TEMPE, Ariz. -- A day after earning the victory in the circle against 13th-ranked  Arizona, junior Madeline Lynch-Crumrine (Sedro-Woolley, Wash./Sedro-Woolley) tossed the first complete game shutout of her career, helping Bradley blank Big Sky Conference favorite Portland State 6-0 Saturday morning to start day three of the Kajikawa Classic.

Lynch-Crumrine scattered four hits and two walks, while striking out three in her second victory in less than 18 hours as she improved to 2-0 on the year.  The win gives Bradley (2-1 overall) its best start since opening the 2010 season with a 3-0 record. 

The Braves staked Lynch-Crumrine to an early lead, scoring three runs in the top of the first.  Junior Marina Groenewegen (Surrey, British Columbia/Elgin Park Secondary/Southern Idaho) followed a leadoff walk and single with her first hit at Bradley to drive in Brianne Joseph (Post Falls, Idaho/Post Falls) from second.  Sophomore Shannon King (San Jose, Calif./Archbishop Mitty) scored on a Portland State error and Groenewegen gave BU a 3-0 lead when she came home from third on an illegal pitch later in the inning.

A pair of Portland State (1-2 overall) errors in the fourth led to another Bradley run.  Sophomore Brittany Burgess (Utica, Ill./St. Bede) reached on an error to open the frame and the Braves had runners at the corners after Joseph reached on a fielder's choice.  Joseph stole second and Burgess raced home on a throwing error on the play as the Braves built a 4-0 advantage.

Portland State loaded the bases in the bottom half of the fourth, but Lynch-Crumrine and Bradley got out of the jam.  Lynch-Crumrine limited the Vikings to one hit in the final three innings and cruised to her second win of the year. 

Bradley added two more insurance runs in the top of the seventh, with Groenewegen driving in her second run of the contest with a ground-rule double to plate King and sophomore Alyson Clemente (Murrieta, Calif./Murrieta Valley) capped the scoring with an RBI single to right to push the Bradley lead to 6-0.

Groenewegen helped highlight an eight-hit game for the Braves, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored.  King was one of three Bradley players with two hits, scoring a pair of runs on a 2-for-3 day at the plate and junior Bailiegh Basham (Mattoon, Ill./Mattoon/Lake Land C.C.) was 2-for-4 with a run scored.

Bradley continues play at the Kajikawa Classic later today, facing Big Ten Conference foe Indiana at 3 p.m. in Tempe, Ariz.