HILLSBORO, Ore. --- The Western Oregon softball team allowed just eight hits in two games and kept it close, but fell 2-1 and 4-0 to NCAA D-I Portland State on Friday afternoon at Gordon Faber Field 4.

WOU (13-10) in game one got a strong start from Alivia Holden as the true freshman gave up just one earned run on three hits with two strikeouts and seven walks. But the Vikings (10-14) - coming off a pair of wins over Oregon State this week - scratched a run across in the first and took advantage of an error and a passed ball to score in the fourth inning to take a 2-0 lead.

WOU cut the lead in half when Maddie Doig blasted a solo homer to left with two outs in the seventh, but wouldn't get any closer. The Wolves had just one more hit in the game, a single by Lexi Carlos.

In game two, the Wolves again struggled to get anything going at the plate as PSU's Allicitie Frost tossed a one-hitter with 13 strikeouts (Bella Valdes had WOU's lone hit). Mackenzee Collins was strong in the circle for the Wolves, giving up just two earned runs on five hits with three strikeouts and four walks.

WOU returns to action next Friday as it begins play at the Tournament of Champions in Turlock, California.