Orange City, Iowa — Kameryn Etherington pitched a no-hitter in game one while also picking up the win in game two in leading Northwestern to a doubleheader sweep against Briar Cliff Monday in a GPAC softball doubleheader played today in Orange City.
Northwestern has won three straight games and improved to 4-2 in the conference, 17-7 overall.
Etherington’s masterpiece in game one was the 13th no-hitter thrown in program history; the freshman’s teammate, Samantha Ubben, was the last to throw a no-hitter (vs Presentation in 2020). Etherington struck out a career-best 11, did not walk a batter and allowed only one BCU hitter to reach base off a Raider error.
Game One: 6-0 win
Northwestern scored the first run on a sacrifice fly by Jennifer Boeve, scoring Emily Bosch, in the bottom of the third. The Raiders plated two more in the fifth; singles by Bosch and Boeve combined with a BCU error led to the first run of the inning; another Chargers miscue on a ball hit by Etherington scored Boeve to give Northwestern a 3-0 lead. Jordyn Kramer and Megan Nichols hit back-to-back singles to start the sixth inning; Kramer later scored on a wild pitch. A two-run single, scoring Nichols and Madysn Grotewold, to complete the scoring in the sixth.
Northwestern totaled 10 hits, and Emily Bosch went 2-for-4 with two runs scored as the leadoff hitter. Jennifer Boeve continued to be one of the team’s top run producers, going 2-for-3 with 3 RBI, and six other Raiders had one hit each.
Briar Cliff’s Kayla Guerrero (1-3), one of three Chargers pitchers to throw, gave up four hits and one run in four innings.
Game Two: 5-2 win
In the 1st inning Bosch led off with a single, advanced to second after a bunt by Jessica Mouw and scored on an error by the Chargers. Later in the 3rd inning, Briar Cliff tied the game on a leadoff single from Josie Chronic who scored on an RBI single by Alexis Westercamp. In the bottom of the 3rd, Northwestern went ahead for good with a pair of runs. Bosch hit a one – out double, Mouw walked and both came around to score on a two-out single by Erika McKenney. In the bottom of the 5th, Etherington hit a two-run single, scoring Mouw and Alayna Bakke. At the 7th inning, Westercamp completed the scoring with a solo home run, her ninth of the season.
Etherington (12-2) pitched the first five innings, giving up six hits and one run, while Samantha Ubben allowed two hits and one run in the final two innings.
Both teams totaled eight hits. Bosch went 3-for-4 with two runs, McKenney and Etherington both had one hit and two RBI.
Westercamp, Allie Poston had two hits each for BCU. Mailee Jensen (6-8) took the loss, giving up seven hits and five runs in 4.2 innings
