SAN BERNARDINO — (March 2) After struggling to claim a 6-5, 11-inning win over Cal State San Bernardino in the first game of the day, Humboldt State returned to form in the nightcap, resulting in an 11-2, five-inning victory in California Collegiate Athletic Association softball action Friday.

The Lumberjacks improve to 13-1 overall and remain perfect in league play at 4-0. The Coyotes fall to 10-10 overall and 4-6 in the CCAA.

In the opener, an RBI-single by Nancy Harbeson and a RBI-fielder's choice by Francesca West gave the Jacks a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning. In the bottom of the fourth, Leslie Carrasco knocked in a pair of runs for the Coyotes to knot the game at 2-2.

West led off the top of the sixth with her first home run of the season, a solo shot to left field, and the Jacks plated two more runs to go up 5-3.

CSUSB tied the game again, this time in the bottom of the seventh, forcing extra innings.

Finally, in the top of the 11th inning, a single up the middle by Marissa Slattery sent Natalie Galletly across the plate, and HSU forced three straight outs to end the game.

Lizzy Prescott struck out six batters for Humboldt State, improving to 7-0 on the season. Prescott, who entered the game with a 0.34 ERA, gave up nine hits and three earned runs.

In the nightcap, Carolyn Cameron went 4-for-4 with three RBI, as the Jacks scored 11 runs on 15 hits. West added three hits and a pair of RBI while Vanessa Shernock was 2-for-2 with 3RBI.

Humboldt's defense held the Coyotes to just five hits and two runs, one in the first and one in the fifth, claiming the eight-run, five-inning mercy rule win.

Tracy Motzny (6-1) recorded three strikeouts and scattered five hits in the pitching circle for the Jacks.

The Lumberjacks play another CCAA-counting doubleheader against the Coyotes on Saturday at 11 a.m., then take on Cal State Dominguez Hills Sunday in a 10 a.m. non-conference twinbill.

Score by Innings                       R  H  E
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Humboldt State Univ. 002 003 000 01 -  6 13  1
CSU San Bernardino.. 000 200 300 00 -  5  9  1
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Cameron 2x5; Klug 1x4, RBI; Galletly 2x3, RBI; Harbeson 2x5, RBI; West 2x5, HR, 2RBI; Slattery 1x4; Shernock 1x2; Motzny,C. 1x5
Win: Prescott (7-0),  Loss: Baker (5-6)


Score by Innings               R  H  E
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Humboldt State Univ. 116 21 - 11 15  0
CSU San Bernardino.. 100 01 -  2  5  0
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Cameron 4x4, 3RBI; Galletly 2x4, 2RBI; West 3x4, 2RBI; Slattery 2x3; Sutherland 1x3, RBI; Shernock 2x2, 3RBI; Motzny,C. 1x3
Win: Motzny (6-1), Loss: Baker (5-7)

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