HELENA, Mont. – Northwest picked up win No. 700 for Head Coach Pam Fink in a split at Carroll College on Saturday, winning 5-0 and losing 3-1.
 
"I'm glad we got that win," said Fink of the conference victory. "I'm thankful for all the players that made that milestone happen. They have been an encouragement to me. I'm also grateful that it was this team that put me over the top. They work hard and I love them. I'm also thankful for having great assistant coaches, including Sam (Parisio) all these years at NU as a player and now an assistant, and, of course, I'm thankful for my family and the sacrifices they've made."
 
Natalie Dimitrov struck out six batters and successfully fielded nine come-backers in getting her third shutout of the season.
 
The Eagles broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Jamelah Lewis.
 
Bella King led off the fifth with a home run for a 2-0 lead.
 
Madisyn Leffle added an RBI triple and scored on a two-run home run by Sydney Maurer in the seventh for the final margin.
 
The Eagles had 10 hits in the game, led by Lewis and King with two each.
 
NU had just one hit in the second game – a single by King.
 
Madisyn Leffle had an RBI ground out in the sixth for NU.
 
Fink got her 100^th win in 1998, her 200^th in 2001, her 300^th in 2005, her 400^th in 2009, her 500^th in 2013 and her 600^th in 2016 all at Oklahoma Baptist. She has been the all-time coaching wins leader at every stop in her coaching career (Sumter County High School in Georgia, Oklahoma Baptist and Northwest).
 
Now 14-11 overall and 7-6 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference, NU finishes its series with Carroll with two games, beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific, on Sunday.