GAME ONE

GAME TWO

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Lewis & Clark softball team dropped two Northwest Conference games to the Whitworth Pirates on Sunday afternoon at Marks Field. The Pirates earned a 9-1 victory in game one, before picking up a 7-5 win in the second game.

The Pioneers are now 3-26 on the season and 0-18 in NWC action. The Pirates improve to 15-12 overall and 9-10 in conference play.

Whitworth earned an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, but the Pioneers cut the Pirate lead in half with a run of their own in the top of the third. Junior Michaela Satter knocked in the Pio run in the top of the third inning, singling to right field, allowing Jaimie Moon to score from third. Moon reached base on a fielder's choice before moving to second on a stolen base. Moon then proceeded to third base on a pass ball.

The Pirate offense responded with seven runs in the following four innings of action to earn the 9-1 win after six innings.

The second game saw the Pirates jump out to another early lead, this time scoring five runs in the bottom of the first inning. The Pioneers remained composed and slowly began chipping away at the Whitworth lead, beginning with a lone run in the top of the third. Caroline DeVincenzi picked up the RBI for the Pioneers run in the third inning, scoring Megan Andre with a single to left field.

The Pirates earned the run back in the bottom of the inning to retain a five run advantage. The Pioneers cut the lead to 6-3 in the top of the fourth inning, with Andre bringing in Jessica Mullins on a ground out to the shortstop. Freshman Jet'aime Mullins picked up an RBI of her own moments later, scoring Satter on a double up the middle.

Whitworth earned one of the two runs back in the bottom of the fourth to make the score 7-3. Satter made things 7-4 in the fifth inning with an RBI single to right field that brought sophomore Caitlin Relyea in to score.

The Pioneer offense kept things going into the sixth inning, with DeVincenzi scoring Jet'aime Mullins with a single to left field to pull the Pios within two runs. That would be as close as the Pioneers would get to the Pirates, handing the home team a 7-5 victory.

The Pioneers return to the field on Thursday, April 14 at 2:30 p.m. at the Huston Sports Complex as they host the Linfield Wildcats in a double-header.