FOREST GROVE, Ore.—For the first time since the Northwest Conference added softball in 1985, Lewis & Clark College softball moved to 6-0 in conference play, thanks to a doubleheader sweep of host Pacific University on Saturday afternoon. 

THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 3, Pacific 1
Lewis & Clark 12, Pacific 6
(Lewis & Clark 12-6, NWC 6-0) 
(Pacific 6-12, NWC 2-4) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Freshmen Harper Campanella posted RBI hits in the top of the first inning of both games to give Lewis & Clark the lead and finished with four hits and five RBI. In game two, senior Sam Gildersleeve, sophomore Gina Ozuna and Campanella all posted three RBI to help the Pioneers score a season-high 12 runs. 
 
GAME ONE RECAP 
 
Campanella and the Pioneers scored three runs in the top of the first and sophomore Maggie O'Leary and freshman Sofia Garcia combined to limit the Boxers to four hits and one run in a 3-1 victory. 
 
O'Leary moved to 3-0 in three NWC starts by going 6+ innings allowing four hits and one earned run. She struck out five and walked two. Garcia came on in relief in the seventh and earned her first collegiate save after retiring three of the four batters she faced. 
 
Offensively, Campanella delivered the big blow with a two-run double to make it 2-0 in the top of the first. Campanella also scored a run in the contest. 
 
Sophomore Emily Patton added a hit and a run scored, Madison Scroggins posted an RBI and Zehnder tacked on a double. 
 
Lewis & Clark needed just three batters to take the lead for good. Ozuna worked a leadoff walk and Patton followed with a single up the middle. Campanella blasted a double to left field to score both runners. After a one-out single from Mari Alvarez moved Campanella to third, the Pioneers made it 3-0 on a Scroggins RBI groundout. 
 
O'Leary allowed just four baserunners through the first six innings. She stranded a runner at third base with a strikeout swinging to end the third. In the sixth inning, Samantha Madsen led off with a double and her pinch runner moved to third with two outs. O'Leary induced a fly out to left to keep the shutout going. 
 
The hosts finally got on the board in the seventh. Carli Zanassi led off with a single and Chloe Knepp followed with an RBI double to make it 3-1 and end O'Leary's outing. Garcia came on and allowed a single to the first batter she faced that saw both runners end the play in scoring position. She settled in from there and posted a groundout to short, a fly out to second and a fly out to left to leave the tying run at second and earn her first collegiate save. 
 
GAME TWO RECAP 
 
Lewis & Clark scored in six of their seven trips to the plate and posted season-highs in hits (17), runs (12) and extra-base hits (eight) to move to 6-0 in NWC play. The Pioneers appeared destined to rout the Boxers after jumping out to a 6-0 lead in the fourth inning. A 45-minute rain delay seemed to settle the Boxers down and get them back in the game, before Lewis & Clark scored six runs in their final three at-bats. 
 
Campanella posted her fourth-straight, multi-RBI game by going 3-4 with a run scored, three RBI and two doubles. Glildersleeve tacked on two hits, two runs scored, three RBI and a home run. Ozuna notched two hits, three RBI and a triple and Zehnder finished 3-3 with two runs scored, one RBI and her first home run of the season. 
 
Patton registered three hits, two runs scored and a double and freshman Makena Dahir came off the bench to go 2-2 with two runs scored. 
 
In the circle, sophomore Charlize Pope moved to 5-2 on the year. She went five innings and scattered four hits, four runs (three earned), and one walk. Pope added four strikeouts. Fellow sophomore Tallulah Sickels came on for the final two innings to earn the save. She allowed three hits, one walk and two runs and struck out two. 
 
Lewis & Clark made it 1-0 in the top of the first. Patton singled with one out and raced home on a Campanella RBI double. 
 
After Pacific tied the game in the bottom of the first, Lewis & Clark grabbed the lead for good with a four-run third. Patton and Campanella opened the frame with back-to-back doubles to grab a 2-1 lead. Gildersleeve made it three doubles in a row to push the score to 3-1. After a groundout moved Gildersleeve to third, Scroggins delivered a sac fly to score Gildersleeve. Zehnder followed with her second collegiate home run to make it 5-1.
 
The Pioneers scratched across one more run in the fourth. Alyssa Hoeke reached on an error and moved to second on an Ozuna infield single. A Patton sac bunt moved both runners up 60 feet and Campanella added her third RBI in four innings with an RBI groundout to short. 
 
The teams went into a rain delay after one batter in the bottom of the fourth. The delay seemed to benefit Pacific who scored three runs in the frame to cut the deficit to 6-4. 
 
Lewis & Clark answered with three runs in the top of the fifth thanks to some clutch two-out hitting. With two down, Zehnder singled, sophomore Cami Restagno worked a walk and Dahir reached on a pinch-hit, infield single. Ozuna plated all three runners when she ripped a triple to right field to clear the bases and make it 9-4. 
 
Gildersleeve pushed the lead to 11-4 in the sixth with a two-run homer that scored pinch-runner Pippi Jepsen ahead of her. 
 
Lewis & Clark capped off their scoring in the seventh. Dahir singled with one out and raced home on pinch hitter Abby Yamashita's RBI double. 
 
Pacific cut the deficit to 12-6 on a Knepp two-run single in the bottom of the seventh. Sickels retired the next batter on a fly out to center and then secured the sweep with a strikeout swinging. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• The Pioneers are 6-0 in conference play for the first time since the Northwest Conference added softball as a sport in 1985. Lewis & Clark is tied with #3 Linfield University atop the NWC standings at 6-0. 
• Campanella has driven in nine runs over her last four games. She leads Lewis & Clark this season with her .412 batting average, .765 slugging percentage, 21 hits, six doubles and is tied for the team lead with four home runs. 
• Lewis & Clark recorded a season-high five doubles in game two, tied their season-high with two homers and finished with eight extra-base hits. 
• O'Leary is now 3-0 in NWC play with a 1.50 ERA and 0.89 WHIP in three starts. She has allowed eight hits and three runs in 18.0 innings pitched. 
• Lewis & Clark has now won six in a row against the Boxers dating back to last season. The Pioneers have won those six meetings by a 39-15 margin.  

WHO'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will travel right back to Forest Grove on Sunday, when they finish off their four-game set with Pacific at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.