Ravens Softball picked up a sweep in their 2026 home opener Sunday afternoon.
The (RV) Ravens defeated the Concordia University Bulldogs, 4-0, in Game 1 and then finished the sweep with a 7-3 win in Game 2.
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Game 1
Bailey Selvage put her stamp on the opener, mowing through the Bulldogs through five innings of work.
The Ravens bats got to work offering Selvage run support in the third inning.
Kaylee Norris led off with a single and later scored on a base hit by
Kaleigh Small for the game's first run.
In the fourth, the Ravens pushed their lead to 4-0 when
Valeria Villagomez (running for
Reagan Enright) scored on a fielder's choice, then
Ashley Rindom doubled home Norris and
Ryan Cooper.
After Selvage gave up her first hit of the game in the sixth inning,
Lacey Foster came on in relief and pitched 1.1 innings. Selvage re-entered when Foster gave up a walk and a pair of singles in the top of the seventh, earning the final pair of outs in the game.
Selvage (1-1) finished with 5.2 innings, 4 strikeouts, 1 hit and 1 walk.
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Game 2
The Bulldogs struck first in the second game, scratching across a run in the second inning to take a 1-0 lead. It could have been worse, but Norris delivered a good throw from left field to cut down a Concordia runner trying to score.
The biggest swing came in the bottom of the third. Small singled before
Rhiannon Martin and
Amanda Waymire worked walks to load the bases. Enright found a pitch she liked and deposited it over the fence in right-center field for a grand slam.
The Ravens added 2 more in the fourth thanks to a Small double and Martin sacrifice fly to take a 6-1 lead.
After the Bulldogs scored twice in the top of the sixth inning, the Ravens answered in the bottom half.
Alena Velilla walked and advanced on a single by Small. Velilla came around to score on a fielding mistake by the Bulldogs for the Ravens final run of the game.
Lily SinghDhillon (1-0) got the start in the circle for the Ravens, pitching 4 innings and allowing 1 run.
Kaelyn Conrad gave up 2 runs in 1.1 innings, and Foster earned a save by pitching a scoreless 1.2 innings to close out the game.
The Ravens bats were busy, knocking 10 hits as a group. Small and Enright each had 3 hits and Velilla added 2 more.
The Ravens (4-2) will hit the road for a weekend tournament in Shawnee, Oklahoma, where they'll take on some stiff competition. The Ravens will play No. 1 Southern Oregon and No. 21 Hope International on Friday, Feb. 20, before taking on No. 2 Oklahoma City and Columbia on Saturday, Feb. 21.
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