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SLIPPERY ROCK — Sometimes, nothing seems to go your way.

That was the case for Cambridge Springs on Monday as the Blue Devils saw their season end with a 4-0 loss to Curwensville in the PIAA Class A softball west final at Slippery Rock University.

“We got the bat on the ball, but we weren’t hitting it hard,” said Cambridge head coach Mark McKissock. “Then when we did get runners on base, we didn’t get the bunt down. And with our offense, if we don’t get the bunt down it things don’t happen.

“It just didn’t work out for us.”

Neither team hit for the first three innings.

It wasn’t until Curwensville catcher Dani Johnson hit a line drive to left that momentum finally took a side. Johnson’s liner went over left fielder Jessica Schaefer’s head for a double, and the Tide mounted the first threat of the game. Ashley Demchak made good on the threat, roping a single through the middle to score Johnson for a 1-0 Curwensville lead.

“(The girls) felt pretty confident that 1-0 would hold up,” said Curwensville head coach Allen Leigey. “I like more (runs), more is always better. But once we got the one, they thought (pitcher) Holly (Lansberry) was going to take us the rest of the way and one run was going to hold up.”

One was enough, but that didn’t stop the Tide from scoring more.

In the fifth, Samantha Haney led off with a single and Sara Clark was inserted as a pinch runner. After Ronna Knepp sacrificed Clark to second, Tess Bloom hit a ball between first and second. Spa first baseman Margo Livermore got to the ball, but rushed the throw to Brittany Becker covering first. The ball got by Becker, allowing Clark to score and Bloom to run all the way to third.

It was Livermore’s first and only error in 151 chances this season.

“We didn’t execute some things we normally execute,” said McKissock. “That’s the way the ball bounces. The ball didn’t bounce our way (Monday). Not only that, but Lansberry pitched a whale of a game.”

The Tide closed the door in the sixth.