Softball Team Comes Home for 6 Games this Week

After playing their first 23 games of the season on the road, the Eagle softball team is scheduled to host three conference doubleheaders this week, with two at noon and 2 p.m. and one at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Feather River comes to Weed on Tuesday, followed by rival Shasta on Wednesday, and Lassen on Friday.

Siskiyous saw a three-game late-March winning streak end with a pair of tough losses at Solano last Monday, 5-2 and 5-3. They also lost a couple close ones at Feather River on Wednesday, 4-0 and 11-10.

The Eagles ended March with their first GVC win at Shasta and a pair of wins in a rescheduled non-conference twinbill March 31 at Hartnell.

In a 5-2 game-one win over Hartnell, three Eagles pitchers combined to limit the Panthers to 4 hits, while the offense scored single runs in the first, second, third, fifth, and seventh innings.

Five Eagles drove in one run apiece, five Eagles scored one run apiece, and catcher Abigail Wolf was the only Eagle to get more than one hit: She went 3 for 4 with an RBI and a stolen base.

Maddalyn Fullenwider hit a home run and walked twice; Shyla Mead singled, walked, stole two bases, drove in a run, and scored once; Halliday Hubbard singled, walked and scored a run; Alexis Figueroa drove in a run on a sacrifice fly; Eva Versloot singled; and Breanne Cox scored a run.

The offense totaled 7 hits, 6 walks and only 1 strikeout.

For the pitchers, Gracie Copeland gave up 1 hit and 1 run while striking out 4 and walking 4 in 3 innings. Kristina Lesher gave up 1 run on 1 hit and a walk. Abigael Marines pitched two scoreless innings, allowing 2 hits and 1 walk.

Both teams lost leads in the second game before the Eagles won it by scoring 2 runs in the eighth and 1 in the ninth.

Pitcher Kaitlin Estes faced 19 batters in 5 innings and only allowed 3 hits and no runs. She also had strong relief appearances in both games at Feather River and is ranked 5th in the GVC in ERA (3.54), just ahead of teammate Gracie Copeland (3.85).

The Eagles scored their 7 runs in game two on 8 hits, and Abigail Wolf was again the only Eagle with more than one hit. She went 2 for 4 with a triple and scored a run.

Nevaeh Atchley singled, hit a sacrifice fly, and drove in two; Katelyn Weber singled, stole a base, and scored twice; Halliday Hubbard tripled and scored; Shyla Mead and Breanne Cox both had a double; Alexis Figueroa walked twice and scored; Samantha Ray drove in a run; Elyse Benson scored a run; and Eva Versloot singled.

Alexis Figueroa had 2 of the Eagles' 5 hits in their 5-2 loss at Solano, and Maddalyn Fullenwider doubled to drive in a run for 1 of their 5 hits in the 5-3 loss.

The Eagles had 9 hits in their 11-10 loss at Feather River and rallied from a 6-2 deficit to score 3 runs in the 4^th inning and 5 in the 5^th to take a 10-9 short-lived 10-9 lead.

Hitting in the top three spots in the Eagles' batting order, Halliday Hubbard was 2 for 4 with a walk, a double, and 2 RBIs; Nevaeh Atchley was 2 for 4 with a walk, 2 RBIs, and 2 runs scored; and Shyla Mead was 2 for 4 with an RBI.

Elyse Benson had a two-run triple in the 4^th inning, and Alexis Figueroa singled, walked, drove in a run, and scored twice.

Halliday Hubbard leads the Eagles with a .348 batting average, 23 hits, 5 extra base hits, and 16 runs scored. She is second on the team with a .419 on base percentage.

Maddalyn Fullenwider leads the team with .446 OBP, including a team-high 12 walks.

Alexis Figueroa is hitting .311 with a .403 OBP, 19 hits, and a team-high 12 runs batted in.

Abigail Wolf is second on the team with 9 RBIs, and Shyla Mead has 19 hits and 8 RBIs.

Hubbard, Atchley, and Mead are all tied for 6^th in conference with 6 stolen bases each.

Steve Gerace