LACEY, Wash. – Saint Martin's struggled to find an answer at the plate against the Nighthawks falling in both ends of the doubleheader 8-0 and 7-1 on Saturday.
 
Saint Martin's honored three seniors prior to the games, recognizing the efforts and honors of Devyn Connolly, Shaye Pinner, and Jaeden Ells.
 
Northwest Nazarene jumped on the Saints early in the opener, putting three runs up in the first inning. The Nighthawks continued the pressure in the third with two runs, and another two in the fourth, and finally one in the fifth.
 
Saint Martin's collected their lone hit of the game in the fourth inning on a one-out double from Britney Patrick.
 
In the second game, Northwest Nazarene struck again first, with a run in the first. Saint Martin's responded right back, bringing in a run on a dropped third strike, scoring Janell Williams.
 
However, the Nighthawks shut down the Saints' offense for the rest of the way and broke open the score with a pair of three run innings in the fifth and seventh.
 
Saint Martin's hits the road for their final series of the regular season, traveling to Western Washington on Saturday April 30. Live stats and video will be available on smusaints.com.