Freshman infielder Sadie Kirk returned to the starting lineup and continued her RBI ways. She batted 4 for 6 with five RBIs in Friday’s two games. For the season, she’s batting .397 with 26 RBIs, five home runs and 22 runs scored, all of which lead or co-lead the team, in 30 games.

The two teams finish the series with the rubber match scheduled for noon Saturday.

WSU 6, PSU 1

Cali McCraw allowed one run on four hits in a complete-game victory to start the day for Weber State (12-23, 1-1 Big Sky).

McCraw struck out four and walked three.

Sadie Kirk batted 1 for 2 with two walks and three RBIs. She singled home Taegan Smith and Riley Whalen in the first inning and drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth. Abby Grundy drove in Whalen with a sacrifice fly to cap the scoring in the sixth. Kiaira Smith hit two doubles and scored one run.

Portland State broke the shutout in the fifth inning when Lorraine Alo hit a solo home run.

PSU 9, WSU 6

Portland State tallied a season-high 16 hits and had Weber State playing from behind in the second game Friday.

PSU tallied four runs on seven hits against RJ Parra in 2 1/3 innings to start. Taegan Smith hit a solo homer to tie the game 1-1 after one inning but Nichole Orozco hit a three-run homer off Parra in the third for a 4-1 lead.

Weber twice closed the deficit to one run. The first response came immediately in the latter half of the third; Sadie Kirk doubled in Riley Whalen, then scored on a Kiaira Smith single to make it 4-3.

By the fifth, the Vikings extended the lead back to 7-3 with three runs charged to Joslynn Veltien.

Kirk struck again in the fifth, doubling home Taegan Smith, then scoring with Olivia Birkinshaw on an Abby Grundy double to cut it to 7-6.

Veltien put the first two batters on with hits in the top of the sixth and gave way to Jayci Finch. Finch allowed a double and a sacrifice fly, runs charged to Veltien, for the final score. WSU got a runner on first base in the bottom of the sixth and seventh innings but did not threaten.