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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us April 7, 2005 Raiders beat Owls in league tilt Gillaspie pitches a complete-game shutout to lead SOU By Rich Rosenthal For the Tidings The Southern Oregon University and Oregon Tech softball teams battled to a doubleheader split Wednesday afternoon, but Raider all-star pitcher Miranda Gillaspie ensured the Raiders won the most meaningful of the two contests. SOUTHERN OREGON FIRST BASEMAN AMY WILLIAMS goes for the tag at first base against an Oregon Tech baserunner as teammate Megan Rock looks on. Williams made the play to get the out, helping the Raiders beat Oregon Tech in a Cascade Conference game, Wednesday at University Field in Ashland. Photos by Denise Baratta | Ashland Daily Tidings Gillaspie, the reigning Cascade Conference pitcher-of-the-year, tossed a two-hitter to help SOU nip OIT, 1-0, in Game 1, a league fray originally scheduled for March 26 that was postponed due to rain. The Owls, however, staved off a twinbill sweep with a 6-3 triumph in the nonconference nightcap. “Winning two would have been nice,” Raider coach Larry Binney said, “but we got the game that mattered the most.” Despite mustering only four hits off Owl ace Laura Delplanche, the Raiders (16-14, 5-4 CC) recorded the lone run of Game 1 in the third inning when Kim Kraxberger led off with a flare to left field that bounced off the glove of a diving Kelsi Haylett for a double. Following Allesha Spradling’s sacrifice bunt, senior all-star Kara Ray lined a sacrifice fly to center to score Krazberger from third base. Delplanche (7-7) went on to retire 10 consecutive batters between the third and seventh, but Gillaspie quelled the lone major Owl comeback bid when she enticed Kindel Thompson to ground out with two outs and the bases loaded in the sixth inning. Gillaspie improved to 7-1 against OIT over the past two seasons by retiring the side in order in the seventh. “We just worked them low and out, low and out,” Gillaspie said, “and (OIT) just kept rolling grounders to our infielders and they were taking care of them, and a couple times jamming them on their hands and our outfielders took care of it. That’s just my thing. Don’t go for strikeouts — we have defense; just put it on the ground and get out.” In Game 2, Southern staked a 2-0 lead on Katie Lee’s two-out, two-strike, two-run, second-inning double, and Raider freshman hurler Alicia Caudill (3-4) operated with a 2-1 lead into the sixth before OIT (14-9, 4-5) broke through for five runs to make a winner out of freshman pitcher Sharlie McAdams. The Techsters loaded the bases with one out, but after Grace Fagan struck out, Delplanche delivered a two-run double followed by a two-run single by Kristiann Kinsman. The thunderous frame ended only after Thompson’s RBI double off reliever Julianne Cree. McAdams, also a member of the Owl soccer team, improved to 7-2 by allowing only three earned runs on six hits. Southern Oregon third baseman Jeanette Williams throws out an Oregon Tech baserunner during Wednesday�s doubleheader. The outcome spoiled a 2-for-2 performance by Raider designated player Tanisha Burch, and Kraxberger also collected two hits (in three official at-bats) in the doubleheader. Thompson was the lone Owl with a multi-hit afternoon (2-for-4). Southern went just 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position, but Tech sophomore shortstop Amanda Doherty, the 2004 league MVP, and its top hitter, junior Lisa Erwert, went a combined 2-for-11. The Raiders return to action Saturday in Ashland with a Noon nonconference tripleheader against defending California Pacific Conference champion Notre Dame de Namur. FIRST GAME So. Oregon 001 000 0 — 1 4 0 Oregon Tech 000 000 0 — 0 2 0 Gillaspie and Lillis; Delplanche and Byerley. W — Gillaspie (7-5). L — Delplanche (7-7). 2B — SOU: Kraxberger. SECOND GAME Oregon Tech 001 005 0 — 6 7 0 So. Oregon 020 001 0 — 3 6 0 McAdams and Byerley; Caudill, Cree (5) and Nielsen. W — McAdams (7-2). L — Caudill (3-4). 2B — OIT: Haylett, Delplanche, Thompson; SOU: Burch, Lee. 3B — OIT: Haylett. DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Deep Muscle Stimulator Ceramic Piggy Banks FREE Entertainment Guide Women's & Men's Slippers Accelerate Weightloss Products Backpacks Online Pharmacy Vegas Travel Guide Search Engine Optimization Student Loans Hotel & Airline Reservations Hammocks Water Filter Helzberg Diamonds Online Casinos Community Bonus Casino Mortgage Calculator Security Systems Mailing Lists Click Here Advertisement .:Advertisements:. Site Search: RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams