After dropping the first game of Saturday's doubleheader 9-2 (box score), the Pioneers came back and defeated the visiting Puget Sound Loggers 2-1 (box score) in game two. Nathalie Matson earned the complete game victory.

The Loggers scored three early runs in game one. After Pioneer pitcher Paige McFeeley (freshman, Boise, Idaho) issued a leadoff walk to Logger second baseman Lindsay Fujita, Fujita was advanced to second on a sacrifice. Back-to-back singles by Victoria Raeburn and Stephanie Hatley followed by a bases-clearing triple by catcher Valerie Barone scored three runs for the Loggers.
In the third inning, a leadoff single by Stephanie Hatley followed by an RBI double by Hatley put the Loggers up 4-0.
In the fourth inning, Lindsay Fujita lead off the inning with a triple to center, scoring on an offline throw to third base by L&C, making it a 5-0 game.
The Loggers scored four more runs in the fifth. A single by Carolyn Moore followed by back-to-back doubles by Meghan Watson and Noelle Vallecorsa and RBI singles from Fujita and Raeburn translated into a 9-0 Logger lead.
The Pioneers scored their runs in the bottom of the fifth. After Sheree Miura (junior, Waipahu, Hawaii) reached on an error to lead off the inning, Jamie Moon (sophomore, Baker, Ore.) took the next pitch and smashed it into center. Jessica Mullins (sophomore, Randle, Wash) followed with a hit to center that went over the fielder's heads. Miura and Moon scored and Mullins legged the hit into a triple.
The Loggers held on for a 9-2 victory.
The Loggers had 19 hits in the game, including six extra-base hits. Lindsay Fujita went 4-4 in the game, scoring three runs. Valerie Barone was 3-4 with 3RBI on two doubles and a triple.
Auriel Spielberg earned the complete-game victory. She allowed one earned run on four hits with two walks and seven strikeouts, Paige McFeeley took the loss, with all nine runs earned. She walked just one and struck out nine.
In game two, Pioneer defense and the pitching of Nathalie Matson (grad, Astoria, Ore.) led the Pioneers to a 2-1 victory.
The Pioneers scored in the third inning. Sheree Miura led off the inning with a single up the middle. Jessica Mullins walked. After a wild pitch, the Pioneers had runners on second and third with one out. After a groundout to third, and then a routine ground ball to the shortstop, the Loggers looked like they were going to get out of the inning. The shortstop, however, threw a bad toss to first, with the runner safe and Miura scoring on the error. The Pioneers sent Mullins on the play, and she was thrown out at the plate, ending the inning.
Matson got a chance to help out her own cause in the fifth. She walked to start the inning. After Miura was hit by a pitch, Matson was lifted for a pinch runner. The Pioneers two-on, no outs turned to two on, two outs, and once again the Loggers looked like they might work their way out of trouble. Laura Parker (junior, Healdsburg, Calif.) came to the plate and laced a two-out single to center to score the pinch runner on second and put the Pioneers up 2-0.
In the top of the sixth, the Loggers got a leadoff walk, but the threat was quickly erased with a double play, one of three turned by the Pioneer infield in the game. The Pioneers got out of the inning still holding a 2-0 lead.
In the top of the seventh, the Logger's Victoria Raeburn battled at the plate, fouling off several pitches before singling through the right side of the infield. After a Pioneer error allowed her to advance to second with Carolyn Moore on first with just one out, Meghan Watson singled to the outfield, scoring Raeburn. After the Pioneer outfielders booted the ball, the runners advanced to second and third with one out in a 2-1 game. Matson induced a ground ball to Michaela Satter (sophomore, McKinleyville, Calif.) at third, getting a crucial out without letting the runners advance. A weak ground ball to Sarah DiSabatino (senior, Pleasanton, Calif.) ended the game, giving the Pioneers a 2-1 victory over the Loggers.
Nathalie Matson earned the complete game victory. She allowed one unearned run on six hits, walking one, striking out two. Andi Doerflinger took the loss, allowing one earned run on four hits with two walks and five strikeouts.
Laura Parker's hot hitting continued. She went 2-3 with an RBI. Sheree Miura was on base twice, going 1-1 along with being hit by a pitch.
The Pioneers are back in action Sunday, hosting the Pacific Lutheran Lutes at 12 noon at the Huston Sports Complex. Live play-by-play will be available through sportsjuice.com. The weather forecast for Sunday is very good so weather-related cancellations of the webcast should not be a problem.