TACOMA, Washington – Kaitlyn Webster hit her first home run of the season, and Savanna Smith earned a complete-game win in the circle as the Puget Sound softball team beat Willamette twice Sunday. The Loggers won three times in the four-game weekend series against the Bearcats, and they have won four of their last five games overall.

Between the two games Sunday, Puget Sound scored 24 runs and totaled 33 hits.

Puget Sound 8, Willamette 1

Smith allowed just one earned run in seven innings to pick up her first win of the season in the circle. She struck out five and allowed only six hits.

While she was shutting down the Bearcats' offense, Smith got the Loggers' offense going. In the first inning, Smith hit a two-run single that scored both Hana DeGuzman and Hailee Ueyama. In the third inning, Smith smacked an RBI single to put the Loggers ahead 4-0.

The Puget Sound bats were mostly quiet for the next three innings, but Ueyama ripped a two-run double in the seventh inning.

Both Smith and Ueyama finished the game with three hits. DeGuzman, Webster, Abbi Wong, and Jessica Moore each had multiple hits.

Puget Sound 16, Willamette 11

Holding on to a narrow 12-11 lead entering the seventh inning, Puget Sound rallied for four runs – including a three-run homer by Webster – to put the game out of reach.

The rally began with a one-out single by DeGuzman, and Ueyama was then hit by a pitch to put two runners on base. Smith delivered a run-scoring single up the middle, and Wesbter immediately followed by belting her first home run of the season.

Puget Sound put up seven runs in the second inning. The Loggers benefited from a couple of errors, and when Keslie Sullivan stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded, she cleared the bases with a double to right-centerfield.

DeGuzman, Ueyama, Smith, and Webster all put up three hits in the win. Sullivan totaled a game-high five RBI, and Webster added four.

The Loggers' 16 runs and 17 hits are the most in a game since Feb. 2019, when Puget Sound beat Occidental, 19-8.

The Loggers return home next week to host Linfield - the No. 1 ranked team in the country according to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.