Riverside, Calif. - After dropping both games on Thursday (7-5 and 6-3) the women's softball team answered back by claiming the final two games of the series 7-1 and 9-1. The two wins pushed the Golden Eagles record to 11-27 (5-3 in Cal Pac play) on the season.
While both games on Thursday were relatively competitive, Friday's doubleheader were all La Sierra.
In Friday's first game, the Golden Eagles led throughout, by scoring two runs in the third inning. The Red Hawks cut the lead in half with a run in the top of the fourth inning, but La Sierra used a 5-run bottom half of the inning, on their way to victory.
Starting pitcher, Jessica Osnaya, pitched a complete game giving up one unearned run while striking out three and walking two.
Katie Witherby led all players, going 3-for-4 in the game and driving in three runs.
The Golden Eagles tallied 10 total hits in the game.
In the second game, La Sierra scored at least two runs in four of the six innings played, while also capitalizing on seven Red Hawks errors.
Melanie Vidaurri went 3-for-4 while tallying three RBI's and scoring two runs. Berlyn Benavides and Alyssa Ramirez each went 2-for-3 in the game. Ramirez also had two RBI's in the game.
Vanessa Froussine picked up the win, pitching all six innings, giving up one run on six hits, with two strikeouts.
On Thursday, the Red Hawks used a 6-run fourth inning to secure the victory. La Sierra scored five unanswered runs over the final four innings but fell just short in the comeback attempt.
In the second game of the doubleheader, the Golden Eagles took an early lead but were unable to hang on, as the Red Hawks scored five runs in the middle innings to sweep the day's doubleheader.
Prior to Friday's doubleheader, the team recognized Mercedes Gasparovic who was playing in her final home games as a member of the Golden Eagles softball team.
The women's softball team will now be on the road for the remainder of the season, with roads trips to Northern California (William Jessup University and Menlo College) and Arizona (Embry-Riddle).
