LAS VEGAS -- The Humboldt State softball team used five home runs and rallied from an eight-run deficit to defeat Western Oregon, 11-9, in game one of Saturday night's Desert Stinger Tournament action. It followed up the win with a 9-2 victory over No. 14 Augustana in the nightcap.

"We got two big wins today," said HSU Head Coach Shelli Sarchett. "I am proud of the way this team came back and played Humboldt State softball. Against Western Oregon, we held strong and came back from a deficit. After yesterday, to see this team do that makes me proud. They never let up and they knew that they could come back from any deficit as long as we do it as a team."

GAME ONE
 
Trailing 8-2 in the bottom of the fourth inning, Julie Pena belted a three-run home run and crushed a two-run homer in the next inning to pull the Lumberjacks within a run, 9-8. Breonna Bejaran blasted a sixth-inning leadoff home run, before Hanna Holland connected for the game-winning two-run shot three batters later.
 
HSU (2-3) pounded out 15 hits to slug past Western Oregon.
 
Pena and Tiffany Hollingsworth combined for eight RBIs on 6-for-9 hitting. Pena went 3-for-5 with her two home runs, five RBI and two runs scored.
 
Hollingsworth continued her early season hitting with a first-inning two-run home run. The sophomore added a double and a run-scoring single for three RBIs and three runs scored.
 
Holland had a single to go with her first career home run. Bejaran's home run was also her first in an HSU uniform.
 
Both Darian Harris and Cyndi Chavez singled twice.
 
Madison Williams (1-2) picked up her first win of the season. She logged the middle 4.2 frames.

GAME TWO

The Jacks scored seven of their nine runs in the first two innings and never looked back against No. 14 Augustana.
 
Dani Randall went 3-for-4 at the dish and drove in three runs. Her big hit came in the second inning when she swatted a double to right center field that scored two.
 
Obbema tossed a complete game and earned her second win of the season. She fanned five Augustana batters and scattered eight hits of seven frames. The Morgan Hill, Calif., native surrendered two earned runs and yielded one walk.
 
The Green and Gold finished with 13 hits and drew four free passes.
 
Holland continued her impressive afternoon with three more hits versus the Vikings. She also compiled a team-high two walks.