Viking Sports Snapshot March 11-18

Softball:

Friday, March 16
Portland State vs Bryant University
Score: 6-1 (W)
PSU Vikings Alyssa Burk and Ashley Doyle turned heads playing against the Bryant Bulldogs. Burk threw a career-high of 14 strikeouts while Doyle hit her third home run of the season and the first grand slam of her career.

Friday, March 16
PSU @ Seattle University
Score: 0-2 (L)
Ashley Doyle hit another grand slam, making it the first time since 2012 that PSU had multiple grand slams in a season.

Saturday, March 17
PSU vs Bryant
Score: 14-4 (W)
Darian Lindsey and Kaela Morrow both tailed four hits and drove three runs. Emma Detamore struck out a season high with six batters.

Saturday, March 17
PSU @ Seattle
Score: 5-4 (W)
Alyssa Burk had her third straight complete game. Over the last two games, Burk only allowed two runs while striking out 20 batters.

Sunday, March 18
PSU @ Seattle
Score: 1-5 (L)
Serafine Parrish threw five scoreless innings. Tayler Gunesch, Darian Lindsey and Kaela Morrow made six of the seven hits for the Vikings.

Women’s Tennis:

Friday, March 16
PSU vs Weber State
Score: 0-7 (L)
Eszter Zador had an early lead in the Friday match, but her opponent, Elly Hartnett, broke the game in the second set. This match went into a 10-point tiebreaker.

Sunday, March 18
PSU vs Northern Colorado
Score: 3-4 (L)
Ashley Knecht and Taylor Rees trailed 3-0 in their matches, but came back to win against their UNC opponents with a score of 6-4.

Track:

Friday, March 16
PSU @ L&C Spring Break Open
Sarah Medved broke the school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing in 10:58.17. Jean-Luc Toke placed fourth in long jump with 21-04.75.

Saturday, March 17
PSU @ L&C Spring Break Open
Alex Cisneros was the Vikings’ first top 10 mark in the 5,000 meters since 2005, winning the event in 14:28.96.  Kaila Gibson set the record in the women’s indoor 5,000 meters with 4:41.36.