Washington Softball

Warriors hope tough times behind them

(Editor's Note: This is the sixth in a series of preseason stories about Metro softball teams. Next: Xavier)

The Washington softball program has fallen on tough times.

But after last season, when the Warriors went 2-36, Coach Fanaye Kifletsadik said she thinks the team is continually improving and hopes they can cause some problems for teams this season that pay off with a few extra wins.

“When I came in here four years ago, this was a program that was not in very good shape, but we are to the point where we are competing,” Kifletsadik said. “Last year we lost eight games by three runs or less. We didn’t have a fabulous record, but we had kids working their way to get to that next step.”

Kifletsadik said she thinks that her girls' work ethic will help them to reach their expectations, namely to get better every day and to compete in every game.

“We have a group that wants to work extremely hard, no matter the situation,” Kifletsadik said. “There are a lot of people that probably don’t expect too much from us, but we have expectations for ourselves.”

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