The Pacific University softball team split the weekend four-game series against Pacific Lutheran University to stay in fourth position in the NWC standings.
 
The Boxers fell 3-2 in game one following the Lutes putting up 2 runs to take the lead in the top of the 7^th.  Pacific got out to a strong start in the top of the 1^st with a Montana Vaught single that drove in a run. Pacific was led by Hailey Miller who went 2-3. Allie Hancock pitched 5 innings allowing 3 hits and no runs.
 
Pacific responded to the loss with a game two win 4-1. The Boxers again were able to put a run on the board in the first following a Hailey Miller single. Nicole Martinez kept the scoring going with an RBI single in the bottom of the second driving in a run to go up 2-0. The Boxers responded to PLU scoring a run in the top of the 6^th by putting two more runs up in the bottom half of the inning. The duo of Rylee Patton and Allie Hancock were able to pitch 7 innings while only allowing 6 hits and 1 earned run.
 
Day two got off to a strong start with the Boxers taking game three 9-5. Sydney Sahlfeld got the scoring started on Saturday with a 2-run homerun in the second. Pacific used a 7 run 6^th inning to take a 9-3 lead and put the game away. Pacific was led offensively by Kylee Ancheta-Maeda who went 2 for 3 and Sydney Sahlfeld who had 4 RBI's. Allie Hancock pitched a complete game giving up 3 earned runs  while striking out 6.
 
Game four went the way of the Lutes 15-3. The Boxers used 8 different pitchers in the contest. Offensively, Pacific had 3 different players, Kiana Kushiyama, Jill Uyeda and Marcee Nakamura record an RBI.
 
The Boxers take the field next on May 1^st to start a 4-game series against Lewis and Clark.