[Game 1 box score] [Game 2 box score]
McKINLEYVILLE, Calif. - The Western Oregon softball team received strong pitching to win game one 4-1 but fell in game two 6-1, as it dropped three of four games in the series to Humboldt State.
The Wolves' (6-7, 4-4 Great Northwest Athletic Conference) win in game one snapped the Lumberjacks' (9-9, 2-6 California Collegiate Athletic Association) five-game winning streak.
Game 1
Kelsey White (2-0) went the distance giving up one run on four hits to lead Western Oregon to a 4-1 win in game one. She did not allow an HSU runner past first base after the first inning.
Tierra-Lyn Cuba was 2-for-3 with a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base. She drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the sixth with a run-scoring single to plate Bailey Rueck from third. Rueck also collected two hits for the Wolves and Amanda Fleer added a pinch hit home run.
Western Oregon trailed 1-0 after the first inning but answered back in the second on an RBI-double by Ellen Bogardus to score Cuba from second base.
Humboldt State scored its only run on a homer by Nikki Ketteringham to leadoff the bottom of the first.
Tyler Sutherland extended her hitting streak to 12-games with a single in the fifth inning, but it would be her only hit of the day.
Game 2
Humboldt State hit three home runs and Vaneza Hoover delivered her second one-run performance of the series, as the 'Jacks won game two 6-1.
Kirsten Nouzovsky, Lindsay Warren and Gia Hampton each hit a solo home run in the first three innings of the game as Humboldt State jumped out to 5-1 lead after three.
Meanwhile, Hoover (5-5) pitched seven innings allowing six hits and one run while striking out four to post Humboldt State's third one-run pitching performance of the series.
Bailey Rueck was the only Wolf to record a multi-hit game, as she went 2-for-3 with a double.
Western Oregon grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on an RBI-single by Stephanie Albrecht, however, Humboldt State scored six unanswered runs to earn the win.
Next games
The Western Oregon softball team will continue its conference schedule this weekend (Mar. 13-14) at Saint Martin's. The teams will play a four-game series Saturday thru Sunday. Saturday's contest will start at 1:00 p.m., and Sunday's at noon.