EUGENE, Ore. – Needing 11 innings to close out a three-game conference sweep of Northwest Christian University, No. 13 Oregon Tech went on to also take the second came on Saturday to claim all four games in the weekend series.
 
OIT (26-10, 12-3 CCC) got a two-run double from Dre Sotelo in the top of the eleventh inning in the opener to claim a 5-3 victory in the third and final CCC game of the series. Sarah Abramson threw her second consecutive lights-out performance, coming on in relief to pitch five innings, allowing no runs on two hits while striking out ten batters. This after a solid six-plus innings from starter Ali Graham who allowed just one earned on four hits.
 
The Beacons got on the board first as Jessica Garner hit a triple down the right field line and come home to score as the throw to third base was offline.
 
The Owls came up with the tying run in the third when Olivia Lethlean scored on an error.
 
NCU took a 2-1 lead in the fourth and the teams traded single runs in each half of the sixth, sending the Beacons into the top of the seventh with a 3-2 lead and a chance to claim the victory.
 
Sabrina Guerra came on in relief of starter Emma Jegtvig to begin the inning but gave up a lead-off walk before Sotelo hit a game-tying single up the middle.
 
The teams played through three scoreless bonus innings before Sotelo broke through again with the winner in the 11th.
 
Jegtvig (5-10), who came back in to pitch in the eighth inning, finishing her day with 10 innings of work, striking out nine batters and giving up three earned runs.  
 
Sotelo ended the game batting 3-for-5 and was one of five OIT batters with multiple hits. For the Beacons, Garner went 2-for-4 and scored twice.
 
The non-conference fourth game of the series quickly turned into the only blow-out of the weekend as the Owls tagged NCU starter Shay Shropshire (0-9) for five runs in the first inning. The visitors went on to add three more in the fourth and three in the seventh while the Beacons posted just one run, an RBI single from Anna Cardwell in the second-inning that brought home Jordan Kuykendall.
 
Loryn Williams (5-1) went the distance for Oregon Tech, striking out seven batters and scattering six hits. Graham and Kiahna Brown each hit long balls in the contest with Brown's coming on the very first pitch of the game. Graham collected three hits in the game, giving her six on the day while Baylee Wyscaver went 3-for-5 with three doubles and three RBI. McKenna Armantrout added a 2-for-5 day at the plate, collecting four RBI as she hit a bases-clearing double in the seventh.
 
The Beacons (6-22, 3-12 CCC) will hit the road next weekend, traveling to Montana to take on Carroll University for a four-game set beginning Friday at 1:00 pm PST.