No. 13 Southern Oregon and No. 20 College of Idaho Split Doubleheader

CALDWELL, Idaho - A doubleheader between No. 13 Southern Oregon and No. 20 College of Idaho saw two games decided by two pitches. The first game saw the host Yotes rally from a 6-5 deficit and hit two homeruns in the bottom of the seventh on its way to an 8-6 win. The nightcap had College of Idaho poised for another comeback with the tying run at second before a ground out ended the game as the Raiders prevailed with a 4-3 win.
 
Game one saw the two teams score twice each in the first inning before SOU went ahead with a run in the second, two more in the fifth and another run in the sixth before the game-winning heroics by the Yotes.
 
Down 6-2 in the sixth inning, College of Idaho started its comeback with a three-run inning. A pair of RBI singles by Lexi Navarrete and Hallie Holland to go along with a sacrifice fly by Kaylee MacDannald made it a one-run game, 6-5.
 
Then, in the seventh, Lolo Walker led off the inning with her Cascade Collegiate Conference leading 14^th home run of the season to tie the game at 6. Next, Lena Zahniser, the reigning CCC Hitter of the Week, continued the comeback with a single to left field for her second hit of the day. Next, Madelyn Powell ripped an opposite field two-run, walk-off homerun for an 8-6 win for the Yotes. For Powell, it is her sixth home run of the season as the sophomore was mobbed by her teammates as she crossed home.

Powell and Zahniser each had two hits to lead an eight-hit effort by College of Idaho. Ambrie Jones pitched 1.1 innings of shutout relief to raise her record to 5-0.

SOU also had eight hits with Kailer Fulton and Brooke Nordahl each with a pair in the loss. Reliever Mayzew Menefee came off the bench in the sixth in relief of Katie Machado for the loss.

Game two saw College of Idaho take a 3-0 lead through the first innings. Southern Oregon came back to plate two in the fourth and two more in the sixth on its way to a 4-3 win.
 
Down by a run in the seventh, with two out, Walker reached first after a single to right field.
Then, Next, Zahniser grounded out to the Raiders' shortstop Sammie Pemberton. The final ground out saw Pemberton make a throw to first just ahead of Zahniser to end the contest.
 
Walker had three of the eight hits for the Yotes in the loss. A pair of Raiders – Sarah Kerling and Hannah Clavelle each had two hits in the win. Clavelle also had three RBI – two of which came in on a double in the fourth – in the win.
 
The two teams will wrap up the series with a doubleheader on Saturday at 11 a.m. The first game will decide the winner of the series which will be pivotal in determining the seeds for the CCC Tournament. The second game is a non-conference matchup which will be followed by recognition of the Yotes seniors, who are playing in their final home games at Symms Field.