PORTLAND, Ore. - The pitching duo of Auriel Sperberg (Spanaway, Wash./Graham-Kapowsin) and Aryn Grause (Corvallis, Ore./Crescent Valley) combined for 14 strikeouts and no walks as the Puget Sound Loggers swept the Lewis & Clark Pioneers, 9-0 and 10-3, in a Northwest Conference softball doubleheader on Saturday in Portland, Ore.

In the first game, the Loggers got on the board in the top of the second when Amelia Kurashige-Elliott (Berkeley, Calif.) walked to score Kelsey Scanlan (La Center, Wash./Clark CC).  Megan Janes (Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe) then cleaned off the bases with a three-RBI double and Grause finished up the inning with a fielders choice to score Janes and give the Loggers a 5-0 lead.

The Loggers added two more runs in the top of the third and then another pair in the top of the seventh as Sperberg held the Pioneers to just two hits with eight strikeouts in seven scoreless innings pitched to collect the 9-0 win.

In the second game, the Loggers struck first once again as Victoria Raeburn (Gladstone, Ore.) singled to center to score Grause and Janes and give Puget Sound a 2-0 lead.  The Loggers made it 3-0 in the top of the third when Raeburn singles again to score Janes but the Pios tied it up in the bottom of the third.

The Loggers retook the lead in the top of the fifth when sophomore Carolyn Moore homered to center field for a 4-3 Puget Sound lead.  Puget Sound blew the game open in the top of the sixth with three runs to push the lead to 7-3 and a three-run home run by Scanlan in the seventh gave Puget Sound the 10-3 victory.

Grause collected the win, allowing three runs on seven hits with six strikeouts in seven innings pitched.

The Loggers will be back in action on Sunday afternoon when they travel to Newberg, Ore. to take on George Fox.

Box Scores: Game One/Game Two