FOREST GROVE, Ore. – Tayah Kelley pitched a five-inning no-hitter, helping the Linfield Wildcats complete a four-game sweep of the Pacific Boxers on Sunday at Sherman/Larkins Stadium.
 
Linfield, ranked No. 3 in the most recent NFCA Top 25 poll, upped its season record to 15-1 and 4-0 in the Northwest Conference. Pacific fell to 5-9 and 0-4 in league play with all four losses coming at the hands of the Wildcats.
 
Kelley and Game 1 starter Maddy Podnar held Pacific to a combined three hits on the day.
 
GAME 1: Linfield 8, Pacific 0, 5 innings
Podnar spun a complete-game shutout, and Kelsey Wilkinson and Emma Podliska swatted home runs, carrying the Wildcat to the win in day's first game.
 
Podliska went 3 for 3 at the plate and drove three runs, including her third home run of the season. Wilkinson was 2 for 4 with three RBIs, hitting her eighth career home run and second of the season in the second inning.
 
Podnar raised her season record to 6-1. She confined the Boxers to three hits while striking out five batters.
 
GAME 2: Linfield 13, Pacific 0, 5 innings
Kelley logged her first career no-hitter and first by a Wildcat since Montana McNealy blanked Whitworth on April 11, 2015. She struck out six Boxers and didn't concede a walk in abbreviated game, shortened to five innings by the eight-run rule.
 
Baily Paul pounded a double and a triple and scored two runs to lead a 12-hit onslaught by the 'Cats at the plate. Katie Phillips went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Kamryn Apling contributed a pair of base hits and a stolen base.
 
Pacific was charged with five errors in the contest while the Wildcats were mistake-free defensively.
 
NEXT
Linfield returns home to Del Smith Stadium for a four-game series against NWC rival Pacific Lutheran. The 'Cats and Lutes meet for a doubleheader Saturday starting at 12 noon. Sunday's twinbill begins at 11 a.m. All four games will be carried by the Linfield Sports Network with the live stream beginning 10 minutes prior to the day's first pitch.