Untouchable for five innings, Gabbie Plain was unbeatable through seven.
On a cool, breezy evening, the sophomore from Australia was on fire in the circle, not yielding a hit until the sixth inning and striking out 14 as Washington defeated Fordham 2-0 in a regional opener of the NCAA softball tournament Friday night at Husky Softball Stadium.
Plain, who has set a high bar for herself (back-to-back no-hitters earlier this season; a perfect game as a freshman last year), was not wowed by her performance, which included three walks — two straight in the fourth, even though she struck out the other three hitters she faced.