ARCATA, Calif. - Madison Williams notched her second no hitter of the season, as she set the tone for the Lumberjacks in game one of today's triple header.
With three wins the Lumberjacks improved to 32-8 overall, with a conference record of 20-7. Cal State San Marcos falls to 8-32 overall and 7-24 in California Collegiate Athletic Association play.
Williams was locked in from the start striking out six of the first nine batters she faced. HSU's offense also got on the board early as
Winona Vigil scored on a wild pitch, then
Sydney Roberts and
Breonna Bejaran scored on a single to left center off the bat of
Kalyn Paque in the bottom of the first inning.
"In the first game Maddie really set the tone for the rest of the day and started us off with a no-hitter. Our offense put up runs early in the day and never stopped," said Head Coach Shelli Sachett. "Along with strong pitching from all our pitchers and constant offense we really took the stress off early and never looked back."
The Jacks added another run in the bottom of the second when Roberts homered to left field making the score 4-0. This was more than enough run support for Williams who recorded her 16th complete game of the season, striking out 12 without allowing a hit and only surrendering two walks. HSU took game one 5-0.
Games Two and three saw the Jacks find a rhythm offensively putting up a combined 21 runs in two games. Game two was highlighted by a five run second inning that put the Jacks ahead 7-0.
Breonna Bejaran brought in two runs on a single to right field.
Illa Haley followed that up with an rbi sun that scored
Tiffany Hollingsworth.
Kalyn Paque finished the inning with a double to left center that scored Bejaran and Haley.HSU took game two 11-4.
Game three saw the Jacks jump on the cougars early again as they scored four runs in the bottom of the first.
Madison Williams had another strong performance as she allowed only two hits and an earned run in her second complete game of the day. The Jacks finished the cougars in 5 innings with a final score 10-2.
"My ladies did a great job today. To come to the field early to make it playable and then play hard for three games, I have to give them credit. They did what they needed to get games in and it paid off with three wins."
Â