Amanda Carrasco '10 went 3-for-5 with three RBI as Whittier College split a conference doubleheader with the University of La Verne at Palmer Softball Stadium on April 27.  The Poets (22-16, 11-11) were blown out in game one by a score of 18-4, but came back to win the nightcap, 7-5.

In game one, Carrasco hit a two run single to provide half of the Poets' run total.  Brenna Winslow '07 went 3-for-4 at the plate with an RBI double and a run scored.  Charis Gaston '09 went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a double.  Deena Arenas '08 (9-9) pitched four innings and allowed eleven runs on twelve hits and three walks in the loss.

La Verne scored in every inning but the fifth in game one.  They got things started with one in the first.  The Poets evened the score in the bottom half on Winslow's RBI double.  The Leopards came back with two more runs in the second and four in the third, making the score 7-1.  With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the third, Carrasco drove in two runs and then Gaston drove in another with back-to-back singles to cut the deficit in half.  That was as close as the Poets would get, however, as La Verne scored four more in the fourth to make the score 11-4 and then blew up for seven runs in the sixth to give them the 18-4 lead that would be the final after six innings.

In game two, Gaston and Vicky Ovieda '09 each went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.  Gaston hit her third home run of the season.  Carrasco went 1-for-2 with one RBI, a walk and a run scored.  Erica Ureno '08 drove in a pair of runs.  Amanda Brown '09 went 2-for-3 with a run scored.  Ovieda (13-6) earned the win by pitching six innings and allowing four runs on nine hits and a walk.  Arenas earned her first save of the year, allowing one run on one hit and a walk.  She struck out two of the five batters she faced.

La Verne broke a scoreless tie in third inning with a two-run home run.  They added another run in the fourth to go up 3-0.  The Poets answered in a big way with six in the fourth inning.  Whittier hit six singles in the inning, and got help with two La Verne errors to take a 6-3 lead.  La Verne made it 6-4 with a run in the fifth.  Gaston's solo home run extended the lead back to three in the bottom half of the inning.  La Verne would attempt to rally in the top of the seventh, but could only muster one run to make the final score 7-5.