Box Scores
Game 1 |
Game 2 TACOMA, Wash. – The Pacific softball team has been on an absolute tear and Puget Sound did little to slow them down as the Boxers swept a Northwest Conference softball doubleheader from the Loggers Tuesday at Logger Field.
In the opener,
Kylee Oshiro's (Jr., Aiea, Hawaii) two-run homer keyed a three-run fifth inning that propelled the Boxers to a 5-1 win in the opener. In the nightcap, the Boxers' three-run first was all they needed for the 6-1 win.
Oshiro continued her hot streak, finishing with three hits, three RBIs and one home run.
Becca Moen (Sr., Gresham, Ore.) had four hits, one RBI and two runs while
Ashley Mitchell (So., Redmond, Wash.) had three hits, three RBIs and one run.
Sara Aasness (Sr., Kirkland, Wash.) and
Maddie Collura (Sr., Phoenix, Ariz.) each had a great day pitching a full game. After winning the Northwest Conference Softball Pitching Student-Athlete of the Week, Aasness allowed only five hits and one earned run. In the nightcap, Collura gave up six hits and one unearned run.
Pacific finished the night with a 20-9 record and a 15-8 NWC record. The two wins gave the Boxers a one game lead over Whitworth for second place in the NWC. The Logger fell to 2-28 overall, 1-23 NWC.
The contests were moved to Tacoma after rain forced the series postponement on Saturday. As the games were to be played in Forest Grove, Pacific played as the home team.
GAME 1: PACIFIC 5, PUGET SOUND 1Despite a slow start, the Boxers came alive late to take the first game against the Loggers.
At the bottom of the first inning, Moen scored off a single by Natividad.
The Loggers needed to wait until the top of the fourth inning to get on the board. They scored a run after a single by Kirsti Nagamine got the run for Olivia Turner.
The Boxers cam right back in the bottom of the fourth then when Moser hit her first home run of the season.
Pacific put the game in away in the fifth. Yamamoto drew a leadoff walk and scored on Roberts' single up the middle. Oshiro followed with her home run that put the game well out of reach.
Aasness earned her ninth win of the season, allowing the one run on five hits, walking seven and striking out three. Jaci Young fell to 2-11 for Puget Sound, allowing five runs on eight hits and two walks.
GAME 2: PACIFIC 6, PUGET SOUND 1In the nightcap, the Boxers picked up right where they left off in the first game.
The Loggers, however, got on the board in the top of the first when Nagamine scored off a double by Lisa Colombo. The Boxers came right back in the home half of the frame. Moen led off with a double. Roberts added a single and two straight walks push across the tying run.
Mitchell gave the Boxers the 3-1 lead when her double to left center field scored Natividad and Robets.
In the fourth inning, the Boxers added to their lead when Mitchell scored off a single by
Kaitlyn Shikada. Shikada then scored off a single by Moen.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Boxers put the game away when Mitchell's single scored pinch runner
Jordan Schmerbauch (Fr., Mililani, Hawaii).
Collura earned her third win of the season, allowing one unearned run on six hits with three walks and a strikeout. Megan Campbell took the loss for Puget Sound, allowing six hits, five earned, on eight hits and three walks.
Pacific will finish up a suspended game with Whitworth on Friday in Forest Grove before hosting George Fox for a doubleheader on Saturday.
