GAME NOTES
 

• The Snow College softball team will square off with Colorado Northwestern Community College Friday and Saturday.  The games, which were scheduled to be played in Rangely, Colorado, will be played in Ephraim due to unplayable field conditions in Rangely.

 

• The Badgers will play a pair of doubleheaders against the Spartans starting Friday at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. followed by games on Saturday at 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. at the Snow College Softball Complex. For video streaming and live stat information, visit snowbadgers.com.

 

• Snow College finally got its Scenic West Athletic Conference schedule underway against the College of Southern Nevada. The Badgers had their first two SWAC series against the College of Southern Idaho and Utah State University Eastern postponed.

 

• The Badgers split the four-game series vs the Coyotes over the weekend.  They lost 4-1 in game one Friday before winning 5-4 in game two.  They then won 15-7 in five innings in game one Saturday before losing 7-6 in game two.

 

• Kaitlyn Slade went 7-12 over the weekend smacking two doubles and driving in three RBIs.  Slade is second on the team in batting average this season at .421.  She also sports a 1.034 ops in 13 games this season.

 

• Bailey Bowers had five hits throughout the four-game series.  She leads the Badgers in seven different offensive categories including batting average (.512), slugging percentage (1.093), on-base percentage (.585), home runs (6), and RBIs (17).

 

• Brinley Ellsworth led the charge for the Badgers inside the circle appearing in two games and picking up the win in game 2 Friday.  She pitched six and two-thirds innings, scattered six hits, and struck out seven, while not allowing a single run.  She leads the team with 25.1 innings pitched and 23 strikeouts.

 

• CNCC will enter the weekend matchup with an 0-12 overall record on the season and the same 0-12 mark within SWAC play.  They are coming off being swept against USUE last weekend.

 

• It has been a struggle to say the least for the Spartans to start the season.  They have scored just 11 runs in 12 games to start the year.  They are also allowing a monstrous 24 runs per game.

 
UP NEXT
 

• The Badgers will play eight games next week against CSI and Salt Lake Community College.  Snow College will play make-up games vs CSI Monday and Tuesday in Twin Falls.  Monday's games will start at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. with Tuesday's games scheduled for 12:00 and 2:00 p.m.

 

• The Badgers will also face SLCC Friday, March 31, at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. and Saturday at 12:00 and 2:00 p.m.  The four-game series will be played at the Snow College Softball Complex in Ephraim. 

 

• The Golden Eagles are currently 16-9 overall and 4-4 within SWAC play.  They are coming off a 1-3 series against SLCC and will travel to Price to take on USUE this weekend.

 

• The Bruins are 16-7 overall and lead the conference with a 10-2 record.  They will take on CSN this weekend in Taylorsville.  For video streaming and live stat information, visit snowbadgers.com.

 
LAST TIME OUT
 
The Snow College softball team faced off against the College of Southern Nevada Saturday in Ephraim for the final doubleheader of the four-game weekend series. Saturday's first game saw the Badgers earn a 15-7 victory in only five innings of play. However, the Coyotes would bounce back in the second game to earn a 7-6 victory. Snow College finished the weekend going 2-2 against CSN. 

The Badgers entered Saturday's doubleheader after splitting Friday's twin bill against the Coyotes. Friday's first game saw CSN win 4-1, however, Snow College would respond in the second game to earn a 5-4 victory. Over the span of Friday's games, the Badgers greatly improved from the plate. After only three hits in the first game, the squad rallied for 10 hits in the second.

The Coyotes would open Saturday's game one with a run in the first inning. Snow College responded in the bottom of the first and scored seven runs on five hits. Bailey Bowers, Katelyn Slade, August Cowan, and Tasia Shibuya all singled while McCall Maxfield crushed a double, bringing in two runners. The first inning came to a 7-1 close for Snow College.

This energy continued with the Badgers as the team entered the second inning. Despite CSN scoring two runs in the top of the second, Snow College's hitting success carried on and the team added five more runs. With three runners on base, Maxfield rocked a grand slam to left field, adding even more security to the Badger's lead. After nailing a triple down the right-field line, Cowan later managed to score on a throwing error from the Coyotes. Snow College ended the second inning with a monstrous 12-3 lead.

Throughout the next two innings of play, CSN added one run to their score while the Badgers extended their lead with two. Emma Higley singled up the middle which brought Shibuya and Bowers in to score. At the close of the fourth inning, Snow College led 14-4. 

The fifth inning saw the Coyotes make a last-minute push as the team scored three runs on three hits. The Badgers would end the game in the bottom of the fifth via run rule as Maxfield safely reached home on a Shibuya single. Saturday's first game came to a 15-7 close as the Badgers earned the win.

The second and final meeting between the two teams proved to be a much closer battle. Snow College remained scoreless until the bottom of the third where an error allowed Kaylee Lyman to score. Maxfield continued her hitting streak, and she brought in two more Badgers on a single to center tying the game at thee apiece.

As the fourth inning commenced, CSN rallied for four runs, and the team jumped to a 7-3 lead. However, after that burst of energy, both teams would remain scoreless until the bottom of the sixth, where Snow College would add two runs. Thanks to a sacrifice fly and a single, Lyman and Shibuya scored, cutting the Coyote's lead to 7-5 entering the final inning of play. 

The Badgers managed to leave CSN scoreless in the top of the seventh inning. With a runner on first, two outs, and a full count, Lyman delivered a clutch triple to right center, bringing Higley home and Snow College within two runs. However, two pitches later, a popped ball to second base would kill the Badger's aspirations to come back. The game came to a heartbreaking 7-6 defeat for Snow College. 

On Saturday, Snow College was led in hitting by Slade who finished the day going 5-7 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Maxfield went 4-8 over the two games and drove in eight RBIs.  Pitchers Brinley Ellsworth and Andrea Sweat earned victories as Ellsworth finished Friday's win with seven strikeouts and Sweat finished Saturday's win with four.