The Northwest Nazarene Nighthawks closed out their weekend series against Central Washington by taking 3-4 games. After splitting the opening games, NNU secured the series with a dominant win in game three before falling in the finale.

Game 3 – NNU 10, CWU 2 (5 innings)

Northwest Nazarene jumped out early and never looked back in game three of the doubleheader, defeating Central Washington 10–2 in five innings.

Ava Clark started the game with a walk and quickly moved into scoring position with a stolen base. After Hailey Harris drew a walk, Emma Bumatay provided the big swing of the inning, launching a three-run home run to center field to give the Nighthawks a 3–0 lead.

Central Washington answered with two runs in the bottom of the first. Brusseau doubled down the left-field line to bring home Baker before Thomas added an RBI single to trim the deficit to 3–2.

The Nighthawks pushed their lead back to two in the second inning. Riglee Peterson worked a walk and later scored when Jami Obringer delivered an RBI single to right field.

Northwest Nazarene broke the game open in the fourth inning. Lauryn Bergevin led off with a single before Audrey McKibben entered as a pinch runner and stole second. Clark followed with an RBI single to score the run, and the Nighthawks capitalized on multiple Central Washington errors later in the inning. Bumatay drew a bases-loaded walk before Keana Bell reached on an error that allowed two additional runs to cross the plate, extending the lead to 8–2.

NNU added two more runs in the fifth inning. Paisley Noyer delivered a pinch-hit single and eventually scored on Clark's RBI groundout, while another Wildcat error allowed Peterson to score to make it 10–2.

After allowing two runs in the opening inning, the Nighthawks pitching staff shut down the Wildcats for the remainder of the game, holding CWU scoreless over the final four innings to secure the run-rule victory.

Game 4 – CWU 5, NNU 1

Central Washington avoided the sweep in the series finale, defeating Northwest Nazarene 5–1.

The Wildcats broke a scoreless tie in the third inning when Vargas hit a solo home run to right field. Later in the inning, Cable added an RBI double to bring home Holdren and extend the lead to 2–0.

Northwest Nazarene answered in the fourth inning. Bell doubled to right center to start the frame before Noyer drove her in with an RBI single up the middle, cutting the deficit to 2–1.

Central Washington added insurance runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Thomas delivered an RBI single in the fifth to make it 3–1, and the Wildcats pushed two more runs across in the sixth with a bases-loaded walk and an RBI single to extend the lead to 5–1.

The Nighthawks put a runner on in the seventh when Wagner recorded a pinch-hit single, but Central Washington closed out the game to secure the win.

Up Next

Despite the loss in the finale, Northwest Nazarene took the series 3–1 over Central Washington and look to repeat this coming weekend against Montana State Billings. The four game series begins with a double header on Friday the 13th with the first pitch scheduled for 12 PM.