Story by Vince Ghiringhelli, UPS Sports Info

TACOMA, Wash. – A day after earning a sweep over Lewis and Clark, the Puget Sound Loggers dispatched the George Fox Bruins 7-6 in the series opener and 8-5 in the nightcap to sweep a Northwest Conference softball doubleheader and create a four game win-streak going in to next week's matchup against crosstown rival Pacific Lutheran.

Puget Sound got down in a 6-3 hole against the Bruins going in to the fifth inning of the first game before staging a slow comeback to pull out the win in the bottom of the seventh. Sophomore Anthea Aasen (Tacoma, Wash./Wilson) got on base on an error to open the inning and junior Bijou Felder (Berekely, Calif./St/ Mary's) was inserted as a pinch runner. Felder advanced to second on an illegal pitch and then to third on a wild pitch, and after Christina Demuelenaere (Lake Stevens, Wash./Lake Stevens) walked, freshman Brianna Huber (Chico, Calif./Chico) came up the plate and hit a walk-off single down the left field line.  Felder scored the winning run in her only action of the day.

Sophomore Aryn Grause (Corvallis, Ore./Crescent Valley) got the win for Puget Sound after starter Auriel Sperberg (Spanaway, Wash./Graham Kapowsin) left the game due to injury. Grause was 2-3 on the day at the plate with two RBI's, while Aasen hit a three run home run in the third.

Bethany Chriss and Shelby Briske each had home runs for George Fox, picking up three and two RBI's, respectively.

In the second game, George Fox jumped out to an early lead once again but saw it disappear for good by the end of the third inning. Puget Sound led 6-4 after three and cushioned the advantage with two runs in the sixth to grab the 8-5 win.

Errors plagued the Loggers during the second part of the twinbill, as only two of five Bruin runs were earned. Puget Sound committed four errors during the day to only one by George Fox.

Grause picked up the victory for the Loggers and had a single and a double with an RBI in three plate appearances to add to her solid performance for the day. Sperberg would come back in to close the game, and got two strikeouts in three batters to end the game. Huber had a three run homer for Puget Sound, while junior Alex Usher (Carson, Wash./Stevenson) had a solo shot of her own as the Loggers picked up 11 hits in the contest.

Shelby Klein had a double for an RBI for the Bruins, while Becka Doyle led George Fox with two hits on the day.

The Loggers close the season out next week with a Saturday home double-header against Pacific Lutheran and another double-header on Sunday in Parkland, Wash. against the same Lutes. The first pitch is set to be thrown both days at noon and 2 p.m.