PORTLAND – Mountaineers Softball bounced back on the road Friday afternoon with a 2-0 day one sweep over Warner Pacific to start the weekend. The Mounties took game one, 11-0, in five innings in what was a no-hitter. Eastern Oregon then scored a 4-2 win in game two over Knights to secure the league series win.

Game 1 – Eastern Oregon 11, Warner Pacific 0 (5 Innings)
How it Happened
• The Mountaineers (24-10, 12-4 CCC) were unstoppable on both sides of the ball with an 11-0 run-ruled win over the Knights (5-21, 3-14 CCC). They had 10 hits and did not surrender one to WPU.
• Starter Amanda Smith was superb in the win, pitching another complete game. She secured the near perfect game by fanning six batters en route to her first career no hitter.
• Defensively, the Knights struggled as they committed three errors to go along with surrendering 10 hits. Of the 11 runs given up, 10 were earned.
• The Mounties grabbed the lead right away in the first, scoring four runs. Hannah Tyree plated the first run in Caitlin Crist with an RBI double to right field.
• The score grew to 2-0 when Grace Gaither knocked an RBI base hit, scoring Tyree. Haley Ebner made it 4-0 with a deep two RBI single to right field, scoring Gaither and Karsyn Zaragoza. 
• The score remained 4-0 until the fifth when Eastern racked up seven runs to put away the Knights. From the first to the fourth, Smith worked a 1-2-3 outing to keep WPU scoreless.
• Kayla Berg pushed EOU's lead to 6-0 with a two RBI double to score Gaither and Tyree. Ebner then racked two more RBI in the game with a single to bring in Berg and Zaragoza.
• Leading 8-0, Crist smacked a double to left to score Rhyanne Oates. Madison Stateler made it 10-0 with an RBI sacrifice fly, scoring Shelby Starr.
• Tyree plated home the final run in Crist with an RBI single to right field to make it 11-0. EOU's lone error came in the bottom of the fifth, but they held strong regardless to secure the win.

Mountaineers Stat Leaders
• Haley Ebner batted 2-3 with four RBI.
• Hannah Tyree went 2-4 with two runs scored and two RBI.
• Caitlin Crist was 1-3 in the win, scoring two runs and had an RBI.
• Grace Gaither batted 1-2, scored two runs, and had one RBI.
• Karsyn Zaragoza also went 1-2 and scored a pair of runs.
• Kayla Berg finished 1-3 with two RBI and scored one run.
• Amanda Smith (11-3) pitched a complete game and struck out six batters in the no hitter.

For the Knights
• Abby Carlson (3-10) pitched a complete game in the loss and struck out two batters.

Game 2 – Eastern Oregon 4, Warner Pacific 2
How it Happened
• The second contest was a lot closer as EOU held off a stingy Knights team by two runs. EOU led 4-0 entering the bottom of the sixth before WPU finally scored.
• The Knights did manage to outhit Eastern by one, 9-8, but once again struggled on defense. They had two errors in the contest to just one yet again by EOU.
• The game's first run was produced in the third by the Mounties. Madison Stateler plated home Caitlin Crist with an RBI single to right center to make it a 1-0 score.
• The score remained 1-0 until the fifth when EOU tacked on another run to go ahead by two. An RBI single from Taylor Dow scored Madison Stateler to give Eastern the 2-0 edge.
• The final two runs for the Mounties were scored in the sixth. Haley Ebner made it a 3-0 game with an RBI sacrifice fly to score Karsyn Zaragoza. An error by WPU scored the final run in Kayla Berg.
• The first run for WPU came on an RBI single in the sixth. They then tacked on the second run with an RBI groundout, but a defensive play by EOU onthe scored secured the third out to end the game.

Mountaineers Stat Leaders
• Kayla Berg knocked two hits in three at bats and scored a run.
• Madison Statler went 1-3 with an RBI and scored one run.
• Taylor Dow batted 1-4 and had an RBI.
• Haley Ebner was 1-2 with an RBI.
• Mckenna Stallings (6-4) pitched five complete frames and had five strikeouts.

For the Knights
• Emma Foster hit 2-3 and had one RBI.
• Paityn Willoughby went 1-4 at the plate and had an RBI.
• Abby Carlson (3-11) pitched her second straight complete game and fanned one batter.

By the Numbers
5 - EOU posted its fifth shutout of the season in the game one win.
0 - Amanda Smith's no hitter in game one is the first of her career.
4 - With the day one sweep, the Mounties picked up their fourth CCC series win of the year.
4 - Eastern improves to 4-2 all-time now against Warner Pacific.
3 - With the run-ruled win in the series opener, EOU has now ended games early against three opponents.

Up Next
• The Mountaineers and Knights will wrap up the series Saturday, April 2, with another doubleheader. First pitch is set for 11 a.m. at Erv Lind Stadium.

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