BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Western Washington University softball team was swept in its tripleheader against Montana State Billings on Friday at Avitus Group Stadium.

WWU was defeated 2-1, 9-2 and 7-3 in the rare tripleheader that had a game added to the normal doubleheader schedule due to inclement weather in the forecast for Saturday. The two teams will attempt to complete the four-game series on Saturday with a single game starting at noon MT (11 am PT).

Freshman second baseman Kira Doan (Brier, WA/Mountlake Terrace) led WWU at the plate during the three games, combining to go 5-for-11 with a home run and 2 RBI. Sophomore center fielder Jackie Lucido (San Jose, CA/Piedmont Hills) added a 3-hit game in the finale and recorded her team-leading 20^th RBI during the day.

Of Western's 6 runs scored in the three games, 4 came via solo home runs, including the first collegiate homers from Doan and freshman left fielder Lauren Lo (Issaquah, WA/Skyline). The Vikings entered the game having not hit a home run in 13 consecutive games, and hit only one homer in the previous 19 games.

WWU's pitching was touched for 25 hits and 18 runs in the three games. Junior Shearyna Labasan (Mililani, HI/Maryknoll) struck out a career-high 10 batters in the first game, but was saddled with the tough-luck loss in the 2-1 final.

WWU falls to 11-23 overall and is 5-10 in GNAC play. Montana State Billings improved to 15-17 overall and 5-6 in league play.

Game 1: MSUB 2, WWU 1Box Score & Play-by-Play | Game Book

Shearyna Labasan struck out a career-high 10 batters and Lauren Lo hit her first collegiate home run, but a 2-run double by MSUB in the bottom of the 3^rd inning proved to be costly in a 2-1 loss in the first game of the tripleheader.

MSUB jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a 2-out, 2-run double in the bottom of the 3^rd inning by first baseman Cameron Cassinelli. The Yellowjackets put a pair of runners in scoring position on a single by center fielder Amanda Barham and double by second baseman Myrissa Prince. Labasan struck out designated player Megan Dettling for the second out of the inning, but couldn't get out of the jam allowing the 2-out double to the left field gap on a 2-2 pitch.

The Vikings were limited to two hits through the first six innings before Lo led off the 7^th inning with a solo home run to center field. MSUB starter Maddy Lincoln finished off her complete-game retiring the next three hitters she faced to earn the win improving to 8-9 on the season.

Labasan was the tough-luck loser falling to 4-12 on the season. The junior allowed 5 hits and 2 runs in 6.0 innings, striking out 10 and issuing a pair of walks. Her previous career-high in strikeouts were 9 vs. Hawai'i Hilo in 2016 and at BYU Hawai'i in 2017.

Lo recorded 2 of WWU's 3 hits and sophomore shortstop Paityn Cyr (Mount Vernon, WA) was 1-for-3.

MSU Billings 2, Western Washington 1 (Mar 30, 2018 at Billings, MT)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington.. 000 000 1 -  1  3  1      (11-21, 5-8 GNAC)MSU Billings........ 002 000 X -  2  5  4      (13-17, 3-6 GNAC)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington - Labasan and HardyMSU Billings - Lincoln and KellyWin-Lincoln(8-9)  Loss-Labasan (4-12)  T-1:47HR WWU - Lo (1)

Game 2: MSUB 9, WWU 2 Box Score & Play-by-Play | Game Book

The Vikings took an early 1-0 lead on a solo home run by Kira Doan in the top of the 1^st inning, and held the lead until the Yellowjackets recorded three consecutive 3-run innings in the 4^th, 5^th and 6^th innings en route to the 9-2 victory in the second game of the day.

Doan finished 3-for-4 at the plate with a run scored, hitting her first collegiate home run on a no-doubter to right field with one out in the top of the 1^st inning. She was also the losing pitcher in the game, allowing 9 hits and 6 runs in 5.0 innings in the circle.

Billings scored its first 6 runs of the game with 2 outs on the scoreboard, with first baseman Brittanee Fisher providing the big blow with a 2-out, 3-run home run in the bottom of the 4^th inning.

Shearyna Labasan homered with one out in the top of the 6^th inning to bring the game to 6-2, and WWU brought the potential game-tying run to the plate by loading the bases with one out in the inning. MSUB starting pitcher Megan Dettling coaxed pinch-hitter Anna Kasner (Milton, WA/Fife) into a fielder's choice groundout and struck out freshman designated player Sam Silver (Mount Vernon, WA) to end the rally.

MSUB added 3 more runs in the bottom of the 6^th inning off WWU relief pitcher Morgan VanRiper (Jr., Kalama, WA).

Dettling recorded the victory for the `Jackets allowing 7 hits and 2 runs in the complete-game effort to even her season record at 4-4 on the season.

Right fielder Heather Tracy (2-for-4, R, RBI), Dettling (2-for-4, R) and Fisher (2-for-2, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR) all recorded multi-hit games for MSUB, as the Yellowjackets out-hit the Vikings 11-7.

MSU Billings 9, Western Washington 2 (Mar 30, 2018 at Billings, MT)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington.. 100 001 0 -  2  7  0      (11-22, 5-9 GNAC)MSU Billings........ 000 333 X -  9 11  1      (14-17, 4-6 GNAC)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington - Doan; VanRiper (6) and MatthewsMSU Billings - Dettling and KellyWin-Dettling(4-4)  Loss-Doan (1-2)  T-1:55HR: WWU - Doan (1); Labasan (2); MSUB - Fisher (5)

Game 3: MSUB 7, WWU 3 Box Score & Play-by-Play | Game Book

In the final game of the tripleheader, the Vikings were bitten by the longball, as three different MSUB players cleared the fences in the 7-3 victory to complete the sweep.

Billings jumped out to a 4-0 lead through the first four innings, scoring single tallies in the 1^st and 2^nd innings, and plated 2 more runs in the 4^th inning. Three of the first four runs were via solo home run, with shortstop Kelsee Bushnell (2^nd inning), first baseman Cameron Cassinelli (4^th inning) and catcher Madison Kelly (4^th inning) all leaving the yard.

WWU got on the scoreboard with a pair of runs in the top of the 5^th inning, with Jackie Lucido and freshman catcher Hannah Matthews (Huntington Beach, CA/Edison) hit back-to-back doubles. Second baseman Kira Doan followed with a 2-out, run-scoring single to right-center field to cut the deficit to 4-2. The hit for Matthews was the first of her collegiate career.

MSUB added 3 insurance runs over the 5^th and 6^th innings to put the game out of reach. Lucido hit a solo home run to left field to lead off the 7^th inning, her 4^th homer of the season.

WWU starting pitcher Anna Kasner suffered the loss falling to 6-9 on the season, as she was limited to 3.2 innings after she was pulled from the game due to injury. Shearyna Labasan finished the game allowing 6 hits and 4 runs (3 ER) in 2.1 innings in her second appearance of the day.

Lucido led Western at the plate going 3-for-3 with a double, home run and her team-leading 20^th RBI of the season. Doan added a multi-hit game going 2-for-4 with one RBI and freshman first baseman Rylie Wales (Snohomish, WA) was 2-for-3.

Yellowjackets starter Haley Couch (3-4) earned the win allowing 5 hits and 2 runs in 5.0 innings. Maddy Lincoln closed out the win allowing 3 hits and one run in 2.0 innings to pick up her second save of the season.

Leadoff hitter Heather Tracy was 3-for-4 with 2 runs scored to lead MSUB's 9-hit attack.

MSU Billings 7, Western Washington 3 (Mar 30, 2018 at Billings, MT)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington.. 000 020 1 -  3  8  3      (11-23, 5-10 GNAC)MSU Billings........ 110 212 X -  7  9  1      (15-17, 5-6 GNAC)----------------------------------------------------------------------Western Washington - Kasner; Labasan (4) and MatthewsMSU Billings - Couch; Lincoln(6) and KellyWin-Couch(3-4)  Save-Lincoln (2)  Loss-Kasner (6-9)  T-1:55  A-98HR WWU - Lucido (4); MSUB - Cassinelli (1); Bushell (1); Kelly (1)