OGDEN, Utah - The Portland State softball team dealt Weber State its first Big Sky series loss since 2018, finishing the series on Saturday with a doubleheader split at the Wildcat Softball Field. The Vikings are now 13-18 overall after improving to 4-2 in Big Sky action. The Wildcats moved to 7-22 and 1-2 in conference play.
 
Portland State opened the day with a 6-4 victory to claim the series, snapping Weber State's 18-conference series win streak. The Vikings were the last team to win a series against the Wildcats in April of 2018. Weber State buckled down in game two, winning 4-2 to avoid the sweep.
 
After a promising start on Friday, the Vikings carried their offensive momentum into Saturday's doubleheader, totaling 21 hits in two games and finishing the series with a .355 team batting average.
 
Weber State took the first lead of the day in game one after a Mika Chong home run. PSU battled back with a two-run second inning, courtesy of RBIs from Paetynn Lopez and Trinity Holden. Chong struck again for the Wildcats in the bottom of the third, slamming a two-run home run to give Weber State its lead back.

The back-and-forth continued into the fourth, as Portland State answered with a two-RBI double from Emily Johansen and an RBI single from Lopez to take a 5-3 lead. A third home run from Chong in the bottom of the sixth cut the Vikings' lead down to one. However, Olivia Dean tacked on an insurance run for the Vikings in the top of the seventh to extend the lead back to two.
 
Viking starter Allicitie Frost capped her complete-game performance in the circle by shutting down three straight Wildcat batters to end the game. Frost allowed just six hits while striking out five on the way to her third win of the year.
 
The scoring started quickly in game two, with both teams scoring in the first inning. A Bailee Noland single in the top of the first got the Vikings on the board before the Wildcats tied it in the bottom half of the inning. The Vikings reclaimed the lead in the third when Logan Riggenbach scored Lopez with an RBI double to left field. Weber State scored the next three runs, while holding the Vikings scoreless for the remainder of the contest to secure the win, 4-2.
 
Portland State out-hit the Wildcats 11-6 but failed to capitalize with runners on base, stranding 13 in the loss.
 
Stealing two bases in the series finale, Dean set a new program record for stolen bases in the DI era with 42.
 
The Vikings will return home next weekend in search of their third-straight conference series victory when they host Idaho State (April 14-15) at the Gordon Faber Recreation Complex.