NAMPA - The Montana State University Billings softball team swept a GNAC doubleheader on Friday afternoon from the Crusaders, winning the opener 7-0 and taking the nightcap 10-8.
Game 1: NNU 0 vs. MSUB 7
Game 2: NNU 8 vs. MSUB 10
Terina Stacks led the Yellowjackets offensive attack in the opener, going three for four with one RBI and Leslie Davis, Shay Oberg, and Crystal Bentley each had two hits as MSUB finished with seven runs on 13 hits.
Chelsey Anderson led the Crusaders, going two for four at the plate, and also took the loss in the circle for NNU in game one. Anderson falls to 2-17.
Josie Grotbo (6-1) earned the win for MSUB, scattering eight hits and striking out four.
The Crusaders (8-37, 5-27 GNAC) came out strong in game two, opening up a 6-2 lead after the first inning, highlighted by a Cara Duckworth two-RBI double and plated the six runs on five hits.
NNU would add two more in the fifth when
Vanessa Shaw doubled, Anderson singled, and Arielle Chao singled to right field to plate both baserunners, increasing the NNU lead to 8-4.
MSUB (36-12, 27-7 GNAC) battled back to score single runs in the third, fourth and sixth to cut the NNU lead to 8-5 heading into the top of the seventh. The 'Jackets then rallied to score five in the seventh on six hits, including the game-winning two-out, two-run double by Bobbie Lee to make the final 10-8 as the Crusaders could not mount a rally in the bottom half of the inning.
Kasie Conder (15-3) earned the win for MSUB in relief of Rebekah Tsatsa, while Cara Duckworth (4-12) took the loss for the Crusaders.
The team will return tomorrow for games three and four of the series, first pitch is scheduled for noon.
