EUGENE, Ore. | In the final day of the four-game series with the Bushnell Beacons, Warner Pacific University walked away with one win and one loss. The team moves to 19-20, 10-14 CCC with one week of regular season games remaining.
 
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The Rundown
The Beacons took the opener from the Knights in a 4-2 victory with a strong performance from their pitcher, Miranda Jensen. Jensen threw three strikeouts and allowed just six hits in the match.
 
Warner Pacific got on the board early with a Payton Hergert one-run RBI in the first inning. The teams went scoreless the next three and at the beginning of the fourth inning, the Knights held a 1-0 lead.
 
Bottom of the fourth, the Beacons found their offensive rhythm as the team scored three runs, taking the lead from the Knights on senior day.
 
After a scoreless fifth inning and a 3-1 Bushnell lead, Warner Pacific took the plate. Emma Foster blasted a ball down the right field line, bringing a runner in to close the gap to one.
 
Ultimately the Beacons managed to gain some extra insurance with a run of their own in the sixth inning to complete the 4-2 win over Warner Pac.
 
Game two saw a total of 20 hits between both teams, in what would eventually become a Warner Pac 8-5 victory.
 
The Knights came out with vengeance on the plate; the team led off with two hits before Emma Foster stepped up finding the friendly side of the left line for a two-run single RBI. The team saw just three Bushnell at-bats in the first inning.
 
Top of the second, senior Ashton Porter sent a ball soaring through the air and over the 200-foot sign of left field to extend the Knight lead to 3-0.
 
The Beacons got their name on the board with a strong three hit, two run second inning, closing in on the Knight lead.
 
Warner Pacific put an exclamation point on the closing game of the series with four hits and five runs scored in the third inning. Devinne Amesquita, Emma Foster and Paityn Willoughby each finished the inning with a double and Tatum Fell singled to center field. At the end of three, the Knights led 8-3.
 
The Beacon defense held the Knights scoreless for the remaining four innings while managing to score two additional runs but the Warner Pacific defense locked in late to ensure a 2-2 weekend, closing the series with an 8-5 victory.
 
Emma Foster ended the day with two hits and four RBI's. Macy Besuyen ended the day with four hits. Payton Hergert with three hits and an RBI.
 
 
Deeper Look
Ashton Porter hit her first homerun of the season
Abby Carlson gets her fourth win of the season
Macy Besuyen stole three bases in game two
 
 
 
Flash Forward
Warner Pacific will close out the regular season with a four-game series at The College of Idaho on Friday and Saturday as the Knights are in search of a spot in the Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament.