(Yakima, WA) - Lower Columbia Softball's scorecard at the NWAC Yakima Crossover April 11-13: Five games, 67 runs scored, seven runs allowed, and only three errors committed. And with that balance the Devils grabbed five wins and now stand at 26-0.
 
The longest win streak in LCC softball history is 38 for the 2002 team, which ended its season at 41-1. There is still much ground to cover and some strong competition ahead for the 2025 team, but it certainly has been an amazing start to the current season.
 
Lower Columbia has five more road games in the coming week – a single make-up game Thursday at Clackamas and doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday at Chemeketa (Salem) and Umpqua (at Thurston HS in Springfield, OR) respectively.
 
Yakima Crossover game-by-game recap:
 
Friday: Lower Columbia 16, Everett 0 (5 innings): Ava Eib owned the circle, spinning the three-hit shutout with no walks and nine strikeouts. The Devils gave the St. Helens, OR freshman massive support by scoring runs in every inning. That included a nine-run 4^th when Lexi Grumbois and Brooklyn Loose ripped consecutive triples. Both sophomores drove in three runs.
 
Devils with multiple hits were Grumbois (2B, 3B), Allison Baumgart and Jadyn Terry. Eib and Emma Langsi both doubled. Terry, Eib and Kaydence Mackin all had two RBI.
 
Saturday: Lower Columbia 11, Wenatchee Valley 2 (5 innings) – Zoey Hughes earned her team-leading eighth win, tossing a two-hitter with 10 Ks and just one walk.
 
Loose jump-started the offense with a 1^st inning, two-run bomb that bounced off the right-field foul pole. The Adna sophomore catcher later added a double.
 
Grumbois doubled and had two hits and Savannah Hawkins also had a pair of hits. Loose and Gabi Silveria had three RBI each and Rylee Brown added a two-run single.
 
Saturday: Lower Columbia 13, Shoreline 2 (5 innings) – Longview's Jadyn Terry scattered eight hits and struck out five Dolphins for the win. 
 
The big blow offensively came when Shaz Ancheta smoked a long, three-run opposite field home run. Mackin was the lone Red Devil with two hits, while Grumbois added a double. Mackin, Katelyn Swanson and Dani Ambriz had two RBI each.
 
Sunday: Lower Columbia 20, Edmonds 2 (5 innings) – Cerenity Fake was the fourth Devil freshman hurler to get a starting nod over the weekend, allowing one earned run on seven hits and striking out five Tritons.

The LCC offense was relentless, pounding 15 hits. Hailey Brooks led the way hitting for the cycle, which included her team-leading 13^th home run of the season. Silveria also launched a no-doubt solo home run, easily clearing the ultra-deep Kiwanis Park fences.
 
Sunday: Lower Columbia 7, Olympic 1 – The Rangers played LCC tough, parking their outfielders deep and turning many long Red Devil fly balls and line drives into long outs. The Devils finally converted a pair of Olympic errors into a run in the 4^th inning to go ahead 1-0.
 
The offense got busy in the 5^th inning when Joelie Eder hit a tape-measure three-run home run to straight-away centerfield. LCC tacked on three insurance runs in the 7^th inning on Baumgart's RBI ground out and a two-run single from Hawkins.
 
While the Devil offense struggled early, Eib did her part by shutting out the Rangers through the first six innings. In what turned out to be the most impressive of five strong starting pitching performance in Yakima, Eib gave up just three hits and fanned 12 Olympic hitters for her second win of the weekend.
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