Box Score (PDF)  |  Box Score (HTML)

FT. COLLINS, Colo. – Danielle Lynn hit a three-run homer and matched her career high with four runs batted in, and Lacey Holm also knocked in four to help Portland State to a 12-4 victory at Colorado State on Monday in non-conference action.

The Vikings completed their trip to the state of Colorado with a 4-1 record and improved to 27-16 on the season. They have won 14 of their last 15 games.

Four Vikings had at least two hits in the game, with Holm batting 3-for-4 and Lynn going 2-for-3. Jenna Krogh extended her hitting streak to seven games by going 2-for-4, while Kayla Norrie also had a pair of hits for PSU.

Portland State wasted little time taking control of the game, scoring four runs in the top of the first. Krogh started things off by lacing a full-count pitch to deep center for her team-leading fifth triple of the year and eventually came in on Holm's sacrifice flyout. Two batters later, Lynn lifted a ball in the air that carried out of the park over the right field fence, giving the Viks a 4-0 lead.

PSU pushed its lead to 7-0 after two innings when they scored an unearned run and Holm drove in two with a single up the middle.

Colorado State (7-38) scored all of its runs in the third inning on three hits and one PSU error, with Brit Palish plating the final two runners on a single to right field.

Carly McEachran and Norrie each drove in a run in the fifth inning and Lynn hit a sac fly in the sixth to push Portland State's advantage to 10-4. Holm plated her fourth runner of the day in the top of the seventh and Susan Winningham hit an RBI double to close out the scoring.

The Vikings used three pitchers in the contest, with Anna Bertrand (12-8) earning the decision after she worked the final 4 1/3 innings. Bertrand struck out six and allowed four hits, keeping the Rams off the scoreboard. Karmen Holladay got the start, striking out four and pitching hitless ball over the first two innings.

Colorado State starter Alexa Cash dropped to 1-16 on the season. Cash allowed nine runs – eight earned – on seven hits and three walks in five innings.

Portland State now returns home to host Weber State for a four-game league series this weekend. PSU's four seniors will be honored between games on Saturday. First pitch is set for 12 p.m., both Saturday and Sunday.

NOTES: This was the first ever meeting between the two schools ... the Vikings had three more sac flies on Monday, giving them a school record 16 on the season. The old record was 10, set in 2007. PSU's records for sac flies only goes back to 1999 ... Holm now has six sacrifice flyouts in her career, tying her for the top mark in PSU history. McEachran hit her fifth, tying her for second all-time ... Holm had her fourth four-RBI game, the most on the team. She has driven in 38 runs on the year, tying her for seventh on the single-season chart ... Lynn hit her third homer of the season and the sixth of her career ... Krogh is batting .565 (13-for-23) over her seven-game hitting streak. She has five multi-hit games during that span ... Bertrand has won six straight decisions ... the Vikings are 12-4 on the road this season and are assured of their first winning road record since 1998.