MEDFORD, Ore. – No. 10 Oregon Tech pounded out 24-runs and 27-hits on the way to a Cascade Conference opening day sweep 13-10 in the first game and 11-1 game two over Northwest University at U.S. Cellular Field Friday afternoon. The Owls improve to 12-6 on the year and 2-0 in CCC play with the Eagles falling to 0-2 in conference and 1-6 overall.
"We had a good day offensively and really showed a lot of heart coming back in game one from a 6-run deficit," said Head Coach
Greg Stewart. "Ali pitched great in game two and we continued to swing the bat well. I am really pleased with how our team is competing."
Game 1 Oregon Tech 13 Northwest 10
Tech jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with a run in each of the first two innings.
NU took its first lead plating 4-runs in the 4
th highlighted by a Sammi Caron homer.
The Eagles built a 7-2 lead with 3-runs in the 5
th on a huge 3-run home run off the bat of Alexis Contreras.
The Owls nibbled at the lead with 2-runs in the bottom of the inning cutting the lead to 7-4.
Things didn't look good for OIT as Northwest tacked-on three more runs in the top of the 6
th to build their lead to 10-4.
The Owls didn't blink, putting up nine-runs in the bottom of the 6
th on 7-hits, 2-walks and 2-very costly NU errors to take the game 13-10 after Northwest was retired in order by Graham.
Shelby Hotchkiss and Graham had 3-hits apiece in the win, with Shayna Ige, Dre Sotelo, Cierra Barkis adding 2-hits each while McKenna Armantrout delivered three-RBI for game highlights for the Owls.
Caron and Contreras had 3-hits each to lead the Eagles.
Loryn Williams picked up the win in the circle to improve to 4-0 on the year.
Game 2 Oregon Tech 11 Northwest 1
After picking up the save and delivering three-hits at the plate in game 1, Tech's Ali Graham out-did herself in game two. She was the winning pitcher in the second game, giving up just one-run and seven-hits over 4-innings to improve to 4-3 in the circle on the year. If that wasn't enough, she hit a grand slam home run in OIT's 10-run first innings as the Owls cruised to the 11-1 mercy rule shorted five-inning game.
Barkis had 3-hits and Ige had 2-hits in game two for OIT.
Ali Graham led the Owls on the day as she was 5-for-6 at the plate, had 8-RBI, scored 4-runs, hit a grand slam, pitched for a win and a save.
Nicola Fish had 2-hits to lead NU in the game 2 loss.
The teams will finish the four-game set with a doubleheader starting at 11 a.m. Saturday. Next weekend's four-game series originally scheduled for Great Falls, Montana has been moved to Klamath Falls, on Saturday, and Sunday March 9
th and 10
th with the doubleheader starting at 12:00 pm each day on the new John and Lois Stilwell Stadium.
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