CALDWELL, Idaho – Seventeenth-ranked College of Idaho took a pair of games from Northwest Friday, despite a pitching gem from freshman Sydney Maurer.
 
The Yotes won 11-3 and 1-0.
 
After NU starting pitcher Abby Brake exited after one batter in the first game, the Yotes pounced for seven first-inning runs, all but one unearned, for a 7-0 lead.
 
Northwest scored twice in the fourth. Jordan Dippel led off with a single and scored on a triple by Sammi Caron. Caron later scored on a squeeze bunt, laid down by Jessica Nunes.
 
CI took an 8-2 lead in the bottom of the fourth, but the Eagles got that run back in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Alyssa Maldonado.
 
The Yotes scored three times in the fifth to end the game.
 
Northwest had four hits, with Dippel, Caron, Nunes, and Ashley Oswald collecting one each.
 
Sydney Maurer held the Yotes to an unearned run on three hits in the second game. The freshman had two strikeouts.
 
Dippel started the second game with a leadoff single for the only NU hit of the game.
 
"We responded well in the second game," said NU Head Coach Pam Fink. "Sydney did a great job of getting a complete game. She gave us an opportunity to win. Our hitters are getting better. We have to keep seeing pitches. We will keep working hard. "
 
The Eagles and Yotes complete the series with a 10 a.m. (Pacific) doubleheader on Saturday.