The Ballard High School softball team managed only one hit in a 10-0 May 10 loss to Woodinville, a team that is in first place in KingCo, has only one loss and was ranked sixth in the state four wins ago.

Coach Kyle Gray said his team couldn't find a way to hit the ball and made a number of harmful mental errors in the field.

"You almost have to play a perfect game to get to Woodinville," he said.

The loss, Ballard's sixth in a row, dropped the team to 3-10 in KingCo and 7-10 overall with three games remaining.

Despite the losses, Gray said his team is still playing hard and still fighting, it just ran into a really good Woodinville team.

The Beavers' 10-8 extra-innings loss to Bothell May 6 is an example of Ballard being able to go back and forth with a team and show enough backbone to stay in games, Gray said.

He said his players have come a long way this season and now see they can compete with any team in KingCo.

Gray said he wants to use the final three games of the season this week to get momentum for next season and send his seniors, Sophie Overlock-Pauley and Syrina Bailey, off the right way.

Ballard takes on Skyline at 4 p.m. on May 11 at Lake Washington.