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April 30, 2007 Lacey, WA – Saint Martin’s got a solid pitching performance by Tana Lingl and timely hitting to defeat Simon Fraser 4-3 in game two of Monday’s doubleheader. The Saints fell in game one 7-5. Simon Fraser, who came into today ranked number one in the NAIA Region I Rankings and third in the NAIA Softball Top 25 Coaches Poll, was 12-0 on the season after picking up the win in game one. A two run double by Terra Davenport in the first gave the Clan the early lead. The Saints got one back in the third on a sacrifice fly by Holly Morris to score Katee Nauert. SMU got a big offensive surge in the fourth. With two outs Sonya Ramos and Tana Lingl hit back-to-back singles followed by a single by Nauert scoring Ramos. Alicia Fuchs then hit a two-run double to give the Saints the 4-2 advantage. Simon Fraser got one back in the top of the next inning on a solo shot by Melanie Matthews to pull within one but that was all the damage that would be done as SMU held the Clan scoreless for the final two innings and handed them their first loss. Tana Lingl allowed just three earned runs on five hits while striking out seven on her way to a win. Nauert led the Saints with two hits, two runs scored and one RBI. Morris, Danni Ballard, Ramos, Lingl, and Fuchs accounted for one hit each. In the earlier game, SFU quickly put up six through the first two innings on six hits including a solo shot by Matthews and a two run homer by Davenport. They would add one more in the fourth on a solo home run by Erin McLean. The Saints rallied posting a five spot in the bottom of the seventh. Kristi Sigafoos and Nauert led off the inning with base hits. Fuchs and Marlaina Irwin strung together RBI singles. Two more RBI singles, one each from Kirstin Davidson and Ramos, and a sacrifice fly by Ballard would pull the Saints to within two but the deficit was just too much to overcome. The Saints will play their final game of the season this Thursday as the head to Bellingham to take on Western Washington University.
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