PORTLAND, Ore. - For the second straight day, the Puget Sound
Logger softball team split a pair of games at the Northwest Cup,
hosted by Concordia (Ore.) at Delta Park in Portland, Ore.
Concordia defeated the Loggers, 4-2, in the first game but Puget
Sound responded with a 12-4 win over Northwest Christian in their
second game.
In the first game, the Loggers and Cavaliers were scoreless
through the first three innings. In the top of the fourth,
the Loggers led off the scoring as Stephanie Hatley (Keizer,
Ore./McNary) scored on a passed ball and then freshman Aryn Grause
(Corvallis, Ore./Crescent Valley) scored on a Concordia error that
gave UPS a 2-0 lead.
The Cavs answered back and more with three runs in the bottom of
the fifth and then Concordia added an insurance run in the sixth to
collect the 4-2 win. Auriel Sperberg (Spanaway,
Wash./Graham-Kapowsin) took the loss, allowing four runs on
six hits in five and two-thirds inning pitched.
In the second game, the Loggers broke the game open in the
second inning, scoring nine runs on seven hits to put the game out
of reach shortly after in it began. Freshman Megan Janes
(Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe) had three RBIs in the innings in two
at-bats as the Beacons could stop the Logger offensive
attack. The Loggers added another run in the third inning
when Grause singled to right center to score Hilary Rice (St. Paul,
Minn./St. Paul Academy).
The Beacons finally worked their way onto the scoreboard with
four runs in the top of the fifth inning, three of those coming on
a home run by Cotie Howard. The Loggers ended the game
in the bottom of the fifth when freshman Cassie Walny (University
Place, Wash./Curtis) took advantage of a pinch-hitting opportunity
to send the ball deep over the center field fence for a two-run
game-ending home run that also scored senior Nikki LaFemina
(Kennewick, Wash./Kamiakin).
Sophomore Andi Doerflinger (Juneau, Alaska/Juneau-Douglas)
collected the win, allowing four runs on seven hits in five innings
pitched.
The Loggers head back down to Oregon next weekend as they travel
to Medford, Ore. to take part in the Southern Oregon Invitational.
Box Scores: Concordia/Northwest
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