NEWBERG, Ore. - A day after winning their first two games of 2010, the Puget Sound Loggers wrapped up a solid weekend, earning a split with the George Fox Bruins in a Northwest Conference softball doubleheader on Sunday in Newberg, Ore.

In the first game, the Loggers struck first as Katy Appleby (Westminster, Colo./Standley Lake) used a two-RBI single to drive in Alex Usher (Carson, Wash./Stevenson) and Christina Demuelenaere (Lake Stevens, Wash./Shoreline CC) to give the Loggers a 2-0 lead.  The Bruins got within one run in the bottom of the fourth but sophomore Aryn Grause (Corvallis, Ore./Crescent Valley) used a three-run home run in the top of the fifth to give the Loggers a 4-1 lead.

George Fox again got within one with a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth but the Loggers answered back in the top of the seventh on a RBI single by Brianna Huber (Chico, Calif.) to collect the 5-3 win.  Junior Auriel Sperberg (Spanaway, Wash./Graham-Kapowsin) picked up the win for the Loggers, allowing three runs on six hits with 10 strikeouts in seven innings pitched to collect the complete game.

In the nightcap, the Bruins struck first with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first.  The Loggers added run in the top of the second on an RBI single by Appleby but GFU scored another in the bottom of the second and then blew the game open with four in the bottom of the fourth.  The Bruins ended the game in the sixth, using a walk-off two-run home run to collect the 9-1 victory.

Grause was saddled with the loss for the Loggers, allowing seven runs on nine hits with three strikeouts in three innings pitched.  Sperberg pitched in relief, striking out four batters to record 14 strikeouts on the afternoon.

The Loggers head down to California this week for eight games at the Sun West Tournament in Orange, Calif., hosted by Chapman University.