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PORTLAND, Ore. – After getting shutout in the opener of a doubleheader against visiting Boise State on Tuesday, Portland State rallied in the bottom of the seventh of game two to send it into extra innings, but eventually lost, 3-2, and was swept at Erv Lind Stadium in non-conference action.

In the opener, Boise State road a nine-hit attack and a shutout performance in the circle by Aubray Zell to the 4-0 victory.

The Broncos didn't waste anytime getting on the scoreboard, plating a pair of runs in the top of the first on Christina Capobianco's single back up the middle after Viking pitcher Raya Johnson walked the first batter of the game and hit the second.

Tara Glover drove in the Broncos' final two runs on a single to left field in the second inning and an infield single in the sixth.

Zell (15-6) kept the Vikings at bay, allowing just three base runners, all of which came on singles. The senior righty extended her Boise State school shutout record to 11 after striking out eight and not walking a batter.

Johnson dropped to 1-3 after giving up four runs – three of which were earned – and two walks with two hit batters. She struck out two in going the distance for the second time this season.

Crysta Conn, Brittany Hendrickson and Maggie Sholian each had a hit for the Vikings.

The Vikings bounced back to score the first run of game two on an RBI-single by Alicia Fine in the third inning. Sadie Lopez singled to open the frame, back-to-back sacrifice bunts by Becca Bliss and Jenna Krogh moved her up to third, then Fine made it 1-0 with her base hit.

The score remained in Portland State's favor until the sixth when Devon Bridges belted a two-run home run to left center.

Down to their final two outs, the Vikings rallied to send the game into extra innings, benefiting from a two-base throwing error by the Broncos.

With one out, Alexa Morales singled through the right side to start the comeback. Pinch runner Danai Martin then got caught leaning off first base, but the throw from Boise State catcher Katie Engelbrecht sailed into right field, allowing Martin to scoot over to third. Sadie Lopez followed by grounding out to the pitcher, but Martin raced home on the play and was able to slide around the tag of Engelbrecht.

The game went to the international tie-breaker rule in the eighth with a runner being placed at second to start the inning. Boise State was able to capitalize in their half of the frame after Engelbrecht moved to third on a sac bunt, then scored on Glover's base hit to left field.

Bliss was placed on second for the Vikings in bottom half of the eighth and advanced to third on Krogh's sac hit. On the next play, Fine flied out to shallow right and Bliss tried to score. She narrowly missed the plate, but still avoided the tag. However, she was tagged out as she reached back trying to touch home.

Anna Bertrand (8-7) was the tough luck loser for the Vikings, scattering four hits with one walk and four Ks over eight innings.

Allie Crump got the win for Boise State, improving to 5-2 after giving up two runs and five hits over seven innings. Zell worked the eighth to earn her first save of the year.

PSU fell to 10-13, while Boise State pushed its winning streak to 11 and improved to 25-10.

Portland State is back in action this weekend when they open up Pacific Coast Softball Conference action with a four-game series at Utah Valley. The Vikings and Wolverines meet up for a doubleheader on Friday at 11 a.m. PT, then play twice more on Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. PT.

NOTES: PSU's four sacrifice hits in game two were their most since tallying five against Towson on March 16, 2007 ... Becca Bliss had one sacrifice hit in each game and now leads the team with five ... Krogh had two sac hits in game two ... Bertrand went over the 100 strikeout mark for the season. She now has a conference-best 103 ... the Vikings had their nine-game home winning streak snapped with the game one loss to the Broncos ... PSU is now 1-1 in extra inning games this year ... the Vikings outhit Boise State, 5-4, in game two and fell to 9-1 when they outhit their opponents ... the Vikings got in their first official home games of 2012 after having home contests rained out on March 12 and 14 ... Boise State, which started its softball program in 2009, made its first appearance at Erv Lind Stadium ... the Broncos evened the all-time series with PSU at 3-3.