Lady Owls Sweep Yotes
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CALDWELL, Idaho – Oregon Tech (13-5, 4-1 CCC) swept a Cascade Conference doubleheader Saturday from College of Idaho (11-6, 2-3 CCC) 4-2 in game 1, and 9-4 in game 2 at Symms Field.
Oregon Tech 4 College of Idaho 2 Game 1
OIT scored 2-runs in the first and 2-runs in 6th then haled on for the 4-2 win as the Yotes scored their 2-runs in the bottom of the 7th but left the bases loaded.
The Owls took the early lead scoring twice in the top of the first highlighted by a Tara Moates RBI double.
The Owls scored two very important insurance runs in the top of the 6th on a Dre Sotelo 2-RBI single.
College of Idaho got back-to-back homers in the bottom of the 7th but Tech's Loryn Williams came in relief of starter Kelly Scott to get the final two outs as COI left the bases loaded.
Scott improved to 8-2 on the year with the win as Williams picked up her first save of the year.
Oregon Tech 9 College of Idaho 4 Game 2
Oregon Tech scored 9-runs on 10-hits helped by 5-college of Idaho errors on the way to the 9-4 win.
The Owls scored 3-runs in the first highlighted by a Ali Graham 2-RBI double.
Each team added 1-run in the 3rd as the Owls led 4-1.
OIT added two more runs in the 4th as Graham was at it again, another 2-run double to push the Tech lead to 6-1.
Kiahna Brown had an RBI single in the 5th scoring Sahalie Doe to extend the Hooter lead to 7-1.
Dre Sotelo belted her 3rd home run of the year in the 6th that also scored Graham pushing the OIT lead to 9-1.
COI avoided the mercy-rule scoring 3-runs in the 6th as OIT won 9-4.
Sotelo and Graham led the Owls with 2-hits each in the win.
Tech's Sarah Abramson picked up the win in the circle to improve to 4-2 on the year.
The two teams will conclude the season series Sunday in a doubleheader at Symms Field at 10:00 AM
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