NEWBERG, Ore. – Kat Hylton and Baylee Westrick slugged home runs in a 10-0 first-game win and Courtney Howard singled in the winning run in a 6-5 nine-inning second-game win as the George Fox University Bruins swept the University of Puget Sound Loggers in a Northwest Conference softball doubleheader Sunday afternoon here at Morse Field.

George Fox snapped a six-game losing streak and improved to 21-12 overall and 10-11 in the conference.  The Bruins have now equaled the record for the most wins in a season, joining the 1994 team which went 21-8 and won both the Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges and NAIA District 2 titles.  They also gave head coach Jessica Hollen her most wins in her sixth season at George Fox; the Bruins were 20-22 for her in 2012.  Puget Sound fell to 2-26 overall and 1-21 in the NWC as their losing streak reached seven.

Game 1 - at George Fox 10, Puget Sound 0

The Bruins banged out five extra-base hits among their nine total hits to back the combined four-hit pitching of Erin Hento (10-6) and Amanda Woods in the five-inning opener.  Hento worked four innings, allowing only two hits with a walk and five strikeouts before Woods pitched the 7th.

The Bruins struck for five runs in the 1st off Megan Campbell (0-14), who went the distance, fanning three and walking four.  Howard hit a sacrifice fly, Becca Olson doubled in a run, Megan Furtado had an RBI single, and two runs scored on errors as the Bruins sent 10 batters to the plate in the inning.

Hylton slammed her third home run to left in the 3rd, scoring Westrick and Furtado.  Westrick closed the scoring with her sixth round tripper in the 4th after Sophie Haugen had been hit by a pitch.  Hylton finished with a 3-for-3 game with two runs scored and three RBIs, while Westrick was 2-for-2, including a double, with two runs and two RBIs.

Game 2 - at George Fox 6, Puget Sound 5 (9 inn.)

In the nightcap, the Bruins' Allyssa DenDekker and the Loggers' Jaci Young (2-10) matched zeroes for four innings before the visitors scored four times in the 5th.  Olivia Turner singled in Marissa Jeffers with the first run, and Young connected for her second home run with two runners aboard to cap the inning.

The Bruins battled back to take the lead in the last of the 5th. Kayla Anderson singled, Woods was hit by a pitch, and Howard singled to load the bases.  Olson's sacrifice fly to left scored one run, Kelsey Hansen lined a two-run double to right-center, and Westrick doubled down the left-field line to score Ashley Bunce with the tying run.  Megan Furtado's single up the middle scored Westrick with the go-ahead run.  The lead was short-lived, however, as Lisa Colombo tied the game with her first home run to left leading off the 6th.

Hento (11-6) replaced DenDekker to start the 7th and pitched three shutout innings, scattering four hits with four strikeouts to pick up her second win of the day.  It came in the 9th when Anderson drew a lead-off walk, wheeled to third on Woods' single to right-center, and scored the game-winner on Howard's base hit up the middle.   

Young finished with six strikeouts and three walks, allowing 12 hits.  Anderson, Howard, Hansen and Westrick had two hits each, Westrick adding two more doubles, while Tracy Jones and Jeffers each had two hits for the Loggers.

NEXT: George Fox visits Willamette University Wednesday to make up a rained-out doubleheader, starting at 3:00 p.m. … The Bruins also announced that their final makeup game with Lewis & Clark College will be played Friday at 5:00 p.m. at George Fox … Puget Sound goes to Pacific University Tuesday to make up a pair of games that were rained out on Saturday, with first pitch set for 5:00 p.m.