the way it goes sometimes.

“This is a good team we lost to, and we knew that coming in. I’m happy with the overall season. … Yeah, we would have liked to move on. It was a good year: 20 wins – we’ve never had that. First district title. (Erin Wilson) had 50 career wins. Like I told her, I don’t think anybody’s going to top that while I’m alive. That’s tough to beat.”