GAME NOTES: The Snow College softball team will head to Twin Falls, Idaho, and participate in the Region 18 Tournament beginning Tuesday. The Badgers, who enter the tournament as the three seed, will take on the two seed Salt Lake Community College at 12:00 p.m. to kick off the three-day event.
 
The Badgers concluded the season against the Bruins two weeks ago in Taylorsville. SLCC took all four games during the series and will enter Tuesday's matchup having won eight of its final 10 games to end the season.
 
This is the second consecutive season the Badgers have finished as the three seed in the Scenic West Athletic Conference. Last season, Snow College lost twice to the College of Southern Idaho, which sandwiched a victory against Utah State University Eastern to finish third in the tournament.
 
Ayden Fitch led the way from the plate as she went 4-11 (.364/.417/.727) with a homer, a double, and two RBIs. Kamryn Allen, who leads the team in walks, drew seven walks over the weekend.
 
The Badgers are 11-115 all time against the Bruins and have won just one of the previous 18 matchups. The two teams have faced each other five times in the Region 18 Tournament since 2010. The Badgers are winless in those matchups.
 
RECORD WATCH: Two Badgers are closing in on the all-time home run record. Both Allen and Fitch need just one home run to tie the record, which was set during the 2016-17 season by Alyssa Arslanian. Allen set the single-season record with 20 home runs as a freshman and has hit six big flies this year. Fitch hit 12 homers during the 2024 campaign and has hit 14 to this point in the season including hitting nine over the final 16 games of the season.
 
Allen is also just one run batted in away from setting the record for career RBIs. Arslanian also set the record for career RBIs between the 2016-17 seasons.
 
LAST TIME OUT: The Snow College softball team suffered a sweep against No. 25 Salt Lake Community College over the weekend. The Badgers have finished the regular season and will now prepare for the Region 18 Tournament, which will be hosted by the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls.
 
Snow College entered the weekend following a four-game series against No. 24 CSI. The Badgers were swept by the Golden Eagles and went just 1-7 against CSI during the regular season.
 
The Badgers scored a lone run in each of the first two games of the series. Moki Maughan delivered a single to right field to score a run, but Snow College would ultimately suffer a 10-1 loss in five innings.
 
SLCC jumped out to a 4-0 lead in game two of the series before the Badgers got on the board. With runners on first and third, Zayda Olvera reached on an error, which scored Ayden Fitch. The Bruins would score five runs over the next two innings to earn a 9-1 win.
 
The Badgers got out to an early 2-0 lead in game three of the series as Fitch hit her team-leading 14^th home run of the season in the first inning. Snow College would be held scoreless over the final six innings of the game and lose 7-2.
 
The Bruins scored two runs in the first and another in the second inning of the final game of the series. Kamryn Allen doubled to right field to drive in Olvera to cut into the deficit. The RBI was Allen's 106^th of her career, which ties the Snow College program record.
 
The Badgers scored two more runs in the fifth inning. The first came as Reata O'Neal singled to left field to drive home Gracie Brooks. The second came on a bases-loaded walk from Molly Roberts, which scored Maughan. It wasn't enough as the Bruins went on to win 11-3.
 
Fitch led the way from the plate as she went 4-11 (.364/.417/.727) with a homer, a double, and two RBIs. Allen, who leads the team in walks, drew seven walks over the weekend.