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Box Score 2 EUGENE, Ore. – After tying a school record for hits in Game 1, No. 24 ranked College of Idaho had to string together four seventh inning one-out hits to rally for a doubleheader sweep over Northwest Christian at James Park.
The Lady Yotes (24-12, 16-8 CCC) equaled their team mark with 19 hits and turned their first-ever triple play in a 9-5 victory in the opener, then tallied four runs in the final frame to grab a 5-2 win in Game 2. With the two wins, C of I has secured one of the four spots in the upcoming Cascade Conference Championships, May 1-2.
NCU (9-24, 8-14) opened the scoring in Game 1, as Gabby Stover lined a two-out RBI single to give the Beacons a first inning lead. C of I tied the score on a Briana Brace RBI single in the second, taking the lead in the third when Ashley Van Horne gapped her school-record fifth triple of the season and scored on an Alexis Macias single.
C of I busted the game open in the fourth, as Paige Gabiola doubled home a pair, with Brace and Macias adding RBI singles to extend the lead to 6-1.
Leading 7-2 in the fifth, NCU loaded the bases with no outs, scoring a run on a Parker Bonife walk. C of I got out of the jam in one swoop – as Jill Surrat lined to second for an out, with Kaci Baldwin doubling up the runner at second for the second out – and after a throw to first base was late, Macias threw home to gun down Randi Kostner trying to score from third to complete the triple play.
Baldwin capped the C of I attack with a two-run single in the sixth, as the Yotes equaled the 19-hits they had in a win over Corban last season. Macias, Van Horne, Katie Rowe, and Destiny Turner all had three hits for the winners, as Cortni Pena worked around 10 hits for her eighth victory.
Surrat and Laynee Bevans each had three hits for the Beacons, with Bonife hitting her fifth homer of the season in the loss.
Game 2 was scoreless until the fourth inning, when Surrat doubled home Bonife to give NCU the lead. Chelsea Hannon followed with a two-out RBI single to make it 2-0.
C of I got a run back in the fifth on a Beacons' error, but needed a big outburst in the seventh to record the win. Hailey Chambers lined a one-out triple and scored on a passed ball to tie the score. Paige Gabiola walked and scored on a NCU error after a Van Horne single. Turner followed with a run-scoring single and Rowe doubled in a run to make it 5-2.
It was enough for Nickayla Skinner, who tossed three shutout innings of relief, to pick up her 16th win. Van Horne and Turner each had two hits for the Yotes, with Surrat and Addy Hoskins each logging two hits for NCU.
C of I closes out their road trip tomorrow with an 11 a.m. doubleheader at Corban.
