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Alex Ogg stole two bases to become SFU's all-time leader in steals and
Hanna Finkelstein and
Megan Duclos hit homeruns to lead Simon Fraser to a 10-7 win over Northwest Nazarene in the second game of a Great Northwest Athletic Conference softball doubleheader at Halle Field. SFU lost the first game 5-0.
Ogg stole two bases to move past Erin Mclean to become the school's record-holder in stolen bases. Ogg also tied the SFU single season record with 21 stolen bases this season. The GNAC record is 33.
With three hits in the game, Ogg moved from sixth to fourth on the SFU all-time hit list with 183 career hits, trailing only Erin Gee (185) and co-leaders Angela Lichty and Taylor Lundrigan (202).
It was quite an offensive performance for SFU who generated two runs in the third inning, four runs in the fourth, one in the sixth and three in the seventh, and then held off a Nighthawks seventh inning rally in which they scored five runs to make a game of it.
Megan Duclos provided the winning margin with a three-run home run down the left field line in the seventh. It was her second homer of the season.
Hanna Finkelstein had opened the scoring with a two-run blast—her seventh of the year—over the left field fence.
Hanna Finkelstein
SFU had 10 hits in the game.
Shaneika Hollingworth pitched the win scattering five hits over 6.1 innings to improve to 5-3 this season.
SFU is now 9-13 in the GNAC (18-20 overall) and trailing Central Washington for the final playoff spot in the conference. CWU is 9-11 with four games to play. SFU will play a double header against NNU on Saturday to close out the regular season.
The Nighthawks and Saint Martin's Saints are tied at the top of the conference, each at 16-6 in conference play, with NNU improving to 28-17 overall. Both teams are slated to play their final two games tomorrow, NNU with two more against SFU and the Saints visiting Western Washington.
NNU held SFU to three hits for the opening game victory.
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