Considering that Azusa Pacific had lost 18 straight to 5-time defending GSAC champion California Baptist University, and had been out-scored 74-3 in the past 11 meetings with the Lancers, and that Cougar pitcher Camille Hundley was coming off the worst outing of her 4-year Cougar career, there was no reason to believe Azusa Pacific had a chance against the NAIA's No. 3-ranked Lancers, which, to add to the Cougars' already difficult task, brought a season-opening 18-game winning streak into today's conference doubleheader.

Yet none of that mattered, and least of all to Hundley.

Hundley, 1 of 5 Cougar seniors who had never beaten Cal Baptist, was absolutely dazzling in the circle today, loading the team on her back and lifting her teammates to their first-ever victory over CBU, and the program's first since 2001. Hundley fired a 2-0 gem of a shutout in which she limited the Lancers to just 4 base runners while striking out 7 in the process. All this from a pitcher who was anything but the team ace just 4 days ago when she gave up 10 earned runs on 11 hits in just 5 innings against unranked Concordia University.

"Camille had her pitches moving and was in command," said Cougar coach Carrie Webber. "She was hitting her spots, living low and getting ground-ball outs."

Indeed, of CBU's 21 outs, only 4 went to the Cougar outfielders, and 1 of those was in foul territory. Hundley struck out 2 Lancers looking while the other 5 went down swinging.

In the end, she gave up 3 hits and was in danger just once following a 2-out error by shortstop Leslie-Anne Picone that extended the third inning and allowed Lancers to eventually get to second- and third-base. Hundley, though, induced a foul pop-up that quickly thwarted the minor uprising.

Azusa Pacific managed just 2 hits off Cal Baptist's Melanie Ahumada, but they both came in the first inning. Following a 1-out error by Lancer third baseman Sarah Strong that allowed Erica Navarrete to reach first base, Cougar first baseman Erin Halma lined a single to right field. Catcher Natalie Mickelson then followed with a line double to left-center that scored Navarrete and Halma with the game's only runs.

Ahumada, who entered the day with a microscopic 0.43 ERA and a perfect 7-0 record, returned to form the rest of the game, not allowing another hit following Mickelson's double and setting down the Cougars in order in the second, third, fifth and sixth innings. However, it was too late, and it couldn't match Hundley's near perfect performance.

Hundley retired 11 of the final 12 Lancers she faced, including the last 5, to push her record to 4-4 on the season.

Though Webber had originally planned to pitch Halma in the second game, Hundley was in such a groove that Webber returned her to the circle for the second game. Her good fortune, however, was gone with the first game.

Lancer catcher Nicole Shoemaker ripped a 2-out triple just beyond the reach of Cougar right fielder Bailey Blazek to score 2 first-inning runs and get Cal Baptist back on track to an 8-0 run-ruled victory over Azusa Pacific in the second game.

Hundley surrendered 3 more runs, 2 of which were unearned, and left with 1 out in the second inning, down 5-0. Halma, now in the circle, didn't get much defensive help either, giving up 3 more runs, 2 of which were earned to allow the Lancers to end the day early with at least a split.

The Cougars, who were tagged with just 1 error in the first game, committed a whopping 6 in the second game that led to 4 unearned runs.

As was the case in the first game, Azusa Pacific managed just 2 hits in the second game, both in the first inning and both again by Halma and Mickelson.

With the split, Cal Baptist falls out of first place in the GSAC and moves to 19-1 overall, 3-1 in conference play, a game behind No. 2-ranked Point Loma Nazarene University. Azusa Pacific is now 9-9 on the season, 1-3 in the GSAC.