GAME NOTES
 

• The Snow College softball team will head to Yuma, Arizona this weekend to participate in the Chapman Automotive Great Western Shootout.  The Badgers will face six opponents over the three-day event.

 

• The Badgers will play Pima Community College Thursday at 1:00 p.m. to kick off the tournament followed by a meeting with the host school Arizona Western at 5:00 p.m.  Snow College will face Glendale Community College at 3:00 p.m. and Eastern Arizona at 5:00 p.m. on day two before capping off the weekend with a rematch against PCC Saturday at 9:00 a.m. and a meeting with Chandler-Gilbert Community College at 11:00 a.m.

 

• The Badgers are coming off a weekend that saw them go 4-1 at the College of Southern Nevada Coyote Kickoff Classic.  They earned victories against Yavapai College (15-1), Central Arizona College (17-4), Eastern Arizona College (7-6), and Gateway Community College (15-6).

 

• Kamryn Allen led the Badgers offensively as she went 7-11 while hitting three home runs and driving in 10 RBIs in four games played over the weekend.  Hallie Young also went 7-11 as she had a pair of extra-base hits – one home run – and drove in six.

 

• Saige Ewing carried much of the load for the Badgers inside the circle as she appeared in all five games over the weekend.  She allowed just five earned runs through 15 innings pitched while striking out 11 batters and surrendering just 6 walks.

 

• The Badgers were a perfect 9-9 on stolen base attempts during the tournament.  Snow College had just 14 stolen bases all of last season on 17 attempts.

 

• Snow College scored more runs in the opening weekend than any other team in all of the NJCAA Division I ranks.  Their 56 runs scored is tops in the country while the eight home runs they hit are good for second place overall.

 

• The Badgers went 4-2 at the Western Shootout last season including a trio of victories against teams they will face this year.  

 
LAST TIME OUT:  The Snow College softball team collected four victories at the College of Southern Nevada Coyote Kickoff Classic.  The Badgers defeated Yavapai College (15-1), Central Arizona College (17-4), Eastern Arizona College (7-6) and Gateway Community College (15-6).
 
The Badgers started the tournament against Pima Community College.  The Aztecs got out to a hot start and scored a pair of runs in the first inning.  They followed that up by scoring five runs in the third and added another in the fourth before the Badgers added a run in the bottom of the fourth inning.
 
Snow College would cut into the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning as Hallie Young singled to left field and drove in Hailey Mangum.  A few batters later, Hadlee Walker tripled to right field to drive in another run.  The Badgers were held scoreless throughout the remainder of the game and suffered the loss, 9-3.
 
The Badgers' bats came alive in game two of the tournament as they scored 15 runs against the Roughriders. Snow College scored three runs in their opening frame as Young doubled in McCall Maxfield.  Kamryn Allen followed that up by smacking a home run to center field to plate two more.
 
Three Badgers hit homers in the bottom of the second inning including two three-run blasts from Reata O'Neal and Ayden Fitch and a grand slam from Maxfield.  A single from Dailee Maughan and a sacrifice fly from Young gave the Badgers an insurmountable 15-1 lead.
 
The Badgers maintained the momentum into the final game of day one as they scored 17 runs against CAC. The offense exploded for nine runs in the second inning highlighted by a grand slam by Walker.  Allen also hit one over the wall as the Badgers took a 9-2 lead.
 
Snow College continued the onslaught in the fourth inning as they tacked on eight more runs.  The Badgers used five extra-base hits including a two-run double from Maughan.  The Badgers went on to win 17-4.
 
Game four of the tournament was the closest game of the weekend.  The Badgers were able to hold on to the 7-6 victory against EAC.  Both teams scored a pair of runs in the first inning before the Gila Monsters took a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the third.
 
Allen turned the game on its head in the top of the fifth as she hit the Badgers' third grand slam of the tournament and turned the two-run deficit into a 7-5 lead.  EAC added a run in the bottom of the sixth, but Saige Ewing entered in relief to shut the door on the comeback and the Badgers won 7-6.
 
Young got the Badgers on the board in the bottom of the first against GCC.  She hit a solo homer to left field to give the Badgers a 1-0 lead.  Snow College scored six runs in the second inning, but surrendered five runs to the Geckos in the third.
 
A two-run triple from Tasia Shibuya in the bottom of the third and a single from Maxfield gave the Badgers a 10-5 lead after three complete.  GCC scored once in the top of the fifth before the Badgers ended things in the bottom of the inning as they scored five times to end the game via run rule, 15-6. 
 
Allen paced the Badgers offensively as she went 7-11 at the plate, hit three homers, and drove in 10 runs. Young also went 7-11 and tallied six RBIs for the Badgers.  Ewing looked sharp from inside the circle as she appeared in all five games for the Badgers.  She allowed just five earned runs in 15.0 innings pitched while striking out 11 batters.
 
UP NEXT:  The Badgers will travel to Oxford, Alabama to participate in the ACCC Invitational where they will face five opponents over the three-day tournament.  They'll take on Georgia Military College and Snead State College Friday before matchups with Wallace State Community College-Hanceville and Three Rivers Community College.  They'll finish the tournament against Southern Union State Community College Saturday.  For video streaming and live stat information, visit snowbadgers.com.