Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 HAYWARD, Calif. - The Pioneer women's softball team lost both ends of a doubleheader, and were swept by Humboldt State in a four-game series on Saturday. East Bay put up a good fight for seven innings in a 5-4 defeat in the first game. The Pioneers lost 10-2 in the second game.

East Bay is 0-4 in the CCAA. The Pioneers have lost six straight games and are 2-8 for the season. Humboldt State stands at 4-0 in CCAA play and 8-5 for the season.

In the first game, Tonya Walker put the Jacks ahead with a three-run homer in the top of the second.

The Pioneers rallied with two runs in bottom of the second inning. Sara Holdridge started the inning with a single. Chelsie Kakela followed with a double. Two outs later, Meli Sanchez singled to left center driving in pinch runner Mandy Dale and Kakela.

East Bay continued its surge and tied the game 3-3 in the bottom of the third. Taryn Thomas opened the inning with a base hit and came around to score on a Holdridge single.

A two-run single by Hiatt in the top of the fifth enabled the Jacks to take a 4-3 lead.

The Pioneers tied the game in the bottom of the sixth on a home run by Emily Montanez. East Bay proceeded to get two runners on base in the sixth, but was unable to score the go-ahead run.

In the top of the seventh, the Jacks pushed across the go-ahead run when Megan Wink walked with two outs and the bases loaded to score Serena Aragones.

East Bay fought back in the bottom of the seventh. With two outs and no runners on base, Kakela doubled. Montanez was internationally walked to put runners on first and second. Lauren Vestal popped up to firstbase to end the game.

The Pioneers banged out nine hits in the first game. Holdridge, Montanez and Kakela all had two hits. Kakela had two doubles.  Pioneer hurler Lauren Zweigle went the distance allowing five runs on eight hits and four strikeouts.  

“The first game was a lot of fun,” Pioneer Head Coach Barbara Pierce said. “We hit the ball well, and put ourselves in position to win the game. We matched Humboldt State for seven innings and came up one-hit short.”

In the second game, the Jacks scored three runs on only one hit to grab an early 3-0 lead in the first inning.

Trailing 5-0, the Pioneers got on the scoreboard with a run in the bottom of the third inning. Shaunna Purkey was safe on an error and later came home on a wild pitch.

Back-to-back 2-run doubles by Walker and Julie Pena sparked a five-run, fifth inning for Humboldt State.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Pioneers scored their second and final run. Thomas led off the inning with a single, and advanced to second on a base hit by Nicole Adair. The two runners advanced on a wild pitch. Thomas scored on a Holdridge groundout.

“The first game of today's doubleheader was the bright spot of the four game series,” Pierce said. “We have to get back to practice and get ready for Cal State Monterey Bay next weekend.”

The Pioneers will host Cal State Monterey Bay in a four-game series beginning with a doubleheader on February 22.