KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Oregon Tech celebrated their three senior student-athletes with a dominant doubleheader sweep of the University of British Columbia, earning 6-1 and 11-0 wins to close out the regular-season at Stilwell Stadium.
 
The No. 1-ranked Lady Owls (43-6, 29-1 CCC) honored Maggie Buckholz, Jensen Becker and Maddie DeVerna by running their home win streak to 22 – setting a new conference record for single-season league wins with 29, with the 43 victories on the season tied for the top mark in the NAIA.
 
Kacie Schmidt earned her league-leading 23rd win in Game 1, working around eight hits, with Mckenzie Staub throwing a 4-hit shutout in Game 2, her sixth shutout win of the year.
 
Tech grabbed a 3-0 lead after four innings of the opener. Kaila Mick walked with two outs in the third, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a Buckholz single to break a scoreless tie. An inning later, back-to-back 2-out RBI singles from Nita Cook and Zoe Allen extended the lead.
 
The T-Birds (24-18, 17-12) cut the deficit to 3-1 in the fifth on a Keona Nordquist sacrifice fly, but OIT put the game away in the bottom of the frame on a Puakea Milbourne 2-run single.
 
Seven different Lady Owls had one hit in the win, with Nordquist, Kaitlyn Kim and Kaitlyn Eng all recording two hits in the loss for UBC.
 
OIT left no doubt in Game 2 – batting around for seven first inning runs – as Staub doubled home a pair, Lexi Klum singled home two runs and Cook lined a 2-run home run. The lead grew to 11-0 in the fourth, as Buckholz hit her eighth homer of the season and Klum added a 2-run double.
 
Both Mick and Klum had two hits for OIT – with Buckholz, Becker and DeVerna combining for two hits, two RBI and four runs scored in their final home regular-season game.
 
The Lady Owls will host the upcoming Cascade Conference Championships, presented by U.S. Bank, this Friday-Sunday. OIT will open up play Friday at 2 p.m., meeting the winner of the match-up between No. 4-seed Eastern Oregon and No. 5-seed UBC.