JAMESTOWN, N.D. – The Beaver bats continued to pile up big hits against future NSIC rival Jamestown, blasting three home runs, led by two from
Sara Van Wickler, as Minot State beat the host Jimmies 5-3 and 5-2 in a doubleheader Wednesday night.
The two wins gave Minot State (7-2 overall) a season sweep of Jamestown in the two teams' home-and-home doubleheaders as the Beavers beat the Jimmies 5-4 and 6-2 last week in Minot fueled by two home runs from
Taylor Smith.
Van Wickler blasted a pair of solo home runs on the day, the first opening the scoring in game one before
Sarah Misner's first collegiate home run, a two-run shot in the top of the fourth, put the Beavers on top 3-0.
Jamestown chipped away with a pair of runs in their half of the inning before
Taylor Eatherton came up with another game-winner for the Beavers.
Eatherton, who provided the walk-off RBI single in the Beavers' 5-4 win last week against Jamestown, had a two-run single in the top of the sixth Wednesday night pushing Minot State in front 5-2.
Jamestown got one back in the bottom of the seventh but could get no closer.
Misner and
Anna LaCount each had a pair of hits in the victory while
Reegan Floyd (4-0) struck out 10 in six innings to earn the win.
Calley Olson pitched the seventh to earn her first collegiate save.
LaCount's RBI groundout opened the scoring in game two for the Beavers before Eatherton added another two-run single in a four-run first inning.
Van Wickler's second homer of the day pushed the lead to 5-0 and the Beavers cruised to the win as
Kierra Fournier (1-1) earned the victory pitching four innings and striking out four, while
Jasmine Blizzard added two scoreless innings of relief and Misner pitched a scoreless seventh for her first collegiate save.
LaCount,
Paige Kellogg, Smith, and
Abbey Kelley led the way in game two with two hits apiece.
Minot State now is off until next weekend when the Beavers head to Topeka, Kansas for the Washburn Invitational, playing Emporia State and host Washburn on Friday, Feb. 21.