AZUSA, Calif. – Sophomore outfielder Anneliese Davis delivered a walk-off infield single to lift Azusa Pacific to a 7-6 extra-inning win in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against Concordia (Ore.) University, securing a split after the Cougars dropped the opener by one.

Davis, who entered the game as a pinch hitter to lead off the seventh inning, beat out a grounder to second base with two outs and runners at first and third in the bottom of the eighth to drive in Christine Pinela from third base. Two batters earlier, Pinela hit a game-tying RBI double to tie the game at 6-6. Pinela advanced to third on Jessica Melcher's single up the middle to set up Davis' game-winning hit.

Just an inning earlier, Azusa Pacific stayed alive by erasing a 5-4 deficit on Cayla Broussard's two-out single through the left side to score Abry Moreno from third base after Moreno had reached on a one-out double in the bottom of the seventh.

Concordia won the opener, 8-7, thwarting Azusa Pacific's two-out rally in the bottom of the seventh inning when Nicki Sprague's hard grounder to first was handled cleanly by the first baseman for an unassisted putout with the potential tying run at second base. The Cougars built an early 5-1 lead in the first two innings of Game 1, scoring a pair of runs before leaving the bases loaded in the first and adding three more in the second inning.

However, Concordia evened the game with a four-run fifth and took the lead on Taylor Copher's two-out base hit to right field in the top of the sixth. The Cavaliers added two more in the seventh to extend the lead to 8-5 before Moreno answered with a two-run, two-out double to left-center that pulled the Cougars within a run at 8-7.

The tables were turned in the second game with Concordia jumping out to the early 4-2 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth. Illiana Jimenez and Broussard hit back-to-back two-out triples, with Jimenez advancing home on an error before Broussard tripled and scored on Sprague's single up the middle to tie the game at 4-4. Concordia pushed one run across in the sixth, taking a 5-4 lead, and Broussard's RBI single tied the game in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings.

Sprague collected five hits on the day, batting three-for-five from the leadoff spot in the opener and two-for-four in the nightcap from the third spot in the lineup. Five other Cougars registered a two-hit game in the doubleheader. Pinela hit her second home run of the year in the opener before Annie Sisler hit her first collegiate home run, a two-out solo shot to right-center in the fourth inning of the nightcap.

Concordia's offense was paced by Rylleigh Zbaraschuk, who was four-for-four in the opener, and Copher, who was three-for-four with four RBIs in the first game. The duo was held hitless in the nightcap, but the bottom half of the Cavaliers' lineup drove in five of Concordia's six runs in Game 2.

With the split, Azusa Pacific is now 7-4 on the year, while Concordia is 4-5. The Cougars return to action on Friday, Feb. 19, to host another non-conference doubleheader against Adelphi (N.Y.) University.