The Pacific University softball team concluded the 2021 regular season over the weekend by splitting two games with Lewis & Clark. The series was split with 2 games on Saturday at Lewis & Clark and the other 2 games played Sunday in Forest Grove.
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Game one went the way of the Pioneers 6-5 despite a final effort from the Boxers falling short. The Boxers were down 3-0 entering the 6
th inning when
Montana Vaught doubled scoring a run. The Boxers kept the scoring going in the inning when
Hailey Miller homered to centerfield driving in 3 more runs.
Cheyenne Datan added a solo homerun in the top of the 7
th pinch hitting.
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Game two was won by the Pioneers 5-4 following a walkoff 2-run homerun in the bottom of the 7
th inning. Pacific got off to a strong start in the top of the 1
st following a 2-run homerun from
Hailey Miller. Pacific was able to score two more runs in the 6
th after an RBI sacrifice fly from
Sydney Sahlfeld and a RBI single off the bat of
Marcee Nakamura.
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Game three was Sunday in Forest Grove with the Boxers claiming a 5-1 victory. The trio of
Allie Hancock,
Carly Bursch and
Rylee Patton pitched 7 innings while giving up 6 hits and only 1 earned run. The Boxers were led by
Nicole Martinez,
Kiana Kushiyama and
Jill Uyeda who each recorded 3 hits in the game.
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The Boxers started right where they left off in game four putting 3 runs up in the top of the 1
st on the way to a 10-1 victory in 5 innings. The Boxers recorded 6 extra base hits in the game. In her last time playing in Forest Grove, senior
Montana Vaught fell one single short of hitting for the cycle while recording a double, triple and homerun accounting for 5 RBI's.
Allie Hancock pitched a complete game giving up 1 earned run on 5 hits.
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The Boxers concluded the 2021 spring season with a 17-19 record and a 12-14 record in conference play.
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