Ali Paz had two home runs and six RBIs in the doubleheader sweep
Concordia Sweeps College of Idaho in Softball Doubleheader
PORTLAND, Ore. – A pair of Ali Paz home runs helped Concordia take a pair of games from College of Idaho, sweeping the Yotes 2-0 and 9-3 in a pair of Cascade Collegiate Conference softball games Friday afternoon at Delta Park.
With the wins, Concordia improves to 10-10 overall this season and 3-5 in the CCC. College of Idaho falls to 14-10 overall and 6-4 in conference play.
Concordia 2, College of Idaho 0
BOX SCORE
Ali Paz knocked a two-run homer to left field in the bottom of the first to score the only runs of the game as Concordia took the opener 2-0. Renee Santos struck out nine over seven shutout innings, limiting the Yotes to four hits in the contest. Nickayla Skinner pitched all six innings for C of I, giving up two runs on six hits.
Sam Genskay hit a one-out infield single and came around to score on Paz's home run. College of Idaho's best chance came in the top of the second, when three Yote singles loaded the bases with two outs, but Nikki Shumay lined out to shortstop to end the threat.
College of Idaho stranded seven runners on base during the contest, while Concordia only left one base runner. No player picked up more than one hit for either team, with Paz's homer marking the only extra-base hit in the contest.
Concordia 9, College of Idaho 3
Box Score
With the game tied up at 2-2 in the bottom of the fourth inning, Ali Paz stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and hit a grand slam over the center field fence to give Concordia a 6-2 advantage as the Cavs pulled away to the 9-3 win and doubleheader sweep.
Jordyn Brown pitched the complete game for Concordia, yielding one earned run on three hits with three strikeouts. Britney Croner took the loss for C of I, giving up four runs on five hits with three walks in three innings.
Brown walked the first two batters of the game, and both runners advanced on a wild pitch as Kalie Kurdy struck out swinging. Nickayla Skinner grounded out to first, allowing the lead runner to score and give the Yotes a 1-0 lead. They added one more in the second as Sammy Dodge reached on an infield singe and advanced to second on a passed ball and to third on a wild pitch. With two outs, Dodge came in to score on a throwing error by third baseman Amy Aicher to make it 2-0.
The Cavaliers tied it up in the bottom of the second. Robin Gawlista and Cameron Way led off with a pair of singles, and both runners advanced on Kyndell Andrews' sacrifice bunt. Brown helped her own cause with an infield single to bring home the first run for CU, and Way scored the Cavs' second run on Sam Genskay's single through the left side.
The game remained knotted until the fourth inning. Andrews led off with a single to right field and Brown walked to put runners at first and second. Following a C of I pitching change, Courney Wooden advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt and Kayla Vickaryous walked to load the bases. Genskay popped up to the catcher behind the plate, but with two outs Paz took the 1-0 pitch over the center field wall to give CU the four-run advantage. Amy Aicher followed with a two-out walk, advanced to second on Gawlista's single through the left side and scored on a fielding error by Yote second baseman Brittany Wenzel to give CU a 7-2 lead.
Concordia added two more in the bottom of the sixth, as Paz hit a one-out single to center and advanced all the way to third on a fielding error by the center fielder. Laura Thorp drove her home with a single to left field. Following a pair of wild pitches that advanced Thorp to third, Way's single down the left field line scored Thorp to give the Cavs a 9-2 lead entering the top of the seventh. College of Idaho used a pair of hits and a pair of CU errors to score one more in the seventh, but Kurdy grounded out to third base to seal the sweep for the Cavaliers.
Paz finished 2-for-3 with the four runs batted in and two runs scored for CU, while Gawlista and Way each went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Dodge led C of I with two hits in three at bats and a pair of runs scored.