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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Valley&State Backpage O&E Sports Archives Classifieds Faith&Beliefs Obituaries Revels March 27, 2004 Raider softball picks up two wins The 25th-ranked Southern Oregon University softball team overcame sluggish hitting with superb pitching and aggressive baserunning en route to a pair of victories at the Cascade Conference Kickoff Tournament in Caldwell, Idaho, on Friday. The Raiders improved to 13-4 under first-year coach Larry Binney and began their league title defense by downing Concordia University and Eastern Oregon University at Albertson's Symms Field. Junior Miranda Gillaspie (5-2) allowed only three hits and one earned run in a complete-game effort against CU but earned the win only after Southern untied a 2-2 deadlock with three sixth-inning runs. Junior all-star Haley Varley scored twice and delivered the game-winning hit (a two-run single), while junior outfielder Seanna Doyel went 3-for-4 and tied a school game record with three stolen bases. SOU scored twice in the first and loaded the bases in both the first and third innings, but collected only eight hits and struck out a season-high 11 times against Cav freshman starter Annele Huckins. "We were on the verge of really breaking out early in the game, but we didn't take full advantage of several great scoring chances," Binney said. "We were fortunate that Miranda (Gillaspie) was sharp." The Raiders went a collective 4-for-23 against the Mountaineers, but sophomore Amanda Cregan (6-1) scattered four hits and walked none in her first career complete-game shutout. "Amanda didn't have full command of her pitches early on, but she made it through unscathed and was nearly unhittable after that," Binney said. "She won't overpower teams, but she'll really frustrate people by changing speeds and locating her pitches extremely well." Varley scored what turned out to be the winning run on a two-out, second-inning throwing error by EOU shortstop Casi Reisenauer. Two innings later, sophomore Leann Foster doubled and later scored an insurance run on an Alexis Cooper RBI groundout. SOU finished with seven stolen bases in the two games. The Raiders cap the two-day, 15-game round-robin tournament today against Albertson, Western Baptist and Oregon Tech. Although ACI serves as the tourney host, each game counts as a league contest. DailyTidings.com Home Page Valley&State | Backpage | O&E | Sports | Archives | Weather | Classifieds Columnists | Faith&Beliefs | Obituaries | Revels | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2004 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Click Here Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams