The Douglas College Royals playoff march was stopped by Wenatchee Valley.
The No. 3 seeded Washington State school held the Royals to just five hits en route to a 15-3 win over the North region champion at the Northwest community colleges women’s softball championships in Portland, Oregon on Saturday.
Douglas commited four errors in the five-inning matchup.
Taylor Miller clubbed her third dinger of the season with a solo shot in the final inning.
The fourth-seeded Royals opened the playdowns with an 8-1 victory over Highline on Friday.
Tori Belton recorded the win, allowing just three hits while striking out eight batters.
Hilary Strelau led the Royals with four runs on two hits. Sydney Brown batted in another three runs on three hits, including a home run.
Douglas was upset in the quarter-finals 4-3 by No. 12 Walla Walla and was relegated to the consolation bracket in the two-game elimination format.
On Saturday, Douglas edged Olympic despite being outhit 12-10.
Strelau and Jenna Holm scored the game-winning runs in the bottom of the sixth inning for Douglas.
The Royals then got by Chemeketa 4-2 with Strelau scoring two runs on three hits and one RBI.
For a second straight game, Douglas was outhit 10-6 by the opposition.
Belton went a full seven innings for the win, striking out four batters along the way.
Douglas was then eliminated by Wenatchee Valley in a consolation semifinal.
Wenatchee’s run was later stopped by No. 10 seed Treasure Valley by a 10-6 score.
Top seed Mt. Hood met No. 2 seed Clackamas in the final, winning the region championship title by a 4-2 score.
