LOS ANGELES, Calif—Lewis & Clark College softball erupted for 25 combined runs in a doubleheader sweep of Occidental Colleg,e to wrap up their Southern California trip with a 4-2 record. 
 
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 15, Occidental 5
Lewis & Clark 10, Occidental 6
(Lewis & Clark 6-2) 
(Occidental 0-4) 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Pioneers scored 22 of 24 runs during one stretch and racked up 23 hits and eight walks in a sweep of the Tigers. 
 
On a day where everyone contributed, sophomore Riley Anderson delivered two of the biggest swings of the day. She hit a go-ahead grand slam in game one and tacked on a three-run shot in the second game to make it 10-0. On the day, Anderson finished 4-7 with four runs, eight RBI, a pair of hit by pitches and a stolen base. 
 
GAME ONE RECAP 
 
The opener was far closer than the final score through the first six innings, before Lewis & Clark scored a season-high seven runs in the seventh inning to cruise to a 15-5 win. 
 
Anderson put together a huge performance. The first baseman went 3-5 with two runs and five RBI. Freshmen McKenna Zehnder and Lainey Honma joined Anderson with multiple-hit games. Zehnder went 2-4 with a run scored, a double and two RBI and Honma added two hits, two runs, an RBI and a stolen base. Junior Alyssa Hoeke added three runs scored in the win.
 
In the circle, freshmen Tallulah Sickels, Charlize Pope and Maggie O'Leary each made an appearance. Sickels went the first three innings and gave up three runs. Pope earned her second collegiate win by allowing two walks, no hits, no runs and striking out three in the next three frames. O'Leary allowed two runs in the seventh. 
 
After Lewis & Clark scored three runs in the second, Occidental answered with a three-run home run in the third. 
 
The Pios answered right away. Hoeke led off the inning with a double, Honma was hit by a pitch and Mari Alvarez walked with one out to load the bases. Anderson sent a fly ball down the left-field line that just stayed fair for a grand slam. 
 
Lewis & Clark added an eighth run in the sixth when freshman Megan Yanagi drove in Anderson on a fielder's choice and put the game in the seventh. Eleven batters stepped to the plate in the seventh with the Pios racking up seven runs on four hits and two errors. Anderson (RBI single) and Zehnder (two-run double) came through with the big hits in the inning. 
 
GAME TWO RECAP 
 
Lewis & Clark scored 10 runs between the fourth and sixth innings and held off a late Tigers charge to close out their trip with a victory. 
 
The nightcap started as a pitcher's duel with Alyssa Abe and Ellery Mitchell trading scoreless innings for the first three frames. Abe held Occidental off the scoreboard for the first five innings and finished her day allowing seven hits and four runs in 5.2 innings. She also struck out four. Junior Cassidy Crusberg, Sickels and Pope combined to get the final four outs. 
 
Offensively, the Pioneers scored 10 runs on 10 hits and four walks, with 10 different players posting a hit. 
 
Anderson, Zehnder and Abe all posted a base hit and multiple RBI. Anderson finished 1-3 with two runs, three RBI and two hit by pitches. Zehnder added a run scored and two RBI and Abe added her first hit and two RBI of the year. 
 
Zehnder broke the deadlock in the top of the fourth. Alvarez led off the inning with a single, Anderson was hit by a pitch and Sam Gildersleeve walked to load the bases with one out. Zehnder delivered a two-run single to score Lola Jarrette (pinch-runner) and Anderson. Abe followed with a two-run single of her own that plated Zehnder and Gildersleeve. 
 
The Pios tacked on two more runs in the fifth. Freshman Emily Patton and Jarrette singled and Anderson walked to load the bases with no outs. Sophomore pinch hitter Mia Lopez came through with an RBI single and Jarrette scored on a Gildersleeve fielder's choice. 
 
Lewis & Clark wrapped up their scoring in the sixth. Freshmen Madison Scroggins (single) and Lacey Marglin (walk) reached to open the inning and Yanagi delivered an RBI double to make it 7-0. With one down, Anderson belted her fourth home run of the weekend to make it 10-0. 
 
Occidental scored four runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning, but Crusberg came on with two outs and recorded a fielder's choice to strand two runners. The Tigers added two more runs in the seventh, but Pope retired the first batter she faced to close out the game. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Lewis & Clark posted season-highs in runs (15), hits (13), RBI (11) and hit by pitches (five) in game one. 
• Freshman Gina Ozuna, Jarrette and Yanagi all picked up their first collegiate hits on Sunday. Senior Lindsey Flegel, sophomore Katie Ingersoll, Lopez and Abe all added their first hits of the season as well. 
• The Pioneers have now won three in a row over Occidental and four of the past five meetings. 
• Sophomore Caeleigh Rosenbach and Crusberg made their season debuts on Sunday. 
• Lewis & Clark is off to their best eight-game start since at least 2006. The Pios have started 5-3 multiple times but this is the best beginning of the season under head coach Shawna Cyrus. 

WHAT'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark opens Northwest Conference play on Saturday, when they host Pacific University for a doubleheader at Noon and 2 p.m.