BOX SCORES – GAME #1 | GAME #2 (SUSPENDED AFTER 3 INNS. DUE TO RAIN)

PORTLAND, Ore. – Sophomore Jennifer Kollaer (Albany, Ore.) went 3-for-5 at the plate with a pair of doubles and three runs batted in, as Corban's softball team picked up an 11-1 victory over Lewis & Clark in the opener of Wednesday afternoon's double header.

The night cap of Wednesday's twin bill was called at the end of the third inning due to rain with Corban leading by four runs, 6-2.  Game #2 will be concluded on Tuesday, March 10th, when the Warriors and Pioneers meet at Warrior Field in Salem beginning at 1:00 p.m.

In the opener, neither team scored in the first inning  before Corban exploded for five runs in the second and third innings.

In the Warriors' second at-bat, senior Karlee Sisler (Corvallis, Ore.) led off with a single down the left field line before advancing to second on junior Jessica Schell's (Portland, Ore.) single to center field.  One batter later, both Sisler and Schell advanced one base on a pass ball before coming home on a single to left center by junior Jessica Pierce (Kennewick, Wash.).

After Corban scored two runs in the second inning, Kollaer led off the third inning with a double to left center before junior Rachel Steigleman (Eugene, Ore.) reached via an error that allowed Kollaer to advance to third.  During the next at-bat, Steigleman stole second before Sisler brought both base runners home with a double right field.  Two batters later, Pierce drove in her second run of the afternoon via a sacrifice fly that scored freshman Brittany Wagner (Oregon City, Ore.), who reached base via a walk earlier in the inning.

Lewis & Clark got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fifth inning when Danielle Blechert registered a one-out single to left field.  After advancing to second via a wild pitch, Blechert came home on Caroline DeVincenzi's double to left field that brought the host Pioneers within four runs (5-1).

In the top of the sixth inning, Pierce reach base via an errory by Lewis & Clark to open the inning.  Three batters later, the bases were loaded for Steigleman who singled home Pierce before Wagner capped the Warriors' scoring with a ground out back to the pitcher that allowed junior Rebecca Franke (Pendleton, Ore.) to score from third.

With a six-run lead (7-1) heading into its final at-bat, Corban tacked on four more runs with the highlight coming via a three-run double by Kollaer that capped the game's scoring.

Offensively, Corban was led by Kollaer's three-hit performance.  Meanwhile, Sisler and Schell added two hits each to go along with one-hit performances by Franke, Steigleman, Pierce, and freshman Twyla Baggarley (Hillsboro, Ore.).

Senior Erin Sailors (Anchorage, Alaska) went the distance for the Warriors, as she allowed one earned run on three hits to go along with a game-high 12 strikeouts that brought her season total to 62 K's in seven appearances.

In Game #2, Corban had a four-run lead (6-2) after three innings thanks to a one-out home run by Kollaer and a three-run blast by Schell in the first inning.

With the opening win, Corban improves to 7-8 overall versus Lewis & Clark's 0-1 start to its young season.  Both teams will go head-to-head again on Tuesday, March 10th at Warrior Field.

NOTE: The postponed game will be played first starting where the two teams left off, while the scheduled double header will immediately follow.