MONMOUTH, Ore. – It was a big weekend for the Western Oregon University softball team as they were able to collect three wins against Northwest Nazarene over the past two days. On Saturday, the Wolves claimed their third-straight win in the series with a 5-1 win in the first game. In the series finale, NNU used a big late inning to take the 8-2 win in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play.
In the opener, Reilly Tidwell worked around a tough jam in the first inning. With the bases loaded and one out, she was able to get a strikeout and groundout to end the threat.
WOU (8-8, 4-4 GNAC) recorded the first run of the game in the home half of the first as Kiley Lynn singled and then came home on a double down the left field line by Chandler Bishop for the 1-0 lead.
NNU (18-6, 5-3 GNAC) answered back with a run in the second to tie the game at one after two innings of play.
Bishop again came through to start the fourth inning when she singled. With pinch-runner Sophie Franklin on to run, she would move to second on a sacrifice bunt. Sydney Bowers would walk and with two outs, Hannah Stewart singled to center to bring in the go-ahead run at 2-1.
In the sixth, the Wolves put the game away. Allyson Drury was hit-by-pitch to open the frame and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Bailey Kahele singled to left and Drury advanced to third. Kahele stole second to put runners at second and third for Stewart who came through clutch again with a double down the left field line on an 0-2 pitch to bring in both runners. Following an out, Stewart stole third and came home on Bella Valdes' triple to left-center for the 5-1 lead.
Tidwell closed the game in the seventh working around a one-out double to complete the 5-1 victory.
WOU held a 9-5 edge in hits with Valdes, Bishop and Stewart all tallying two-hit games. Stewart drove in three runs. In the circle, Tidwell picked up her second win (2-2) of the season tossing the complete game, seven inning effort giving up just the one run. She posted four strikeouts.
Emma Mulligan led the Nighthawks going 4-4. In the circle, Jackie Vargas started and went the first 5.2 innings to end up with the loss (4-1) after allowing five earned runs. Gina Skinner worked the final third of an inning.
In game two, WOU came out strong in the opening frame plating a pair of runs. With one out, Lynn was hit-by-pitch. Another out followed and a two-out rally started with Bishop launching a two-run homer to give WOU the early 2-0 lead after one.
NNU plated a run with a solo home run in the second and then tied the game in the third with an RBI double.
Another solo home run in the sixth gave NNU a 3-2 lead. In the seventh, the Nighthawks put the game away posting five runs on four hits to take an 8-2 lead.
NNU held a 9-2 edge in hits with Bishop and Valdes accounting for the two hits. In the circle, Erica Soliz started and went the first four innings to end up with the no-decision after allowing two earned runs and striking out three. Nicki Derrick went the final three innings to end up with the loss (2-1).
Ivy Hommel, Booth and Maia McNicoll paced NNU with two hits apiece. Booth drove in three runs. In the circle, Booth started and tossed the complete game going all seven innings to get her eighth win (8-2) of the season, allowing just the two earned runs and added 12 strikeouts.
WOU will hit the road this coming week as they will play at Montana State Billings on Saturday and Sunday beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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Softball Splits With Nighthawks on Saturday to Win Series - WOU Athletics
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