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Abie hitting
Matthew Johnston
2
Holy Names HNU 11-23
10
Winner Biola University BU-SB 18-18
Holy Names HNU
11-23
2
Final
10
Biola University BU-SB
18-18
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Holy Names HNU 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2
Biola University BU-SB 8 0 1 0 0 1 10 12 1

W: Roybal, Raylene (9-6) L: Gomez, Melody (3-3)

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Holy Names HNU 11-24
3
Winner Biola University BU-SB 19-18
Holy Names HNU
11-24
2
Final
3
Biola University BU-SB
19-18
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Holy Names HNU 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
Biola University BU-SB 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 6 1

W: Roybal, Raylene (10-6) L: Villanueva, Kristela (2-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Eagles Walk It Off (Twice)

Biola Softball gets back in the win column with a pair of walk-off wins.

LA MIRADA, Calif. — Biola Softball had plenty to celebrate on Friday, and winning by way of walk-off hits allowed them the opportunity to make the most of it. The Eagles earned a 10-2 run-rule victory over Holy Names in game one and followed that in with an instant classic walk-off 3-2 victory in the nightcap.

A Loren Meza RBI single to score Hailey Paull put the stamp of victory on the opener. An Abie Nowak 2-rbi single closed things out in a thrilling game two. The taste of victory was so, so sweet for this Biola team which had been working towards a win since back on March 16.

Head Coach Kristin Halte continued to stress that despite the tough results of this past month, the team has learned, grown and continued to keep spirits high. That was evident throughout Friday's doubleheader as the energy coming from the BU side was unmatched.

Biola combined for 18 hits and 13 runs between the two games, utilizing an eight-run first inning during the first contest to set the tone for a relatively stress-free afternoon.

The most stressful moments came at the very start and very end as the visiting Hawks showed some grit of their own. 

Holy Names' first baseman Iris Bejarno hit a two-out, two-run homerun off Raylene Roybal to give HNU a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning of the opener. That could've set Biola back on its heels right at the outset, but, boy, it happened to do the exact opposite.

Halte's squad had five of its first six batters reach base in the bottom of the first. The only runner to not find her way on base was Allie Beck, who hit a successful sacrifice bunt following Colby McClinton's leadoff walk.

An Alexis Lara fielder's choice was the last of those five early base runners. Her batted ball was misthrown to second base by the second baseman and allowed Abie Nowak to score and tie the game at two.

That would've been a plenty good enough answer, but instead the Eagles piled on. Just after the Lara play, HNU recorded the second out of the inning via a strikeout. But, then a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, bases-loaded walk, McClinton three-run double and Beck RBI single ballooned the score th 8-2 and set Biola up very well for its later walk-off win.

Roybal really settled in and did not allow a single hit between the second and sixth innings. Biola manufactured one run in the third and then Meza came up with the clutch hit to lock in the win and early finish in the bottom of the sixth.

Game two saw an absolute gem from freshman Kayla Bousquette. The Eagles' trusty game two starter held HNU without a hit for six and two-thirds innings. Unfortunately, she needed to get an extra out due to a Biola error earlier in the seventh inning, and that out proved difficult.

HNU had one runner on via an error and then added another with a two-out single up the middle. This broke up the no-hit bid and started to turn up the heat on Biola, who clung to a 1-0 lead at the time.

Following the single came a full-count walk to load the bases and set the stage for HNU's game two second-baseman Hannah Haynie. Haynie laced a 2-rbi hit about four inches inside of the left field line to put the Hawks ahead 2-1 and force Halte to enter Roybal into relief.

Roybal forced the Hawks to strand runners on second and third when she induced a groundout to shortstop to end the top of the seventh.

Biola had the best part of its lineup due up in the seventh, beginning with fifth-year favorite Jennifer Morinishi. Morinishi showed great leadership by watching four-consecutive balls to work her way on base to lead off the inning.

McClinton was not sacrifice bunting this time around. The Eagles' most-productive hitter took a 2-1 pitch and sizzled it through the left-side infield gap to put runners on first and second with nobody out.

Next in line came Allie Beck, who had two hits to her record on the day already. She was called upon to lay down a bunt and did so to perfection. She hit a chopper straight ahead where neither the first or third baseman had any chance to get it. The pitcher fielded, threw wild and next thing you knew the bases were full of Eagles.

Abie Nowak stepped to the dish. She was hitting .400 in bases loaded situations on the year. Similar to the Hawks hitter, she too worked a full count in this at-bat. She stranded senior Rilee Ruvalcaba in the on-deck circle as she ripped a single to right field that allowed Morinishi and McClinton to score and win the game 3-2.

Nowak's two RBI in game two made for her ninth multi-RBI game in 2023. The Eagles' first-baseman leads the team by a wide margin in that category. She is third in the conference with 25 RBI this year.

The two victories moved Biola back over .500 at 19-18 overall. They continue to win critical PacWest Conference games as these two wins moved BU to 11-9 overall in league. That mark is good enough for third-place in the current conference standings in terms of winning percentage and fewest losses. 

These two sides square off again on Saturday with a 12 p.m. scheduled start of the doubleheader at Freedom Field.
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