Show 2 12 Lady Bruins The beat goes on James Matthews vs Contributing Writer r The 7 lady Bruins women's softball team continued to stay hot last weekend with their sweep sweep of 10 College of Southern Idaho Golden Eagles to extend their winning streak to 16 games and their conference lead to seven games They won Fridays Friday's games 32 32 32 3 2 and 6 Saturday things were much easier winning 8 1 and 10 3 When it was over the Bruins had improved their record to 32 5 overall verall and 31 3 in conference play comfortably bly in the lead atop the SceniC West Athletic Conference On Friday beat up with scores of 3 2 and 6 ace pitcher Sarah Clark picked up the win in the first Friday game improving her record to 2 14 on the season with an impressive ERA of She went five innings giving up one Lady Bruins Continued on A 7 H 1 I A. A i 4 Ca a i t S i a. a ri i rr r Photo by Preston Holman Lady Bruins Continued from A Al 1 hit and two runs Freshman R Reilly illy OBrien O'Brien came in for forthe forthe forthe the save relieving Clark gracefully and picking up her second save on the season On the he offensive side third Lisa Riches had two o hits and two clutch RBI's that knocked in the winning runs nuns and kept the win streak alive and healthy Jordyn McDonald got the win in the second game With her intimidating I fastball she struck out five batters giving up four hits four walks and giving up two runs Despite struggling to keep the ball over the plate McDonald persevered and was able to get the win OBrien O'Brien was again the goto goto goto go go- to save woman She threw two innings giving up one walk and striking out four earning her second save on the day Offensively the Bruins excelled having eight hits and scoring six runs Leading the way was was sophomore outfielder Amy Broadbent She went 2 for 3 with a monster home run two runs and two Along with Broadbent's efforts freshman Shaynie Phillips and Kim Weese had contributing efforts offensively to help get the he win They both had one hit a piece with a combine three The story was the same on on Saturday with the Bruins easily beating the Eagles 8 1 and 3 10 completing the sweep and building a reputation as a team not to be reckoned with Again Sarah Clark took the mound and again she came out victorious improving her record to 2 15 on the season Clark threw very well going 42 innings giving up four hits one earned run two walks and two strikeouts OBrien O'Brien again came in for the save going two innings giving up two walks and striking out two The Bruins bats were on fire in the first game getting 11 hits off the Eagles pitching The Star of the game was third baseman Lisa Riches when she hit hither hither hither her record breaking of the season The broke the single- single season record in history Catcher Kim Weese and second baseman Stacie Graham contributed to the eight run win going a combined 4 for 7 with three The beat went on in the second game on Saturday with pitcher Jordyn McDonald getting her 11 th win of the season McDonald went four strong innings giving up four hits and three runs with three strikeouts Again OBrien O'Brien came carne in for the save throwing the last three innings only giving up one hit and recording five strikeouts Game fours four's offensive was headed up by freshman and utility player Meranda Wood She went 2 for 4 with a a homer her second of the season as well as two Catcher Kim Weese's bat stayed consistent having one hit in four plate appearances but driving in n a three key First baseman Hayley Atiyeh e excelled celled offensively as well hitting her team leading double of the season and also having two The two one-two pitching combination up set-up by bythe bythe bythe the Bruins seems almost foolproof and instills fear into the opposing offense If we continue this dominating pitching repertoire no other squad stands a chance said McDonald The quality of play over this weekend was great for forthe forthe forthe the Bruins their team and individual confidence has grown with each win and andis andis is the ultimate contributing contributing- factor towards their staggering winning streak The team looks to extend the streak to 20 games ne next t week when they face off against Southern Nevada April 4 3 at home Show up u for Saturdays Saturday's match and support your team and a good cause The game game is a Swing for Life Game with all the proceeds proceeds' going to the Huntsman Center for Breast Cancer research First pitch is at 12 pm at our very own Bruin Field |