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EUGENE, Ore. – The NAIA's No. 17-ranked Corban softball team ran their winning streak to six games with a double header sweep over Cascade Collegiate Conference rival Northwest Christian, 8-2 & 7-0, Monday at James Park.

Senior Rachel Conard led the Warriors' offense with a combined 3-for-5 performance that included a pair of home runs, while junior Lounette Jackson was a combined 4-for-6 with three runs batted in. Senior Stephanie Nippert also hit her team-leading 14th home run of the season in Game #2 to go along with multi-hit showings by five other Warriors – senior Chynna Sandhop, senior Liane DeHart, senior Brittany Chestnut, junior Courtney Castronovo, and sophomore Kyrianna Sorensen.

Senior Amy Greenough would get the start in the opener allowing just two hits in 3.0 innings of work before freshman Samantha Gutwig went the final 4.0 innings allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits en route to earning her second win of the season. In the finale, senior Chelsea Schriber went the opening 4.0 innings allowing one hit before the relief duo of sophomore Jessica Slate and freshman Danielle Horne combined for three perfect innings to close out the day.

Northwest Christian was led offensively by three players – Parker Bonife, Melissa Webster, and Devon Murphy – with two hits each, while Webster and Murphy tallied both of the Beacons' runs batted in.

In the opener, Jordan Bennett went the opening 0.2 innings allowing five earned runs on two hits before Sarah Lawhorn closed out with 6.1 innings of work allowing three earned runs on seven hits. Lawhorn would turn in a complete game performance in the night cap allowing seven earned runs on 12 hits to go along with a game-high three strikeouts.

GAME #1 — CORBAN 8, NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN 2

In Monday's opener, Corban would get on the scoreboard early thanks to five runs in the top of the first inning on a two-run double to left center by senior Erica Fitzgerald following by a three-run home run by Castronovo as the visiting Warriors grabbed a 5-0 lead after their first at-bat.

Corban would add two more runs in the top of the second inning to expand its lead to 7-0, as Fitzgerald reached on a fielder's choice that allowed Sandhop to score before Nippert executed a perfect double steal swiping home for the second time in four games.

Neither team would score again until the top of the fourth inning when Conard belted a one-out home run over the center field fence for her fifth round-tripper of the season that extended the Warriors' lead to 8-0.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Northwest Christian would avoid the eight-run mercy-rule when Webster drove in Dani Gehrke with a RBI single to left field that pulled the host Beacons within seven runs (8-1).

Three innings later, Northwest Christian would score its second run to pull within the final margin to six runs (8-2) on a run-scoring single up the middle by Murphy that scored Webster after she reached on an error to lead off the inning.

Jackson would lead Corban's offensive attack with a 2-for-3 performance, while seven other Warriors tallied a hit to go along with three-RBI performances by Fitzgerald and Castronovo.

Northwest Christian would get a pair of two-hit performances from Webster and Murphy, while Bonife and Gehrke tallied the Beacons only other hits.

GAME #2 — CORBAN 7, NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN 0

In the finale, Corban would score again in the top of the first inning when Conard singled to center field to put the Warriors ahead by the score of 1-0 allowing Sandhop to score the eventual game-winning run after she tallied a one-out single through the right side.

Corban would add to its lead going ahead by three runs (3-0) in the top of the second inning when Jackson belted her fourth home run of the season via a one-out two-run blast over the center field fence that also scored Sorensen after she connected on a one-out single.

In the top of the fourth inning, Jackson would add her third RBI of the game when she singled through the left side to bring home Castronovo following her lead off double to center field to put the visiting team ahead by four runs (4-0).

Northwest Christian would register its only hit when Bonife singled up the middle with one out, but could not advance past second base.

Corban's All-American duo of Nippert and Conard connected on back-to-back home runs in the top of the fifth inning via a two-run blast by Nippert to left center before Conard belted her sixth home run of the season over the center field fence for the final score of 7-0.

Four Warriors – Chestnut, Sandhop, Conard, and Jackson – combined to lead Corban's offense, as the quartet tallied two hits each. Jackson drove in a team-high three runs, while Conard and Nippert tallied two RBI each.

Northwest Christian's only offense would come from Bonife, as Corban's pitching faced the minimum number of Beacon batters over the game's seven innings.

Corban will return to the diamond on Friday, March 22nd, against the NAIA's No. 9-ranked Oregon Tech in an afternoon double header that begins at 2:00 p.m. on Warrior Field in Salem.