PASCO, Wash. - The Pacific Boxers lost home field advantage when their four-game Northwest Conference series with the Puget Sound Loggers had to be moved to Pasco, Wash. but the Boxers played like they were at home, taking both ends of a doubleheader from the Loggers, 8-1 and 4-0, at the Pasco Sports Complex in Pasco, Wash.

The Boxers took the lead in bottom of the first with a pair of runs and didn't look back.  Three more Pacific runs put the Boxers up, 5-0, after two innings.  Puget Sound put the defensive clamp on from that point on, finally using their bats in the top of the sixth to put a run on the board on a Megan Janes (Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe) single that scored Aryn Grause (Corvallis, Ore./Crescent Valley).  Unfortunately for UPS, the Boxers weren't done quite yet, using a three-run home run by Brooke Fogwell in the bottom of the sixth to take the 8-1 victory.

Auriel Sperberg (Spanaway, Wash./Graham-Kapowsin) took the loss, allowing eight runs, five of them earned, on 10 hits in six innings pitched.  Miranda McNealy got the win for the Boxers, allowing just one run on two hits with five strikeouts and five walks in seven innings pitched.

In the second game, the Loggers played a strong defensive game but the Boxers matched their effort.  The two teams played the first three innings scoreless before Pacific broke the tie in the bottom of the fourth inning with a pair of runs.  The Boxers added two more runs in the sixth and the Loggers just could find a way to get into scoring position as they fell 4-0 in the second game.

Chelsey Chamberlain collecte the win for the Boxers, allowing just two hits in seven scoreless innings pitched.  Grause took the loss for Puget Sound, allowing four runs, two earned, on seven hits in six innings with three strikeouts and no walks.

The Loggers and Boxers will meet again on Sunday afternoon with first pitch scheduled for Noon at the Pasco Sports Complex in Pasco, Wash.

Box Scores: Game One/Game Two