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Johnny Knittel
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Northwest Nazarene NNU 17-4, 4-1 GNAC
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Winner Western Ore. WOU 6-7, 2-3 GNAC
Northwest Nazarene NNU
17-4, 4-1 GNAC
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Final
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Western Ore. WOU
6-7, 2-3 GNAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Northwest Nazarene NNU 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 9 0
Western Ore. WOU 0 1 0 0 0 3 X 4 4 0

W: Soliz, Erica (1-0) L: Booth, Sidney (7-2)

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Northwest Nazarene NNU 17-5, 4-2 GNAC
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Winner Western Ore. WOU 7-7, 3-3 GNAC
Northwest Nazarene NNU
17-5, 4-2 GNAC
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Final
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Western Ore. WOU
7-7, 3-3 GNAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Northwest Nazarene NNU 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 12 0
Western Ore. WOU 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 5 13 14 0

W: Mayer, Maddie (1-3) L: Skinner, Gina (1-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Josh Burkholder - Director of Athletic Communications

Wolves Take Two from Nighthawks

MONMOUTH, Ore. – Northwest Nazarene softball dropped back-to-back games for the first time this season on Friday, falling to Western Oregon 4-3 and 13-9 (11 innings).
 
The Nighthawks and Wolves will finish out the series tomorrow with a doubleheader starting at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time.
 
Game One: WOU 4, NNU 3
 
The Nighthawks got on the board right away in game one, as Sidney Booth singled home Ivy Hommel in the top of the first inning. An inning later, Western Oregon tied things up with a solo homer.

In the fourth, NNU took back the lead with a sacrifice fly from Tori Hensley and then added one more in the fifth with doubling home Hommel to make it 3-1. A two-run bomb for the Wolves tied things back up in the bottom of the sixth, though, and WOU then took the lead on a wild pitch to make it 4-3. NNU had the tying run reach base in the top of the seventh, but couldn't bring it around to score.

Booth started the game in the circle and went 5.1 innings, allowing four runs on four hits while striking out eight. Hommel, Genuardi, and Gagnon each had two hits for the Nighthawks.
 
Game Two: WOU 13, NNU 9 (11 innings)
 
In the second game, NNU starter Tori Hensley put zeros on the board through the first four innings, leading to a 5-0 lead for the Nighthawks after the top of the fifth. NNU's runs came on a Maia McNicoll solo homer in the second, a Sidney Booth three-run shot in the fourth, and a two-RBI single from Emma Mulligan in the fifth.
 
The Wolves pushed across four runs in the bottom of the fifth, though, and after NNU got one back in the top of the sixth, WOU added three more in the bottom of the frame to tie things up at seven.
 
NNU had the bases loaded in their half, but neither team would score in the seventh inning, sending the game to extras. The score would remain 7-7 through the eighth and ninth innings as well, invoking the 10th inning rule of starting with a runner on second base.
 
Both teams brought their runner on second home in the 10th and 11th innings, but Western Oregon then hit a walk-off grand slam in the 11th to win it 13-9.
 
Mulligan got on base five times with two hits and three walks, while Ivy Hommel, McNicoll, and Madison Felter all added two hits.
 
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