SAN BERNARDINO - Humboldt State softball  claimed its 10th consecutive regular-season league title, sweeping Cal State San Bernardino, 5-4 and 8-7, in the final California Collegiate Athletic Association doubleheader Saturday.

The achievement pushed the program's 18th conference title since softball was revived at HSU in 1989 following a five-year hiatus. Current head coach Frank Cheek has directed to program to all of those championships, won in four different leagues.

The Lumberjacks clinched the CCAA championship tournament's top seed finishing the season with a 23-9 conference mark and 36-15 overall record overall, while the Coyotes fell 13-19 in league play and 22-34 overall.

"We ran the bases well today, unlike yesterday," Humboldt State head softball coach Frank Cheek said. "And we won the league for 10 years of dominance in three different leagues and we feel great about this."

After two scoreless innings in game one HSU got on the bored first as Nikki Ketteringham hit her sixth homer of the season.

CSUSB answered back with a Priscilla Curiel home run in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game 1-1.

During the Jacks next at bat pinch runner Joanna Schultz scored off of a Lindsay Warren single to center to take a one run lead. HSU then added two more runs to the bored in the top of the seventh with back-to-back RBI singles by Warren and Francesca West.

With hopes of a comeback the Coyotes were able to tie the game up, 4-4, with back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the seventh. Curiel began the scoring rally with a two-run blast to left field and was followed by Tori Beaudette's solo shot to the same place.

In the top of the eighth with no outs and runners at second and third, reliever Debbie Shisler threw her second wild pitch of the inning for Ashley Oltjenbruns to score from third.

Gracie Perez (17-5) picked up the win of the season striking out seven batters in her 11th complete game of the season, while Shisler registered the loss for the Coyotes.

Game two started in similar fashion with two scoreless innings before HSU was able to break the game open with RBI singles by Natalie Galletly and West.

With two outs in the bottom of the third the Coyotes recorded six runs with three two-RBI singles, from Ashley Collinwood, Curiel and Beaudette, to take their only lead of the game of 6-2.

The Jacks answered back with four runs of their own during their next turn at bat off of two-RBI singles by Oltjenbruns and Galletly.

HSU added two need insurance runs in the top of the fifth when Felicia Viveiros and Oltjenbruns scored off of an error by the second baseman for an 8-6 lead.

CSUSB added its final run of the game in the bottom half of the inning off of a Beaudette home run to left field.

Reliever Jenna Anderson (6-5) took the win for the Jacks striking out three and giving up two runs off of seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. Shisler (12-12) picked up the loss for the Coyotes giving up two hits, walking one and fanning one batter in 3 1/3 innings.

The big hitters in game one were Ketteringham who went 4-for-5 and Warren who went 2-for-4. In game two Galletly went 3-for-4 with three RBI and West went 2-for-4.

HSU and CSUSB finish its three-day series with a non-league doubleheader tomorrow at 9 a.m.

Game One
Humboldt State 5, CSU San Bernardino 4 (Apr.25,2009 at CSU San Bernardino) (Game 1)
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Humboldt State...... 001 010 21 -  5  9  0      (35-15, 22-9)
CSU San Bernardino.. 000 100 30 -  4  6  1      (22-33, 13-18)
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Pitchers: Humboldt State - PEREZ. CSU San Bernardino - WILHELMS; LEE(7); SHISLER(8).
Win-PEREZ(17-5)  Loss-SHISLER(12-11)  T-2:20  A-210
HR HSU - KETTERINGHAM.
HR CSUSB - CURIEL 2; BEAUDETTE.
Game: 09SOFT62

Game Two

Humboldt State 8, CSU San Bernardino 7 (Apr25,2009 at CSU San Bernardino) (Game 2)
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Humboldt State...... 002 420 0 -  8 10  0      (36-15, 23-9)
CSU San Bernardino.. 006 010 0 -  7 10  3      (22-34, 13-19)
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Pitchers: Humboldt State - PARADA; ANDERSON(3). CSU San Bernardino - LEE; KARROS(3);
GODFREDSON(4); SHISLER(4).
Win-ANDERSON(6-5)  Loss-SHISLER(12-12)  T-2:05  A-175
HR CSUSB - BEAUDETTE.
KARROS faced 3 batters in the 4th.
Game: 09SOFT63