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This Week
This weekend the Mountaineers host Northwest Christian and Corban at Peggy Anderson Field. On Friday, it's Bingo Friday! Come Play softball bingo and win some prizes. On Saturday against Corban, Its Team Day! Come with your team and receive half off admission.
 
CCC Opener
This Friday, March 13th is the opening weekend of Cascade Collegiate Conference action. EOU hosts Northwest Christian on Friday at 2 p.m. to kickoff conference action and host Corban University on Saturday at 11 a.m.
 
Looking at the Opponents
Northwest Christian
The Beacons of Northwest Christian University comes into the contest with a record of 3-13 on the season. On March 8th, Northwest Christian swept No. 10 Simpson University but two days later the Beacons were swept by Western Oregon. Addy Hoskins leads the way for the Beacons as she is hitting .396. As a team the Beacons are hitting .246 on the season and their pitching staff has an ERA of 3.56. Jill Suratt leads the way for the pitching staff as she has pitched a team-high 41 innings and holds a team-high 1.88 earned run average.
Corban
Corban University enters this weekend with a record of 16-4 on the season. Corban is currently on a five game winning streak with their last game coming on March 2 when they swept Emmanuel (Ga.) in a doubleheader. The Warriors are hitting .330 on the year as a team and are led by Anne Binschus who is hitting .391 in 16 games. The Warriors have hit 28 home runs in 20 games this season are have four girls with four home runs each. In the circle, Danielle Horne leads the team with an ERA of 1.31. Emily Buhrkuhl follows with a team-high 43.2 innings pitched and has a 2.56 ERA.
 
Leading the CCC
Entering this weekend, the Mountaineers currently hold the best batting averaging in the Cascade Collegiate Conference. EOU is hitting .358 through 15 games this season. They lead Concordia, who is hitting .354 on the season. Six teams are hitting .300 or better on the season.  
 
EOU Career Homeruns
Last week against Walla Walla University, Cassie Wendt hit two homeruns in the first game. Her second homerun gave her the career EOU homerun record with 28 on the season.
 
Wendt Leading the Way
Senior, Cassie Wendt currently leads the CCC in batting average as she is hitting .620 on the season. She is the only player to be hitting over .600 in the CCC this season. Destiny Turner of College of Idaho is second hitting .536 on the season. Wendt has hit seven homeruns this season. Her seven homeruns leads the CCC. She leads Tara Moates and Kate Santos who both have six. Wendt also leads the CCC in runs batted in. She has collected 31 and leads Meghan Luebbert, who has 30 RBIs on the season.
 
What's Up Next
The Mountaineers host College of Idaho on Tuesday, March 17 at 3 p.m. at Peggy Anderson Field.