The Pioneer softball team was swept in three games against the Pacific Boxers Sunday afternoon at the Huston Sports Complex, with the Boxers winning 17-3 (box score), 13-0 (box score) and 9-0 (box score). The two teams made up their rained out game from Saturday afternoon after completing their scheduled double header. Nathalie Matson hit her first career home run in game one for the Pioneers.

In game one, the Boxers jumped out to a six-run lead in the first inning, taking advantage of Pioneer pitching woes and using three hits, including a two-RBI single by Brooke Fogwell. The Boxers scored another three runs in the second, with Fogwell driving in another two runs on her second single of the game. In the third inning, the Boxers scored their tenth run of the game when the Pioneers' pitcher walked in a run with the bases loaded. The Boxers scored one more in the fourth before exploding for six runs in the fifth inning, four of them coming on a single swing of the bat, a grand slam home run by Carrie Maerz, her first home run of the season.

The Pioneers' Nathalie Matson (grad, Astoria, Ore.) led off the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run, the first home run in Matson's collegiate career and her first hit of the season. Singles by Sheree Miura (junior, Waipahu, Hawaii) and Paige McFeeley (freshman, Boise, Idaho) helped the Pioneers plate two more runs, but it was too little too late as the Pioneers bowed 17- in a shortened five-inning contest.

In game two, Pacific's Kristen Croxford led off the game with a double, coming home to score on a double from Kaitlin Mastenbroek to go up 1-0. In the second inning, the Boxers extended the lead to 3-0, with Amy Walters advancing to third, coming around to score on an errant pickoff attempt at third, and Alicia Hawes advancing to third and then stealing home. After scoring an unearned run in the third, the Boxers' opened the fourth inning with a double from Hawes, a single from Jessie Garcia, and a triple from Kristen Croxford. They added three more hits in the inning to add four runs to the scoreboard and take an 8-0 lead. In the fifth inning, they scored five runs on five hits, including a triple by Katilin Mastenbroek and a two-run home run to deep left center field by Alicia Hawes to earn a 13-0 victory in five innings.

In the final game, the Boxers extended a 4-0 lead with a five run fifth inning, sending nine batters to the plate, slapping five hits in the inning, including a 2-RBI double by Alicia Hawes. Pitcher Miranda McNealy faced just one over the minimum in her complete-game victory, allowing just one walk while no-hitting the Pioneers over the five innings in her 9-0 victory.

For the Boxers on the afternoon, Brooke Fogwell and Caitlin Mastenbroek each logged eight hits for the Boxers. Fogwell drove in seven runs, scoring four. Mastenbrookhad two doubles and a triple. Alicia Hawes had two doubles and a home run, driving in six runs on five hits, scoring six runs. Andrea Bansen earned a pair of wins as a pitcher, working eight innings, allowing six hits, three earned runs, walking four, and striking out nine. Miranda McNealy worked seven innings, no-hitting the Pioneers, striking out ten, and walking two.

For the Pioneers, Karyne Sander and Nathalie Matson had extra-base hits for the Pioneers. Nathalie Matson led the Pioneer pitchers with six strikeouts in seven innings of work over two games.

The Boxers move into a first-place tie with the Linfield Wildcats, improving to 15-1 (9-1 NWC). The Pioneers fall to 1-14 (1-11 NWC).

The Pioneers will head to Eugene on Tuesday for a double header against Northwest Christian.