PORTLAND, Ore. – McKenzie Beeson hit her first home run and Rachel Fielder and Erin Hento combined to win a 2-1 pitchers' duel for George Fox University at Lewis & Clark College in the first game of Northwest Conference softball doubleheader Saturday afternoon here at the Huston Sports Complex, but the second game was rained out.

Beeson's solo shot leading off the top of the 2nd gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead, and they added another run in the 5th.  Jenny Milton started the rally with a single and Kris Trindle reached on an error at short.  A wild pitch moved the runners up, and Bethany Chriss delivered Milton with a sacrifice fly to center.

That was enough for southpaw Fielder (4-1) and right-hander Hento, who earned her third save.  Fielder went 4.0 innings, allowing only two hits with a strikeout and no walks.  Hento worked the final three innings, spacing three hits with five strikeouts and a walk.  She allowed an unearned run in the 7th when Amanda Rabith walked, Moriah Lane reached on an error at short, and Natalie Rose doubled in pinch runner Jet'aime Mullins, but Hento got a strikeout and a popup with the tying and winning runs in scoring position to earn the save.

Madison Hollenbeck (0-6) went the distance for the Pioneers, allowing seven hits with two strikeouts and no walks. 

NEXT: George Fox (11-8, NWC 6-3) and Lewis & Clark (0-12, NWC 0-9) were scheduled to play two more on Sunday, but that has also been postponed, and no makeup date has been set for any of the three remaining games in the series ... The Bruins' next action will be Saturday-Sunday, Mar. 17-18, with 12:00 noon doubleheaders both days at home against Pacific Lutheran University ... The Pioneers will play again Mar. 17, hosting Willamette University for a 12:00 noon twinbill.