Bruins Open Softball Season with Pair of Losses to Cavaliers

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NEWBERG - Three hits in each game was not enough offense for the George Fox University Bruins as they dropped a season-opening softball doubleheader to the visiting Concordia University-Portland Cavaliers, 6-0 and 15-3, Saturday afternoon here at the Morse Field Complex.

Annele Huckins (1-0) and Carleen Lessard combined on the shutout in the first game, Huckins going the first six innings and striking out 11 while walking only one.

She did not allow a hit until Ashley Olson doubled to left-center with one out in the 4th.

The Cavaliers took a 3-0 lead in the 1st off Kayla Winkler (0-1), who went the distance for the Bruins, fanning seven and walking five.

Kelly Rattay drove in the first run with a single, Casey Middagh doubled in another, and Shayna Ostlund capped the rally with an RBI single.

Rattay singled in another run in the 2nd, and Tina Garcia had a two-run single in the 6th.

Four of the runs Winkler allowed were unearned as the Bruins committed four errors.

In the nightcap, which was played in periodic drizzle, the Cavs touched Bruin freshman Torey Weatherman (0-1) for 15 hits and scored in all five innings of the game that called by the eight-run rule.

Cijay Koninui led the offense with three hits in as many at bats and three runs scored, Ashley Watson was 2-4 with two RBI, Rattay went 2-3 with three RBI, and Ostlund was 2-3 with two RBI. Kari Mabe scored three runs.

Danielle Pulfrey (1-0) went the first four innings for Concordia, fanning four with one walk while allowing only one hit, a single to Olson in the 2nd.

The Bruins got to reliever Lessard in the 5th for their first runs of the season when Weatherman singled, Jessica Cardwell walked, and Katie Yoder slugged a two-out three-run homer to deep to left-center.

George Fox is off until Feb. 22nd, when they will play a doubleheader at the University of Texas-Tyler at 1:00 PM Central time, before playing four games Feb. 23rd-24th in the LeTourneau University Spring Classic.

Concordia is back in action Sunday in a twinbill at Lewis & Clark College at 1:00 PM.

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