FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Scoring three times in the bottom of the
sixth, the Pacific Boxers held off the Puget Sound Loggers, 5-3, in
a Northwest Conference softball game on Thursday evening in Forest
Grove, Ore.
The Boxers took the early lead with a single run in the bottom
of the second but the Loggers quickly negated that. In the
top of the third, Aryn Grause (Corvallis, Ore./Crescent Valley) hit
a two-RBI double to center field to score Meghan Watson (Brier,
Wash./Mountlake Terrace) and Hilary Rice (St. Paul, Minn/St. Paul
Academy). Senior Victoria Raeburn (Gladstone, Ore.) followed
that up with an RBI single to score Grause and give UPS the 3-1
lead.
The Boxers got a run closer in the bottom of the inning but the
Loggers held on the lead until the bottom of the sixth. In
the sixth, Ashley Billingsley hit a three-run home run to give the
Boxers a 5-3 lead and the eventual win.
Auriel Sperberg took the loss, allowing five runs on six hits in
six innings pitched. Miranda McNealy collected the win for
Pacific, allowing just four hits in four scoreless innings pitched.
The Loggers head down to Salem, Ore. on Friday for a
doubleheader with the Willamette Bearcats.
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