Embry-Riddle has won the California Pacific Conference regular season and conference tournament in each of the last three seasons and on Friday the Eagles downed the Redhawks 5-3 at Eagle Softball Field to take the tournament crown and complete the three peat.

After Simpson scored in the top of the 2^nd inning, Embry-Riddle scored three runs in the bottom half of the inning.  Kate Delaney (Fort Collins, Colo.) led off the inning with a double and Emma Almodoba (Tucson, Ariz.) followed with a single.  Jaden Espinoza (Tucson, Ariz.) moved both runners over with a sacrifice bunt.  One batter later, Meredith Tutrone (Scottsdale, Ariz.) hit a homerun off the scoreboard to give ERAU the 3-1 advantage. 

The Redhawks added a run in the top of the 4^th to make it a one run game with the score 3-2. 

Embry-Riddle got two insurance runs on two solo homeruns.  The first came in the bottom of the 5^th inning off the bat of Leah Salas (Sahuarita, Ariz.) and the second in the bottom of the 6^th from Lily Anderson (Flagstaff, Ariz.).  Simpson scored one run in the top of the 7^th, but Vanessa Brink (Vail, Ariz.) shut down the Redhawks after that to give ERAU the 5-3 win. 

Delaney started the game in the circle pitching four solid innings.  Claire Streeter (San Marino, Calif.) came in for Delaney in relief and didn't give up a hit in her two innings. 

Embry-Riddle will move on to play in the NAIA National Championship Opening Round which will be played May 13^th-16^th at ten sites around the country.  The Softball Bracket will be revealed Tuesday, May 7^th at 2pm.