HELENA, Mont. – Oregon Tech's Lady Owls (10-9, 4-4 CCC) grabbed two wins over Carroll College (8-9, 4-5 CCC) on Friday afternoon in Cascade Conference play, with a 4-3 game one win and a 3-1 win in game two.
Game 1 Oregon Tech 4 Carroll College 3
The teams got off to a slow start as they battled defensively, with neither making any headway through the first four innings. Tech's offense finally triumphed in the fifth, scoring two runs highlighted by doubles by
Baylee Wyscaver and
Kaila Mick, but the Fighting Saints retaliated in the bottom of the inning with two runs of their own to tie things up.
The Owls scored one run in each of the next two innings to gain the lead including the go-ahead run in the 7
th on a
Krista Ward double that scored
Shelby Hotchkiss who had singled to begin he rally. They then held off a push from the Saints in the bottom of the seventh, allowing only a single run to win 4-3.
Krista Ward had three hits in the game, with
McKenna Armantrout adding two hits, and
Kaila Mick one hit with two RBI.
Tech pitcher
Sarah Abramson earned the win in the game and improved to 6-6 on the year, striking out five in the game.
Game 2 Oregon Tech 3 Carroll College 1
The Lady Owls took the lead early as Ward hit a two-run homer, her first of the year in the top of the first.
The Saints scored one run after a four-inning drought, but Oregon Tech stopped them short of catching up and added another run of their own in the seventh to win 3-1.
Logan Nunes led the Owls with two hits in the game and batted in one run.
Ward took the win in the game, improving to 1-0 on the season, and Abramson earned her first save.
The Lady Owls will play their second doubleheader against Carroll College tomorrow, with a Cascade Conference opener at 10:00 am and a non-conference matchup at 12:00 pm. The team will then travel to Portland, Oregon to take on Warner Pacific University in back-to-back doubleheaders next Friday and Saturday.
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