After 17 straight losses to open the season, the Clan softball team is finally back on track after sweeping the Northwest Nazarene Crusaders in Nampa, ID.
As with most things this season, the wins didn’t come easy for SFU. The first, a 3–2 triumph, took two extra innings to get the job done. After the Clan’s Danielle Raison scored in the top of the ninth, Jessica Goulet retired the Crusaders to give the Clan their first win of 2014.
“It was an outstanding performance from Goulet in the first game and [catcher Kaitlyn] Cameron called two great games today,” said head coach Mike Renney. “We got some timely hits and some clutch at bats. We got some runs when we needed to. We had some situations where the wheels could have come off but they didn’t. We bent but we didn’t break. We squandered some chances but we got ourselves out of some jams too.”
The second game, thankfully, came a lot easier. The Clan jumped out to an 8–1 lead in the top of the sixth, and though NNU would claw back, the lead this time was too big for the Clan to give up.
“It’s good to get the monkey off our backs and get a couple in the win column,” added Mike Renney. “We earned a hard fought win in extra innings in the first game and it was good to get some run support for our pitching in the second game coupled with a good pitching performance.”
Despite the sweep, the Clan’s record improves to just 2–10 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, and 2–17 overall, easily last in the conference.
