The Snow College softball team collected one victory in a four-game series against the No. 15 College of Southern Idaho over the weekend.  The Badgers earned a 14-10 victory in game four of the series to avoid the sweep.
 
Snow College was coming off a four-game sweep against the College of Southern Nevada the previous weekend.  With the victories and a 7-1 start to Scenic West Athletic Conference play, the Badgers entered the matchup with the Golden Eagles atop the conference standings.
 
It was a Tasia Shibuya double in the first inning of game one that opened the scoring.  CSI quickly turned things around putting up three runs in the bottom of the inning to take the lead.  Hallie Young singles and plated Brenley Boydston in the second inning as the Badgers cut into the deficit.  The Golden Eagles added a run in the fourth inning and would go on to earn the 4-2 victory.
 
CSI took the first lead of game two with a pair of runs in the opening frame.  Another Golden Eagle tally in the fourth inning preceded a run from the Badgers in the fifth as Dailee Maughan drove home Ayden Fitch.
 
A two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth inning gave the Golden Eagles a 5-1 lead.  The Badgers cut the four-run lead in half as both Fitch and Boydston singled to drive in runs, but the comeback was thwarted, and Snow College suffered a 5-3 defeat.
 
The Golden Eagles pounced on the Badgers early and scored two runs in each of the first two innings to begin game three. Fitch and Hailey Mangum started the fourth inning off with back-to-back homers to trim the lead to 4-2.
 
Hadlee Walker also blasted a homer in the fifth innings, but the Golden Eagles put up a trio of runs in both the fourth and the fifth innings to take a 10-3 lead.  A Young homer and a two-RBI single from Fitch in the seventh inning wasn't enough as the Badgers suffered the 10-6 loss.  
 
The Badgers surrendered two runs in the second inning of game four but turned the game around in the third inning.  The first five batters of the inning had hits including a leadoff double from Shibuya and a single from Hadlee Walker.  Kamryn Allen drove home a run on an infield single before both Fitch and Young doubled to plate three more as the Badgers took a 4-2 advantage.
 
CSI recaptured the lead with three runs in the bottom of the third, but the Badgers matched it in the top of the fourth.  Shibuya drove home two runs on a home run to center field while Allen singled and drove home walker two batters later.
 
The game continued to teeter-totter as the Golden Eagles scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth.  Reata O'Neal led off the fifth inning with a homer before Allen blasted a three-run shot to left field to give the Badgers an 11-8 lead.
 
Following a two-run bottom of the fifth from CSI, Young led off the sixth inning with a homer to left.  Fitch capped off the series with a two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to give the Badgers a 14-10 victory.
 
Fitch led the way for the Badgers offensively as she went 7-11 (.636/.667/1.273) while hitting two homers, driving in seven RBIs, and scoring four runs.  Walker went 6-13 (.462/.533/.769) with two extra-base hits, including a home run, and scored five runs.
 
The Badgers will now play their penultimate road series of the season before beginning a stretch of five consecutive home series.  They will head to Taylorsville to take on No. 14 Salt Lake Community College next Friday and Saturday.  
 
The Bruins are 18-5 overall this season and 10-2 within conference play.  They are coming off a series against Utah State University Eastern during which they swept the Eagles in Taylorsville.  Friday's doubleheader with the Badgers is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. with Saturday's games slated for a 12:00 p.m. first pitch.  For video streaming and live stat information, visit snowbadgers.com.