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Six-run surge allows Eagle Point to gain split with Crater

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EAGLE POINT — Eagle Point took advantage of Crater miscues in the second game of Saturday's Southern Sky Conference softball doubleheader to salvage a split against the two-time defending Class 5A state champions.

Trailing 6-3 in the bottom of the sixth inning of Game 2, the Eagles capitalized on three Comet errors and scored six runs to rally for a 9-6 victory.

Crater belted out eight doubles and one home run to win the opener 17-2.

Karlie Stephens stroked an RBI single to get things going in the pivotal sixth inning, and the rest of the runs came off errors after the Eagles (7-9, 1-3 SSC) did a good job of forcing the issue at the plate.

Stephens finished 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs in Game 2 and was 2-for-2 with two RBIs in the opener.

Renee Murphy was 3-for-3 and Sarah Haga 2-for-3 with two doubles for Crater (5-9, 3-1) in the nightcap.

Brittany Reeves had a two-run home run in the fourth inning of Game 1 to help pace the Comets, with Emily Medina, Murphy and Kayla Hopkinson each belting a pair of doubles. Juli Kahut and Taylor Mackey also had doubles for Crater, which had 18 hits overall and nailed down the win with a seven-run seventh inning.

Reeves allowed four hits with six strikeouts in Game 1 and struck out five in Game 2.

FIRST GAME

Crater 015 202 7 — 17 18 2

Eagle Point 000 101 0 — 2 4 4

Reeves and Haga; Stephens and Dale. W — Reeves. L — Stephens (3-6). 2B — C: Medina 2, Murphy 2, Hopkinson 2, Kahut, Mackey. HR — C: Reeves.

SECOND GAME

Crater 000 501 0 — 6 8 5

Eagle Point 200 106 x — 9 6 2

Reeves and Haga; Stephens and Dale. W — Stephens (4-6). L — Reeves. 2B — C: Haga 2, Mackey; 3B — EP: Stephens.

MAZAMA 5-10, ASHLAND 2-1 — At Ashland, Ali Edwards allowed just one earned run in 14 innings and drove in three with a triple and two-run homer as Mazama swept the SSC doubleheader.

Ashland (8-8, 0-4 SSC) has lost five straight for the first time since 2006 and been outscored 42-8 in that span.

Edwards (9-1) struck out only five but got the key out of Game 2 by fanning Ashland's best hitter, Amanda Good, with the bases loaded to end the third inning and Mazama ahead 3-0.

FIRST GAME

Mazama 100 003 1 — 5 6 3

Ashland 001 000 1 — 2 4 3

Edwards and Garrett; Pribyl, Ross (5) and Santee. W — Edwards (8-1). L — Pribyl (7-5). 2B — M: Pinner, Garrett. 3B — M: Edwards.

SECOND GAME

Mazama 201 041 2 — 10 8 3

Ashland 000 001 0 — 1 5 4

Edwards and Garrett; Pribyl and Santee. W—Edwards (9-1). L—Pribyl (7-6). 2B — M: Pinner, McPhee. A: Marston. 3B — M: Garrett. HR — M: Edwards (1).

Southwest Conference

SOUTH MEDFORD 7-9, SHELDON 2-10 — At Eugene, South Medford's attempt at a doubleheader sweep came to a heartbreaking end when Chloe Stiles belted a bases-loaded triple to rally Sheldon in the second game.

Stiles' two-out hit in the bottom of the seventh came after South committed three errors in the final frame and completed a four-run rally.

Mallory Tacdol had three hits and six RBIs for the Panthers in the second game. Tacdol smacked a grand slam in South's four-run third inning.

Freshman Samantha Owirka went 4-for-5 with two runs, and Tasha Equitz collected two hits for the Panthers (6-8, 2-1 SWC).

In Game 1, Owirka hit a two-run single, and Ashleigh Hawkins drove in Owirka with a single as the Panthers scored three runs in the first inning.

South Medford scored two more runs in the fifth on a leadoff home run by Jordan Jones and Camille Smith's RBI single.

FIRST GAME

South Medford 300 020 0 — 5 5 2

Sheldon 001 001 0 — 2 6 3

Newman and Equitz; Halberson and Brown. W — Newman. L — Halberson. 2B — S: Brown, Stiles. HR — SM: J. Jones.

SECOND GAME

South Medford 305 010 0 — 9 14 4

Sheldon 030 111 4 — 10 12 3

Newman and Equitz; Halberson, Taggert (3) and Brown. W — Taggert. L — Newman (4-7). 2B — SM: M. Tacdol, James; S: Brown, Rogers. 3B — S: Stiles. HR — SM: M. Tacdol.

ROSEBURG 5-20, SOUTH EUGENE 1-0 — At Eugene, Roseburg got three- and four-hit pitching to sweep the SWC twin bill. Sammy Fummerton had a home run, a triple and two doubles in the two games for Roseburg.

FIRST GAME

Roseburg 010 220 0 — 5 9 2

South Eugene 000 100 0 — 1 3 0

Duarte, Maley (6) and Jarrett; Hill and Shortredd. W —Duarte (3-5). L — Shortredd. 2B — R: Fummerton. 3B — R: Fummerton.

SECOND GAME

Roseburg 0(12)2 06 — 20 18 1

South Eugene 000 00 — 0 4 5

Maley, Duarte (5) and Jarrett, Van Volkenburg (2); Hill and Shortredd. W — Maley (2-0). L — Hill. 2B — R: Van Volkenburg, Fummerton. 3B — R: Conn. HR — R: Fummerton.