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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State softball team swept its second straight Big Sky Conference series on Sunday, by beating Northern Colorado 14-8. ISU swept Weber State last weekend in a three-game series and is now 20-18 and 7-2 in Big Sky play. The school record for most wins in a season is 25 by the 1979 team.
The Bengals scored their 14 runs on 15 hits and committed three errors while Northern Colorado had five hits and two errors.
Vicky Galasso and
Terah Blackwell each went 3-4 with five RBI and two home runs.
Becky Molyneaux was 3-4,
Maddy Hickman was 2-4 and
Hailey Breakwell was 1-3 with a home run and three RBI.
“All of our hitters are doing a tremendous job,” Idaho State coach
Julie Wright said. “Terah, Vicky, Maddy and Becky were on fire this weekend. One through nine in our line-up is clicking. This sweep was huge for us. We now control our own destiny. It is a great place to be.”
Amanda Fitzsimmons earned the win in the circle by pitching 3.1 innings and striking out three.
Kelsi Ott pitched the final 3.2 innings and allowed only three hits and struck out three.
ISU led 8-4 after two innings with a five run first and a three run second inning. Blackwell and Breakwell both had two-run home runs in the first and Galasso had an RBI single. Blackwell homered again in the second inning on a three-run shot with two outs.
Northern Colorado cut the ISU lead to 9-7 after the fourth inning. The Bengals scored their run on a Galasso home run in the top of the fourth inning.
Idaho State put the game away in the sixth inning with a five run stanza. Galasso hit her second home run of the game on a three-run shot.
Courtney Dial scored on an error in the inning and Breakwell brought in the fifth run on a sacrifice RBI.
Idaho State returns to the field on April 20-21 for a three-game series against Portland State, who is 8-1 in Big Sky Conference play. Both days begin at 1 p.m.
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