Game One
Game Two
Fiona Corner
Sports Infomation Intern
TACOMA, Wash. The Lewis & Clark softball team was unable to hold off the Puget Sound Loggers Sunday afternoon in two close losses. Game one ended 4-3 and game two 7-6. The Pioneers fall to 0-6 overall and 0-4 in conference play. The Loggers improve to 2-2 on the season and 2-2 in the NWC.
Game One - L, 4-3
Going three runs in the six hits, the Pioneers dominated the offense in the first six innings of play. Having scored one run in the bottom of the first, with Madison Hollenbeck only allowing four hits, the Loggers came back in the bottom of the seventh to score three more runs.
Amanda Rabith, Mariel McClenahan and Moriah Lane scored for the Pioneers. Lane led the way for Lewis & Clark earning an RBI single in the fourth and homerun in the sixth.
Game Two - L, 7-6
The Loggers came to play in game two of the afternoon earning four runs in the bottom of the first inning. Earning their first run in the top of the first, the Pioneers came within one run of the Loggers earning another two runs in the top of the second. Caitlin Basilio singled out to left field, advancing to second on the throw bringing in Caroline DeVincenzi and Megan Andre for a double RBI.
DeVincenzi scored again in the top of the fourth with a homerun, the fourth in her Lewis & Clark career, bringing in Kelsey Buck for two runs. Bringing up the score 6-4 in the top of the fifth, the Pioneers scored their last run of the game with a single to center field from Lane, bringing home Jet'aime Mullins.
Puget Sound answered back in the bottom of the fifth with three runs earned by Marissa Jeffers, Elayna Van Hess and Tahni Arnhdt.
Hollenbeck and Natalie Rose pitched for Lewis & Clark.
The Pioneers continue play Thursday, Mar. 1 at Corban College in Salem, Ore. The game begins at 3 pm.
