The Snow College softball team's season-long winning streak was stopped at seven games after being swept by No. 9 College of Southern Idaho. The Badgers sit at 30-19 overall and 19-13 within Scenic West Athletic Conference play.
Snow College entered the matchup off the heels of a seven-game winning streak, including a
four-game sweep against the College of Southern Nevada last weekend. The seven-game winning streak was the longest of the season for the Badgers.
It was an offensive explosion for both teams to begin game one. The Golden Eagles used a pair of singles to score three runs in the first inning. The Badgers responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning thanks to a three-run homer by
Kamryn Allen and a solo homer from
McCall Maxfield.
CSI regained the lead with five runs in the second. A home run from
Brenley Boydston and an RBI single from
Ayden Fitch trimmed the lead to 8-6. After a run in each of the third and the fourth innings from CSI,
Andrea Sweat and Maxfield further cut into the deficit with homers in the bottom of the fourth. The Golden Eagles put the game to rest with 10 runs in the fifth inning and went on to win 20-9.
Each team put up a run in the first inning of game two, Snow College's coming on a double from Sweat. The game stayed scoreless for the next two innings before an eight-run fourth gave the Golden Eagles the lead and subsequently a 9-1 victory.
It was another big inning that aided the Golden Eagles as they pushed across six runs in the opening frame. Sweat and Allen each drove in runs in the bottom of the inning to trim the lead to 6-2. Following a run in the top of the third, Sweat delivered a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning, but the Badgers still trailed 7-4.
The fifth inning followed a similar suit as a single CSI tally in the top of the inning preceded a Maxfield two-run single bringing the score to 8-6. The Golden Eagles responded with a pair of runs in each of their next two frames. Allen edged the Badgers closer with a two-run homer in the seventh, but it wasn't enough as the Badgers suffered the 10-8 loss.
The Badgers scored just one run in game four of the series. It came on a
Hailey Mangum homer in the bottom of the second inning. CSI scored a run in the top of the first inning before scoring four in the fourth to capture the 5-1 victory.
Maxfield led the charge for the Badgers offensively as she went 4-8(.500/.556/1.250) with a pair of homers and five RBIs. Sweat also hit two homers while going 5-11(.455/.538/1.091) at the plate. The Badgers hit .292 as a team and hit eight home runs during the four-game series.
Snow College will wrap up its home schedule of games and welcome No. 6 Salt Lake Community College to Ephraim for a four-game series. The Bruins own a 36-7 overall record and a 28-4 mark within conference play, which places them atop the SWAC standings. The Badgers are 10-104 against the Bruins since 2010 and have lost seven straight meetings.
Friday's games are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. with Saturday's doubleheader slated for a 12:00 first pitch. For video streaming and live stat information, visit snowbadgers.com.
