RALEIGH ? The Ohio softball team fell to Western Kentucky 3-0 in the quarterfinal round of the Wolfpack Challenge, hosted by N.C. State. The Bobcats went 2-3 in the three day tournament, finishing seventh out of 13 teams.

Robin Miller, who went 3-for-14 including a solo homerun, was named to the Wolfpack Challenge all-tournament team. She drove in a team-high three RBIs and drew a team-leading three walks. Miller, who leads the team with 153 put outs on the season, was credited with a team-best 45 in five starts at first base.

After two innings of three-up, three-down play Western Kentucky broke the dead lock. After Shelby Smith struck out swinging, Bailey Rolfs would single to right field, bringing up Jen Balance, who singled to left center, to put Rolfs in scoring position on second base. Next, Renita Pennington grounded out to third base to move the runners around. Zoe Heim, in the circle for the Bobcats, knocked down Shelly Floyd?s single up the middle, but the scramble to collect the ball allowed both runners to score, giving the Hilltoppers a 2-0 lead in the third.

Rolfs hit a walk-off homer in the top of the seventh inning, and Ohio would leave four runners in scoring position on base through the next four innings, as the Hilltoppers went on to win 3-0.

Kelly Rodriguez led the Bobcats through out the weekend. Starting all five games, Rodriguez went 7-for-17 for a 41.2 batting average, recording a homerun and driving in two. She also scored three times. Courtney Waters, playing in her first games of the season, provided a spark in the Bobcats? line-up. The left fielder out of Eagle River, Alaska went 6-for-17 at the plate, including hitting her first triple of her Bobcat career. She led the team with three RBIs and scored twice.

The Bobcats, who fall to 8-14 overall, return to action tomorrow, facing Central Connecticut State University tomorrow at 10 a.m., in Raleigh, before heading to Farmville, Va., for the Lancer Invitational.