The Trail

Issue date: 3/9/07 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Emily Hearst The Logger bats got going in opening weekend as the team scored 23 runs when all was said and done

Logger softball swept their doubleheader on Saturday, winning 2-0 and 11-3 against Lewis and Clark. On Sunday, the Logger women dominated George Fox in that double header, winning 4-0 in both games.

The first game against the Pioneers centered predominantly around the pitchers. The Loggers have two strong returning pitchers, seniors Jessica Roberts and Adrian Herlache. In the Lewis and Clark game, Herlache struck out six batters. The only runs in the game came with UPS senior Lindsay Fujita's home run.

In the second game, the Loggers worked hard at their offense, scoring six runs after three innings. They allowed the Pioneers three runs in the fourth inning but pulled their defense back together in the last half of the game.

The Loggers grabbed their win in the fifth inning after an RBI single by Fujita, which brought home Meghan Watson and Kelli Ishi to score.

Fujita was pleased with the team's performance but would like to see better offense.

"If we can match our offense with our defense we will be pretty competitive in the conference and surprise a lot of people," Fujita said.

The double header against the Bruins again showed the Loggers' pitching strength. Herlache almost had a no-hitter in the first game, allowing just one hit in the seventh inning. Lindsay Janes also had a complete game shutout.

The Logger lead started early and the game moved quickly in the first game. Fujita and sophomore Victoria Raeburn scored two runs off of a bunt and a double, respectively.

The second game put the Loggers' first score on the board in the third inning with a single by Hilary Rice.

Janes allowed four hits for her seven innings pitched and struck out three Bruins batters. George Fox did not score once.
Fujita, despite the four wins, still wants to intensify the team's effort.

"Our defense is always solid and our pitchers are doing well," she said. "[But] we definitely need to step it up for our next games at Linfield."

The Loggers hosted Corban for a double header on Mar. 7. Results for those games were not available at press time.
UPS will head to Oregon for four games with Linfield on Mar. 10 and 11 to continue their conference play.

• Nadine Leonard celebrated the softball victories by beating the opposing fans with brooms.

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