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The Pioneers dropped Game 1 but dominated Game 2 in a double header split vs. #23 Bethany on Monday. In the first game, MNU got on the board in the bottom of the first when
Tianna George's deep fly ball was dropped on the warning track to score a run. MNU led 1-0 into the fifth when Bethany exploded for 5 runs to take a 4-run lead. Two more Bethany runs crossed in the sixth to make it a 7-1 lead, but the Pioneers mounted a comeback in the bottom of the inning.
Jen Polivka's lead-off homer sparked a 3- run rally, and
Tianna George led off the 7th with another solo shot to make it a 1-run game. But 3 groundouts ended the game and the Pioneers fell 7-6.
Stephanie Valenzuela (2-4),
Alexis Pacheco (2-4, R, 2B, 2 SB), and
Jessica Scarlett (2-3) had 2 hits apiece.
In Game 2, Polivka's second homer of the day - a 2-run shot - put the Pioneers up 2-0 in the second inning. It was all the run support pitcher
Katie Williams would need, but it was not all she would get.
Adriana Asano drilled a 2-run homer in the third, and Polivka drove in her 4th run of the day with a single to put MNU up 5-0.
Chelsey Streibich's 2-out RBI single in the fifth increased the lead to 6-0. And Jess Scarlett's homer down the left field line put MNU up 7-0 in the sixth. A few batters later, Vanessa Aradules ended the game via the 8-run rule with an RBI double, and the Pioneers came away with the split.
Katie Williams struck out 5 in 6 innings for her 3rd victory. And
Adriana Asano (1-2, R, HR, 2 RBI), Vanessa Aradules (3-4, 2 R, 2 2B, RBI),
Jen Polivka (2-3, R, HR, 3 RBI), and Jess Scarlett (1-3, R, HR, RBI) led the offense.
MNU is 10-8. The next game is a double header at Avila (3-7) on Wednesday at 1:00 to start the conference season.
