Jody Zillner struck out 14 in win over Pacific
PORTLAND, Ore. - Jody Zillner did not allow an earned run and struck out 14 in the opener, while the Lady Yotes pounded out 13 hits in the nightcap, as The College of Idaho opened the 2010 softball season with a pair of wins at the Northwest Cup.
The No. 15 ranked Lady Yotes (2-0) upended Pacific University, 5-3, in their early game, then defeated the University of Puget Sound, 8-2, in their afternoon game at Hood View Park.
Zillner was the story in Game 1, recording her third career game with 14-or-more strikeouts. The Lady Yotes got all they needed with a five-run third inning outburst. Kayla Webb and Zillner each walked with one out, with Dani Villyard singling home Webb with the game’s first run. Kristen Haugen would make it 2-0 with a sacrifice fly, with Caylin LePire following with a two-run homer, to push the margin to 4-0. Molly Mills would reach on an error, steal second, and come home on a Nikki Shumway single to cap the frame.
The Boxers (1-1) took advantage of a C of I error in the fifth to plate three unearned runs, getting a Kelly Nishotami RBI single and a two-run Brooke Fogwell single to pull within 5-3, but Zillner fanned Ashley
Billingsley to get out of the jam and did not allow a Pacific runner into scoring position the rest of the way.
No Lady Yote had a multi-hit game, while Fogwell and Carrie Maerz had two hits apiece for the Boxers.
Game 2 saw the Lady Yotes jump out to a 4-0 lead after two innings and cruise to the win.
Villyard had an RBI single in the opening frame to get The C of I on the board, with back-to-back doubles by Mills and Sammy Dodge leading off the second, made it 2-0. Shumway and Amy Rhoades added RBI singles in the inning, pushing the margin to 4-0. It was all Kyla Bryant needed in her Coyote debut, going six innings, allowing just five hits and two runs, for the victory.
Jordan Huttash went 2-for-2 with three RBI in the win, with every Coyote starter recording at least one hit.
Anthea Aasen went 2-for-3 for the Loggers (0-2), including a two-run solo home run in the fourth that got UPS on the board.
The Lady Yotes return to action tomorrow morning, meeting George Fox at 9 a.m. and Willamette at 11 a.m.