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April 6, 2007 Nampa, ID (April 5) – Saint Martin’s softball split with Northwest Nazarene University taking game one 4-2 and falling just shy in game two 11-10 as NNU picked up the winning run in the bottom of the seventh. The Saints snapped a 2-2 tie in the top of the seventh in game one. With two outs NNU’s Rachel Bare gave up a single to Kirstin Davidson and then Ryanne Horton hit a shot over the right centerfield wall. SMU held off the Crusaders in the bottom of the inning to pick up the win. Tana Lingl earned the victory allowing just six hits in seven innings and walking only one while striking out seven. Bare, who also threw a complete game, took the loss for the Crusaders. The two teams combined for 26 hits in game two. The Saints quickly picked up four runs in the first inning and two more in the second. The Crusaders went on a hitting spree of their own with two runs in the first and six in the second. The Saints went into the seventh down 10-7 but put together a two-out rally. Holly Morris and Marlaina Irwin had back-to-back singles and Davidson reached base on a throwing error by the shortstop to load the bases. A single by Danni Ballard and another NNU error brought in all three runners to tie the game. NNU loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh and got a fielder’s choice by Dana Shipley to drive in the winning run. Kristi Sigafoos had four hits, including two doubles, for the Saints. Davidson had three hits in the game including a homerun and drove in three while scoring three runs. Sigafoos finished the day 6-8 and Davidson went 5-8. The Saints will face Central Washington University tomorrow in a doubleheader in Ellensburg.
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