PORTLAND, Ore. - The Red Hawks split the second day of play yesterday in Oregon as they took three-out-of-four from Warner Pacific.
Simpson dropped the first game of the day 6-4 and rebounded with a dominant 11-1 victory in game two.
Simpson jumped on the board early as they plated three runs in the top of the first inning on an RBI single by
Kassandra Soria and a two-run single by
Nicolena Holen.
The Knights plated one run in the bottom half of the inning as the Red Hawks added an insurance run in the third inning on a sacrifice fly by Grace Chojknacki.
But the Knights rallied in the fourth inning as they scored three times to tie the game, as Mailli Bode and Jordyn Rosario posted RBI knocks before a double-steal with runners on the corners pushed across the tying run.
Warner Pacific took the lead in the following inning as they plated two runs with Bode pushing across the go-ahead run and Skyler Groesbeck adding an insurance RBI single.
The Red Hawks went down in order in the final two innings to fall to the Knights 6-4 as Killi Makanai preserved the victory in the circle as she fired 4.0 innings of hitless softball.
Game 2:
The Red Hawks offense came alive in the series finale as they exploded for 11 runs on 15 hits to take the game 11-1.
Simpson's starter, Lily Rojas, had it working as she tossed the complete game while allowing one run in the sixth.
The Red Hawks' big inning came in the fourth as they plated four runs on four hits, as Rebekah Millan notched a two-run triple and Soria notched an RBI double.
A three-run seventh inning capped off the offensive onslaught for Simpson as Madison Guzman knocked through a two-run single and Jessica Ulshoeffer picked up her first collegiate hit and RBI on a line drive into left field.
The Red Hawks posted multi-hit performances by Madison Chapman, Brianna Lopez-Cortez, Madison Guzman, Rebekah Millan, and Olivia Bicondova. Bicondova led the Simpson bats with a three-hit game.
Rojas earned the win as she scattered five hits over 7.0 innings of work while striking out four Knights.
Simpson looks to keep rolling as they take on University of British Columbia this weekend with the first pitch scheduled for Friday at 11 am.
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