ASHLAND, Ore. – Northwest's record-breaking season and the Pam Fink coaching era came to a close on Saturday with a pair of losses at No. 5 Southern Oregon.
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NU had a perfect game thrown against them in the first game, falling 10-0.
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The Eagles scored three runs in the second game but fell 13-3.
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Abby Blahut got Northwest on the scoreboard in the first game with an RBI single in the second inning.
Madisyn Leffle and
Kayla Stanley had RBI singles in the fourth inning to get the Eagles to within 5-3 but couldn't get any closer.
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NU had eight hits in the game, led by Blahut and
Paige Creasey with two each.
Jamelah Lewis added a double and
Bella King tacked on a single.
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The games were the last in an NU uniform for Leffle, Creasey and
Sydney Maurer.
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Northwest finished with its best wins total at 21.
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Maurer finished with a new school-record batting average at .404 (.40397), just edging
Jessica Nunes' 2020 mark of .404 (.40384). She also ended with single-season records with 64 RBIs, 61 hits, 16 doubles, 103 total bases and 14 appearances as a relief pitcher. Maurer tied the school record with eight home runs. She also now owns a career-record 35 relief appearances.
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Leffle leaves with the single-game (5), single-season (51) and career (92) records for stolen bases. She broke her own school record this season with 48 runs scored and broke the school career mark with 93.
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Creasey tied the single-season record with 153 at-bats.
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Stanley was hit by pitch 11 times this season to take over the career record with 34.
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Natalie Dimitrov set the school single-season records with 12 wins and 92 strikeouts to go with four shutouts.
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"This was a pretty special season with all of the records," said retiring NU Head Coach Pam Fink. "They did things no one expected us to do and I'm super proud of them."
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Fink ends her 30-year coaching career with 707 college wins and the accomplishment of being NU's leader in all-time coaching wins. She also has that distinction at each of her previous stops (Oklahoma Baptist and Sumter County High School).
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