PINE BLUFF, Arkansas -- Northwestern State needed a little offensive boost to power past Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the first game before coasting to a second-game win Tuesday on the road.
 
The Lady Demons (2-3) collected wins of 7-2 and 12-1 (five innings) against UAPB (2-2) for NSU's first victories of the season.
 
"We got good pitching from Micaela Bovier and Mikayla Brown, and our staff overall did a good job in both games," Pickett said. "Katilyn St. Clair, Sidney Harris and Cayla Jones led us offensively in the first game, but we've got to continue to grow from a mental aspect.
 
"We jumped on them in the second game, and Sidney Salmans came up with a couple of hits with St. Clair hitting a big double."
 
In the first game, NSU was tied 2-2 in the first game before Sidney Harris hit her first career home run in the fourth inning, creating separation.
 
The Lady Demons added five runs in the last four innings to pull away for a 7-2 win.
 
Bouvier (1-1) allowed two runs on three hits with nine strikeouts in her first victory since 2016.
 
St. Clair, who has started in right field each of the last three games, went 3-for-4 with an RBI-triple. NSU also stole nine bases with a pair each by Hayley Barbazon (2-for-4), Jones (1-for-3, RBI) and St. Clair.
 
Emma Hawthorne also contributed a pair of RBIs in a 2-for-4 effort as NSU collected a season-high 10 hits in each game.
 
NSU 12, UAPB 1 (5 innings)
 
The same level of suspense didn't accompany the second game of the doubleheader.
 
NSU scored five runs in the first inning of a five-inning win.

Freshman E.C. Delafield collected three RBIs on a 2-for-2 day, including a triple.
 
Sophomores Sidney Harris (three runs scored) and Emma Hawthorne (2-for-2, two runs) also had two RBIs each.
 
Junior pitcher Mikayla Brown (1-1) allowed just one hit in her 3 2/3 innings with two strikeouts.
 
UAPB scored its lone run in the fifth inning on a Delafield wild pitch.
Northwestern State opens its home schedule Friday in a three-day Lady Demon Classic tournament. NSU will play six games against a combination of Memphis, Stephen F. Austin and Jackson State.
 
The tournament is sponsored by the Natchitoches Historic District Development Commission.
 
Check nsudemons.com for a full schedule and to purchase tickets.