KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Dominant pitching performances from Kacie Schmidt and Mckenzie Staub and a 17-run afternoon from the offense led Oregon Tech to their first doubleheader sweep of Southern Oregon since 2015, topping the No. 5-ranked Raiders 7-0 and 10-2 at Stilwell Stadium.
 
The No. 1-ranked Lady Owls (26-5, 16-1 CCC) ran their win streak to 14 games – with Tech scoring more runs and recording more hits than any other SOU opponent in 2023.
 
Schmidt handcuffed the top offense in the Cascade Conference, limiting the Raiders (20-6, 10-3) to five singles and a double in the complete game shutout – as SOU did not have a runner reach third base.
 
OIT broke through with a 3-run second inning – as Lexi Klum tripled and scored on a perfect squeeze bunt from Nita Cook. Following a Kaila Mick single, Maggie Buckholz doubled to left, plating a pair, to give the hosts the 3-0 lead.
 
The Owls broke the game open in the fourth, loading the bases on a hit-by-pitch and two walks, with Jayce Seavert clearing the bases with a triple off the right field wall.
 
Schmidt did the rest, striking out seven, to record her 12th-straight victory. Seavert goes 2-for-3 with four RBI in the win.
 
Game 2 started with a 2-run first for the Owls and ended in a walk-off in the sixth – the first regular-season run-rule loss for SOU since 2021.
 
Puakea Milbourne got OIT on the board with an RBI single through the left side and Klum followed with a bloop RBI single.
 
The Raiders drew even in the second as Lauren Weinberg doubled and Rylan Austin dropped down a sacrifice bunt that followed with two errors by the Lady Owls – allowing both runners to score.
 
Tech answered in a big way, plating five runs in the bottom of the frame – including a 2-run singles from Seavert and Staub. Buckholz extended the lead to 8-2 in the third with an RBI single, with Staub ending the game in the sixth, lining a 2-run homer just inside the foul pole in left.
 
Staub held SOU to one earned run on four hits, striking out five, earning her 12th win of the year – adding two hits and four RBI. Klum was 3-for-3 and Buckholz was 3-for-4 in the victory, part of a 14-hit attack – the most surrendered by the Raiders since the 2019 NAIA World Series.
 
Ashton Cathey had two hits for the Raiders in Game 1, with Weinberg adding a pair of hits in the nightcap.
 
OIT returns to action this weekend with a 4-game road series at Bushnell. Friday's doubleheader has been moved up four hours due to weather – with first pitch now set for 10 a.m.