GAME NOTES
 

• The Snow College softball team will head to Twin Falls to take on No. 15 College of Southern Idaho this weekend.  The four-game series begins Friday at 1:00 p.m. with Saturday's games starting at 12:00 p.m.

 

• The Badgers are coming off a four-game sweep against the College of Southern Nevada last weekend.  With the victories, the Badgers have now climbed to the top of the Scenic West Athletic Conference standings with a 7-1 overall record.

 

• Snow College has won seven of its first eight road games this season.  The Badgers went just 7-13 overall in road games during the 2023 season.  The Badgers will play a total of eight more road games before playing their first home game of the season March 29.

 

• Brenley Boydston led the charge for the Badgers offensively over the weekend against the Coyotes.  She went 7-11 (.636) with a pair of doubles and four RBIs.  Hallie Young went 5-8 (.625) with three RBIs and scored two runs. 

 

• Kamryn Allen went 8-15 (.533) with two homers and five runs driven in.  She currently leads the team in hitting with a .449 batting average and has recorded a team-leading 31 hits, six home runs, and 31 RBIs.

 

• Kenley Henson picked up two wins inside the circle for the Badgers against the Coyotes.  She pitched a total of 12.2 innings and allowed seven earned runs.  She struck out eight batters and allowed just two walks.  Both Henson and Ewing have eight victories on the season.

 

• As a team, the Badgers are 10^th overall in the nation in extra-base hits.  This includes being sixth in doubles with 61 total two-baggers.  They have also hit 14 triples, which is good enough for eighth in the country.

 

• The Badgers are 24-67 against the Golden Eagles all time and went 2-6 against them last season.  Both victories came in Twin Falls March 28 last season.  The Badgers suffered a four-game sweep against CSI in Ephraim.

 
UP NEXT: Snow College will play its penultimate road series of the season as they head to Taylorsville and take on No. 14 Salt Lake Community College in a four-game series.  The Bruins are 14-5 overall this season and are 6-2 within conference play.  They are coming off a split against CSI in Twin Falls.  The Badgers are 11-77 overall against the Bruins historically and have lost 12 of their last 13 games against SLCC.  Friday's games are scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. with Saturday's doubleheader slated for a 12:00 p.m. first pitch.  For video streaming and live stat information, visit snowbadgers.com.
 
LAST TIME OUT: The Snow College softball team completed a clean sweep against the College of Southern Nevada over the weekend in Henderson, Nevada.  With the wins, the Badgers have now climbed to the top of the Scenic West Athletic Conference standings with an 18-7 overall record and a 7-1 mark within conference play.
 
The Badgers entered the weekend following a 3-1 series against Utah State University Eastern.  The matchup with the Coyotes, which was originally scheduled to be played in Ephraim, was moved the Henderson due to unplayable field conditions in Ephraim.
 
Snow College got off to a good start in game one of the series.  Following a triple from Shibuya with two outs, Kamryn Allen smashed a homer to give the Badgers a 2-0 lead following the opening frame.  The Coyotes would respond with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the inning to even the score.
 
The Badgers would scratch again in the third inning as Allen once again plated Shibuya, this time on a single to center field.  Both teams tallied two runs in the fourth inning before the Badgers' bats exploded for seven runs in the fifth inning.
 
Shibuya started the inning with a homer.  Hadley Walker and Brenley Boydston, each plated runs on singles.  Two runs scored on an error and Shibuya drove in two more on her second triple of the game as the Badgers took a 12-4 lead that they would hold onto to win game one.
 
The Badgers found themselves in a 2-0 hole following the first inning of game two.  Both teams scored one run in each of the second, third, and fourth innings.  Hailey Young and Haddie Hadley combined to level the score at five in the top of the sixth inning but the Coyotes regained the lead in the bottom half of the inning. 
 
Trailing by one entering the final frame, Kenley Henson drew a leadoff walk.  A strikeout was followed by a two-run homer by Hadley Walker to give the Badgers the lead.  Hensen proceeded to slam the door in the bottom of the seventh to claim the 7-6 win.
 
Snow College once again opened up a two-run lead to start game three off a Reata O'Neal single and an Andrea Sweat sacrifice fly.  Following a single run in the third from CSN, a pair of singles from Hailey Mangum and Boydston plated two more to give the Badgers a 4-1 edge.  
 
The Badgers would add a run in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly from Boydston and another in the seventh on a double from Young.  Saige Ewing kept the Coyotes at bay from inside the circle as the Badgers would go on to win 6-4.
 
Snow College entered game four of the series with a chance to sweep for its second consecutive weekend. The Badgers would put up eight runs on 14 hits to complete the sweep against the Coyotes.
 
A two-RBI single from O'Neal in the third broke the scoreless tie.  O'Neal would push two more across in the fifth inning on a home run, her fourth of the season.  Allen homered two batters later to add two more runs as the Badgers took a 6-0 lead.  Snow College would plate two runs in the top of the sixth and would go on to win 8-4.
 
Boydston and Young both shined over the weekend.  Boydston went 7-11 with a pair of doubles and drove in four runs.  Young went 5-12 with 3 RBIs.  Allen hit two homers while going 8-15 and drove in five runs for the Badgers.