CALDWELL, Idaho – Jodie Hoagland went 4-for-8 with two doubles and two triples, leading the College of Idaho to a key doubleheader sweep of Eastern Oregon at Symms Field.
The Lady Yotes (15-21, 6-8 CCC) ended a three-game losing streak with 8-4 and 8-3 victories over the Mountaineers, pulling into a tie for fourth-place in the Cascade Conference standings at the midway point of the season.
C of I never trailed on the afternoon, using a three-run bottom of the first to grab control of Game 1, as Katie Rowe rapped an RBI single, followed by a two-run base hit from Alexis Macias.
A Macias RBI ground out in the third extended the lead to 4-0, before Mountaineers' (12-19, 3-11) slugger Cassie Wendt clubbed a long three-run homer in the fourth, her tenth of the season, to cut the deficit to 4-3. C of I answered in the bottom of the frame and a Kristin Paulazzo RBI double and a two-run single from Destiny Turner to put the game out of reach.
Cortni Pena recorded her team-high tenth win of the season, scattering seven hits in her five innings of work. Hoagland was 2-for-4 with two doubles, with Destiny Campbell going 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
Wendt was 2-for-3 with all four RBI for EOU in the loss.
In Game 2, the Yotes batted around for six runs in the second inning to take command. Rickey Kamimae started the hit parade with an RBI double to left, with Courtney Ellis following with a double into the right-center gap. Hoagland ripped an RBI triple; Campbell an RBI single; Rowe an RBI single; and Macias a sacrifice fly in the big frame.
Eastern made it 6-2 in the third on a Shelby Baertsch home run and added a Marisa Gonzalez RBI single in the fifth – but stranded the tying run at the plate to end the inning.
C of I got key insurance runs late – one on a Hoagland RBI triple in the fifth, and another on a Macias RBI double in the sixth.
Julia Rambo got the win for C of I, allowing just four hits in six innings of work. Hoagland tied Katie Thiesen's 2004 school record with her two triples, while Rowe went 3-for-3 in the victory.
Baertsch was 2-for-4 in the loss for EOU.
C of I returns to action on Friday, traveling to Northwest Christian for a doubleheader. Game time in Eugene has been moved up two hours to Noon (PDT).
