Bothell, Wash. – No. 20 Oregon Tech Pitcher
Kelly Scott (Pictured) threw a no-hitter in game 1 as the Owls won 6-0 and 4-3 in a doubleheader sweep of Northwest University. The Owls end the regular season at 34-11 and 21-6 in the CCC.
Southern Oregon secured the 1
st automatic qualifier for the NAIA National Tournament Opening Round and the No.1 seed and will host the CCC Tournament next weekend (May 4
th thru the 6
th) in Ashland. Corban and Oregon Tech finished CCC play with identical 21-6 records but Corban secured the No. 2 seed in head to head competition defeating OIT, the No. 3 seed, 2-1 in conference counters. Eastern Oregon finished the season at 15-12 and will be the No. 4 seed. British Columbia and Carroll College both had 14-13 CCC records but UBC earned the No. 5 seed with a 2-1 record versus the Saints in conference counting games.
The 2nd automatic qualifier to the NAIA National Tournament will be awarded to the CCC Tournament Champion. If the tournament champion is also regular season champion Southern Oregon, the 2nd AQ shall go to the runner-up in the tournament.
Friday May 4
Game 1 #4 Eastern Oregon vs. #5 British Columbia- 9 a.m.
Game 2 #3 Oregon Tech vs # 6 Carroll College- 11:30 a.m.
Game 3 #1 Southern Oregon vs. winner of game 1- 2 p.m.
Game 4 #2 Corban vs. winner of game 2 – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday May 5
Game 5 @ 9:00 a.m. – Loser of Game 2 vs. Loser of Game 3 (loser eliminated)
Game 6 @ 11:30 a.m. –Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 4 (loser eliminated)
Game 7 @ 2:00 p.m. – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
Game 8 @ 4:30 p.m. - Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (loser eliminated)
Sunday May 6
Game 9 @ 11:00 a.m. - Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 (loser eliminated)
Game 10 @ 1:30 p.m. - Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9 (championship)
Game 1 Oregon Tech 6 Northwest 0
OIT took an early 3-0 lead as
Shayna Ige hit her first home run of the year, a 3-run shot to left-center giving the Owls a 3-0 lead in the top of the 2
nd inning.
Tara Moates hit a 2-run homer to highlight a 3-run third inning as the Hooter took a 6-0 lead.
That would be all the offense Scott would need as she pitched a 7-inning no-hit shutout striking out 11 Eagles as she improved to 12-6 on the year.
Jacey Conklin led the Owls with two-hits in the game.
Game 2 Oregon Tech 4 Northwest 3 (8-innings) non-conference
Rachael Delamare hit a first inning home run to stake OIT to a 1-0 lead.
NU took the lead in the bottom of the first with a two-run home run of their own.
Baylee Wyscaver hit a double to left-center that scored
Olivia Lethlean to tie the game at 2-2 in the top of the second.
Ali Graham gave the Owls a 3-2 lead with an RBI single in the 3
rd.
The Eagles tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the 7
th to force extra innings.
Sahalie Doe singled down the right field line scoring Ige with the eventual game winner in the top of the 8
th
Tech's
Loryn Williams went the distance pitching all 8-innings as she improved to 11-1 on the year.
Kiahna Brown had three-hits to lead the OIT offense in game two with Doe and Delamare adding two-hits each in the win.