Jael Henthorn's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh earned Northwest Nazarene a 3-2 win over Central Washington and a split of a Great Northwest Athletic Conference doubleheader Tuesday at Nampa.

Central Washington (11-8, 9-5) won the first 9-1 as Linse Vlahovich pitched a five-hitter, striking out 12.

In NNU's victory, Brooke Hesselgesser led off the seventh with a double. A sacrifice moved pinch-runner Dana Mitchell to third where she scored on Henthorn's fly.

CWU led 1-0 until the sixth when Arielle Chao's two-run triple gave NNU (7-18, 5-12) a 2-1 lead. Central tied the game at 2-2 on a single by Taylor Trautmann in the top of the seventh.

Cara Duckworth went the distance for NNU allowing seven hits to earn the win.

In the opener, Jennifer Schwartz had four hits and Michelle Torre and Meghan Kopczynski each drove in three runs to pace Central to its victory.