It didn't get the win, but the Ballard softball team played leaps and bounds better against Woodinville May 11 than they did in the teams' previous meeting this season.

On April 15, Woodinville handed the Beavers their worst loss of the season, 17-0. Woodinville earned its 17 runs on only nine hits.

On Monday, Ballard held Woodinville, a team in second place in KingCo 4A, to seven runs on eight hits, losing 7-2.

Amanda Hawley went two-for-three, and Sophie Overlock-Pauley went one-for-three with an RBI.

Overlock-Pauley pitched all seven innings, throwing nine strikeouts and giving up only four earned runs.

The loss was the Beavers 13th in a row. The team, at 1-16, has not won since April 8.

Ballard has one game left at 6:30 p.m., May 13 at Inglemoor. Inglemoor beat the Beavers 6-0 April 17.