Shae Sever delivering a pitch, front leg slightly kicked up, arm raised high
Vamsi Nadella/UBC Thunderbirds
5
British Columbia UBC 17-17
6
Winner Southern Oregon SOU 29-9
British Columbia UBC
17-17
5
Final
6
Southern Oregon SOU
29-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
British Columbia UBC 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 9 2
Southern Oregon SOU 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 6 11 2

W: K. Machado (16-3) L: Sever, Shae (4-5)

1
Winner British Columbia UBC 18-17
0
Southern Oregon SOU 29-10
Winner
British Columbia UBC
18-17
1
Final
0
Southern Oregon SOU
29-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
British Columbia UBC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1
Southern Oregon SOU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

W: Sever, Shae (5-5) L: M. Menefee (10-4)

Game Recap: Softball | | SOU Communications (with notes from UBC Communications)

Sever blanks No.10-ranked Raiders in doubleheader split

ASHLAND/MEDFORD, Ore. – The UBC Thunderbirds (18-17, 10-9) dropped a tight, 6-5 game against the Southern Oregon University Warriors (29-10, 16-4) before blanking the No.10-ranked team in the NAIA 1-0 to earn an impressive road doubleheader split against one of the top squads in the Cascade Collegiate Conference.

The doubleheader started at University Field, where SOU's Hailey Seva's two-run single with one out in the seventh inning capped a three-run rally that gave the Raiders a 6-5 victory. A downpour started after the first inning of Game 2 and forced the teams to relocate to Lithia & Driveway Fields, where UBC's Shea Sever twirled a three-hit shutout that made the Thunderbirds 1-0 winners.

Due to more rain in the forecast, first pitch of Saturday's doubleheader has been moved up to 10 a.m.

Arshleen Bajwa in the batter's box just after connecting with a pitch, which appears to be a line drive to left field

UBC moved up to fifth in the CCC after the split, while SOU dropped down to fourth.

The T-Birds threw the first punch in the opener against Raiders ace Katie Machado, getting RBI doubles from Sever and Keona Nordquist in the first two innings to take a 3-0 lead. SOU tied the game in the fifth when Faith Moultrie hit an inside-the-park home run and Seva roped an RBI single, but two errors in the sixth enabled UBC to go up again, 5-3.

Sever took to the rubber in the seventh to try to secure the game one save, but four of the five Raiders she faced lined hits. Moultrie, Jordan Henderson and Piper Love singled consecutively as the deficit shrunk to one. Love then stole second base to put two runners in scoring position for Seva, who cashed in with her third hit of the contest. It gave the Raiders their first walk-off win of the season.

Shave Sever delivering a pitch, standing straight up with her hand near her waist, moments after delivering the ball, which can be seen flying away from her and toward the camera

Sever bounced back in a big way as UBC's starting pitcher in game two, barely allowing a ball out of the infield. She scattered three singles, struck out four and didn't issue a walk in her 91-pitch gem, inducing 10 groundouts. The 'Birds two-way star got the only run she needed in the fifth, when Gabrielle Dorval's ground-rule double plated Brielle Donoghue with two outs.

UBC has now defeated CCC-leading and NAIA No.15-ranked Eastern Oregon, second-place and NAIA No.4-ranked Oregon Tech and NAIA No.10-ranked SOU, which entered the day tied for second.
 
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