SOFTBALL

Friday 3/15 at Carroll, 2:00 pm MT (G1 Livestats | G2 Livestats | Video Stream)
Saturday 3/16 at Carroll, 11:00 am MT (G1 Livestats | G2 Livestats | Video Stream)
 
Bushnell (6-13, 1-5 CCC) hits the road this weekend, looking to break a five-game losing streak.
 
CCC OUTLOOK: The Cascade Conference continues to be one of the strongest in the NAIA and is home to four Top-25 teams. Oregon Tech is ranked No. 6, followed by No. 8 Southern Oregon, No. 14 Eastern Oregon, and No. 22 College of Idaho. 
 
Southern Oregon (6-0) and College of Idaho (5-0) are the lone undefeated teams remaining in conference play, followed closely by Eastern Oregon and British Columbia, both 5-1. The Beacons are currently seventh in the CCC.
 
Bushnell ranks eighth in the CCC in hitting (.264 BA), sixth in pitching (3.88 ERA), and seventh in fielding (.942).  The Beacons are third in the CCC with 27 doubles and fifth in conference with 24 stolen bases.  
 
Violet Richardson is second in conference for doubles (8) and Madi Steelman is sixth in the CCC with nine stolen bases. Faith Wayman is batting .400 on the season which ranks 12th. In the circle, Liz Hillier ranks tenth in the CCC with a 3.19 ERA while Emily Cole is fourth for innings pitched (56.2). Defensively, Hannah Tennant leads the conference with 118 putouts.
 
CARROLL: The Saints (3-12-1, 0-5 CCC) have lost six straight games heading into the weekend and have been outscored 35-2 in that stretch.  
 
Carroll is currently seventh in the CCC in hitting (.267), sseventh in pitching (4.81 ERA) and tenth in fielding (.936). The Saints do have some power, ranked third in the CCC with 13 home runs.
 
Ellie Koerber leads the team, hitting .379, While Kenna Tomas has team-highs with 14 hits, nine RBI, six runs scored and four home runs. In the circle, Kennedy Venner is 2-6 with a 3.42 ERA, collecting 47 strikeouts in 45 innings of work.
 
Carroll holds a 21-7 lead all time against the Beacons and swept the four-game series in Montana last season.
 
 

BASEBALL

Saturday 3/16 at Eastern Oregon, 12:00 pm (G1 Livestats | G2 Livestats | Video Stream)
Sunday 3/17 at Eastern Oregon, 11:00 am (G1 Livestats | G2 Livestats | Video Stream)
 
Bushnell (12-9) opens Cascade Collegiate Conference play at Eastern Oregon University. In their last time out, the Beacons won three of four games at No. 3 Lewis-Clark State College.     
 
Bushnell had a rocky start to the weekend, giving up four home runs in the first inning, resulting in a 12-5 loss. The Beacons flipped the script in game two, scoring six runs in the first, highlighted by a grand slam by Kyle Casperson. They went on to sweep Saturday's games, 7-5 and 3-2.
 
The Beacons are fourth in the conference with a .279 batting average, including seven players hitting over .300. Chase Nye ranks second in the conference with a .400 average and is sixth in slugging (.650). Isaiah Hart is hitting .351, 14th in the CCC and second on the team. Jordan Wilson is seventh in hits (28) and fifth in home runs (5), while Albert Jennings ranks ninth in RBI (22) and seventh in doubles (7).  
 
The pitching staff holds a combined 4.65 ERA, the top mark among CCC schools. Ethan Sachs ranks third with a 3.26 ERA in six starts and is seventh in strikeouts (33). Trevor Hammond is tied for the conference lead in wins with four, while Colby Knutzen is tied for first in saves with three.
 
EASTERN OREGON: The Mountaineers (9-13) have already tripled their win total from last season but have won just three of their last 11. They are coming off a series loss at Whitworth University, falling in two of three games. 
 
The Mounties are batting .270 as a team, sixth in the conference, but have shown some power with a second-best 28 home runs. EOU is also second in stolen bases with 36 on the year. Mario Landeros leads the team with a .357 average, 12th in the CCC. Joey Freitas is fourth in RBI with 26, while Landeros is seventh (23).
 
Eastern holds a 7.60 ERA, sixth in the CCC. Will Seslar leads the way with a 4.02 ERA through six starts. He has 26 strikeouts through 31.1 innings pitched. 
 
The Beacons are 6-2 in the all-time series with the Mountaineers, allowing just three runs in a four-game sweep last season.
 

TRACK & FIELD

Saturday 3/16 at Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open (Livestats)
 
LAST WEEK: Eleven athletes qualified for the Cascade Conference championships last weekend as the Beacons competed at the Lane Community College Open. Fresh off his appearance at the NAIA Indoor National Championship,  freshman Jermaine Schexnayder completed the second-best triple-jump in school history and earned his qualification for the NAIA outdoor championships.
 
THIS WEEK: Bushnell will be in action at the Lewis & Clark  Electric Forest Collegiate Open (Formerly the L&C Spring Break Open). Over 30 Beacons are scheduled to compete.
 

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Friday 3/15 vs. Southern Oregon, 12:00 pm
Friday 3/15 vs. Corban, 4:00 pm
Saturday 3/16 vs. College of Idaho, 10:00 am
Saturday 3/16 at Northwest, 4:00 pm
Sunday 3/17 at Portland, 12:00 pm
 
Bushnell (3-8, 1-1 CCC) hits the road to compete in the second weekend of Cascade Collegiate Conference action with this week's round robin hosted by Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington. The Beacons will have one match against each of the four other CCC schools. On their way back, the will make a stop at the University of Portland on Sunday to face off once again with the Pilots.  
 
CCC OUTLOOK: Corban University (3-1, 1-0 CCC) is currently ranked No. 2 in the NAIA national coaches poll while Southern Oregon (2-0, 1-0) is receiving votes. Bushnell is third in the standings at 1-1 while Northwest (2-5, 0-1) and College of Idaho (0-1, 0-1) are looking for their first conference wins.    
 
PORTLAND: The Pilots (5-4) face off against the Beacons for the third time this season, having won 3-2 in each of the previous meetings. Portland is now 6-1 all-time against the Beacons.
 

GOLF

Saturday - Sunday 3/16 – 3/17 at Willamette Valley Cup
 
The Bushnell golf team continues the spring season at the Willamette Valley Cup in Salem, Ore. The men's team had a strong showing at this tournament last season with a third-place finish, recording the top two-round tournament score in school history. Jackson Muramoto won the tournament with the second-best two-round tournament in school history, carding a 73-66—139 (-5).  
 
For the women, the tournament at the Creekside Golf Club will be the first event of the spring. Analise Aubin finished second in the 22-competitor field last year.