The Snow College softball team earned a four-game sweep against the College of Southern Nevada over the weekend in Ephraim.  With the wins, the Badgers have officially secured a berth into the Scenic West Athletic Conference Tournament following the regular season.
 
The Badgers entered the weekend following taking three out of four games against Utah State University Eastern last week.  Following the wins, Ayden Fitch was named the SWAC Player of the Week after going 6-14 at the plate with three home runs and eight RBIs.
 
The Badgers wasted no time in taking the lead on a wild pitch in game one of the series.  They added another run on a sacrifice fly to take a 2-0 advantage in the first inning.  Hallie Young led off the second inning with a home run down the left-field line – the first of 20 total homers the Badgers would hit in this series. 
 
Andrea Sweat blew the game open for the Badgers as she smacked a three-run home run to dead center.  Snow College nearly followed a similar suit in the third inning.  Young again plated the first run with a home run to center field.  Tasia Shibuya and Sweat both hit two-run homers to take an 11-0 lead.  Shibuya added another run with an RBI single in the fourth before the Badgers claimed a 12-1 victory.
 
A Kamryn Allen single plated the first run of game two as Snow College took a 1-0 lead.  CSN leveled the game in the third inning before Sweat and Allen hit back-to-back homers in the bottom of the inning to reclaim a 4-1 lead.
 
The Coyotes once again tied the game in the top of the fourth inning, but the Badgers rallied for four runs in the bottom of the fourth.  A triple from Hadlee Walker scored the first run before Allen drove three more home on a home run to right center field.
 
Young drove home the final two runs of the game for the Badgers.  The first one came on a homer in the fifth inning and the second on a single that stayed fair down the left-field line to plate Haddie Hadley.  The Badgers would hold on to win, 10-5.
 
Game three of the series would prove to be a slugfest between the two teams.  A total of 30 runs and 36 hits were recorded between both teams.  CSN scored four runs in the first inning and the Badgers matched the four runs in the bottom of the inning.
 
A single and a walk set the table for the Badgers.  Ayden Fitch drove home Shibuya before Sweat cleared the bases with a homer to left field tying the game at four.  Following three runs from the Coyotes in the second inning, Snow College put up four more runs in the bottom of the inning.
 
Sweat and Allen once again went back-to-back for the second time in the series.  After a single and a stolen base from Walker, Fitch single to score the first run of the inning.  Sweat then drove home Fitch on a homer to center field and Allen followed with a four-bagger that snuck inside the foul pole to give the Badgers a one-run lead.
 
The Coyotes wouldn't go away though, as they scored four more runs in the third.  Snow College once again responded and plated five in the bottom of the inning.  It was a pair of homers that turned the tables as Fitch blasted a three-run shot before another Allen homer drove home two more giving the Badgers a 13-11 advantage.
 
CSN was held scoreless in the fourth and McCall Maxfield added a run with a homer in the bottom of the inning.  Maxfield would strike again with another home run in the bottom of the fifth to extend the lead to 16-12.  CSN scored a pair of runs in the seventh, but it wasn't enough as the Badgers earned the 16-14 victory.
 
The Badgers secured the sweep in game four as they scored all 11 runs in the first four innings.  Walker hit a two-run homer to start the game in the first.  A CSN sacrifice fly cut the deficit in half before Snow College scored five runs in the second inning.  Young led off the inning with a homer before a Shibuya double scored another run.  Three straight singles from Fitch, Sweat, and Allen drove home three more runs to extend the lead to 7-1.
 
Snow College went back-to-back for the third time during the series – this time from Fitch and Sweat.  Brenley Boydston singled in a run later in the inning to drive in a run as the Badgers scored four to earn the 11-1 victory.
 
Allen and Sweat had their way with the Coyotes over the four games.  Allen went 10-12 (.833/.786/2.167) from the plate with four homers, 11 RBIs, and four doubles.  Sweat was 8-11 (.727/.786/2.455) with six home runs, 13 RBIs, and scored nine runs over the four games.  As a team, the Badgers hit .504 from the plate, scored 49 runs, and hit 34 extra-base hits.
 
The Badgers (30-15/19-9) will now turn their attention to the No. 9 College of Southern Idaho.  The Golden Eagles come to Ephraim with a 31-11 overall record and a 21-5 mark within conference play.  
 
The four-game series is set to begin Friday at 1:00 p.m. with Saturday's twin bill scheduled for a 12:00 noon first pitch.  For video streaming and live stat information, visit snowbadgers.com.