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Box Score 2 SALEM, Ore. -- The Lewis & Clark Pioneers scored 13 of their 24 total runs in the first half of each game during Saturday's doubleheader sweep of the Willamette Bearcats. The Pios played their Northwest Conference rival in a non-conference match-up at the WU Softball Field.
Braylin Jenson had four RBI, and Lily Moffitt, Jules Henderson and Mari Alvarez brought in two apiece for a 15-2 win in the opener. Moffitt was joined by Alyssa Abe and Kalea Kaui with a pair of RBI in the finale, a 9-5 win for the Pioneers. Cassidy Crusberg and Jane Wilson earned the wins in the circle for each game, respectively.
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Game 1 | Key Moments
The Pioneers posted four extra-base hits including a solo home run by Samantha Gildersleeve that opened the scoring. Jenson doubled in two runs, Moffitt had a two-RBI single and Olivia Brackin put down a sacrifice bunt to score another in a six-run second inning.
In the third, Alvarez and Jenson had RBI singles, while Henderson scored two on a fifth-inning single. Alvarez had her first career double later in the fifth to score another before Jenson added her third run-producing hit. The Pios put up seven runs in the fifth inning.
"I'm so proud of how the team came out and played with such intensity," starting catcher Lindsey Felgel said. "Before the games, we talked about playing for each other rather than just yourself, and I really think we accomplished that today."
"Today was a glimpse of just how strong our entire team is," head coach Shawna Cyrus said. "People were coming off the bench ready to hit, steal bases and pitch. It was really exciting to see our full depth as we get ready to start the NWC schedule next week."
Off her NWC Softball Pitching Student-Athlete of the Week recognition following their last games, Abe pitched two innings allowed two hits with no runs. Crusberg won her first collegiate game with two hits and no earned runs allowed to go with a strikeout. In her first collegiate pitching appearance, Kylie Hill finished the game with a strikeout while giving up two hits and a run.
Game 2 | Key Moments
With three more doubles, Lewis & Clark built a 7-3 lead through four innings and carried out a 9-5 win. After falling behind 1-0 in the first, Kalea Kaui doubled in Kami Merrill and Jane Wilson, and Jenson hit a sacrifice fly, to give the Pios a 3-1 lead in the second inning. Moffitt's fourth-inning, two-RBI double was sandwiched by Bearcats miscues to extend the Pios lead to 7-2. Abe added a two-RBI single in the sixth.
Wilson pitched four innings, allowed five hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout to earn the win. Abe notched a save with three innings of relief and allowed four hits, two runs and a strikeout.
Alyssa Hoeke and Brackin stole bases. Moffitt and Merrill were 2 for 4.
Deeper Look
- The Pios have won four of their first six games this season, and dating back to the end of the 2020 schedule, have been victorious in seven of their last 10
- Jenson has had two three-hit games this season including Saturday and three multi-hit games in her first six outings this year
- Meanwhile, Alvarez picked up her second multi-hit game in the first three games of her collegiate career
- Sierra Gundersen went 1 for 2 in the opener and scored a run
Henderson's two-RBI performance in game one is her first multi-RBI game with the Pios
- Crusberg scored her first collegiate run
- 11 different Pios had hits in the opener, while seven had at least one in the finale
- Sydney Cross had a hit in each game
- Kai Pinera drew three walks in game one, while Brackin picked up two
Looking Ahead
Lewis & Clark improves to 4-2 overall heading into their NWC opener against George Fox next weekend.
