Lady Owls Power Past Beacons in Sweep
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.- No. 24 Oregon Tech (24-7, 12-3 CCC) swept a doubleheader from Northwest Christian (5-25, 2-13 CCC) 8-1, and 11-2 Saturday at the OIT Softball Complex.
The win in game 1 for the Owls combined with the No. 14 Southern Oregon 1-0 win over No.7 Corban University vaults OIT and SOU into a 1st place tie atop the CCC Standings at 12-3.
Game 1 Oregon Tech 8 Northwest Christian 1 (Conference game)
Kiahna Brown (pictured) hit her Cascade Conference leading 8th home run of the year and 4th of the weekend and Sarah Abramson improved to 9-2 in the circle in leading OIT to the 8-1 win.
Alyssa Gayle took the CCC lead in home runs with her 8th to give NCU the early 1-0 lead.
Tech tied the game at 1-1 with a run in the second inning then took control of the game with five-runs in the bottom of the 3rd on 5-hits highlighted by a Rachael Delamare 2-RBI single.
Tech added two more runs in the 5th as Brown tied Gayle for the CCC lead in home runs with her fourth in the last two days, a 2-run shot that gave Tech the 8-1 win.
Ali Graham led the Owls with three-hits with Brown chipping in a pair of hits in the win.
Emma Jegtvig was pegged with the loss for the Beacons as she drops to 2-9 on the year.
Game 2 Oregon Tech 11 Northwest Christian 2 (Non-Conference game)
OIT took the lead early sending 12 batters to the plate, scoring 7-runs on 7-hits highlighted by a McKenna Armantrout two out 2-RBI single.
Each team added a run in the third inning on home runs, Ciera Farias hit her first of the year for NCU and Tara Moates hit her 4th long ball of the year for the Owls.
The Beacons made it an 8-2 game with a run in the 4th on two-hits but the Owls put the game away with three-runs in the 4th as Freshman Logan Nunes hammered her first collegiate home run over the center field fence to complete the Owls' scoring as OIT won 11-2 in the mercy-rule shortened 5-inning game.
Tech's Loryn Williams looked strong in the circle as she improved to 4-1 on the year pitching all five innings, giving up only five-hits.
Armantrout, Olivia Lethlean, Sahalie Doe, Ali Graham, and Baylee Wyscaver each had 2-hits apiece in the win for the Owls.
Oregon Tech will travel next weekend to Helena, Montana for a four game series against Carroll College starting Friday, April 6 at 1:00 pm
Northwest Christian will return home and host No. 14 Southern Oregon University next Friday and Saturday.
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