GAME NOTES: The Snow College softball team will hit the road for the final time in the 2026 regular season to take on No. 25 College of Southern Idaho Friday and Saturday in Twin Falls, Idaho. 

The Badgers are coming off a home series against North Idaho College, where they took three of the four games 2-1, 12-1, and 5-1, respectively. 

Avery Thorkelson was named the Scenic West Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week. She appeared in all three of the Badgers wins over NIC, picking up two wins in those appearances. 

Thorkelson scattered 10 hits across 13.1 innings pitched, including two complete games. She allowed just two earned runs and struck out three batters while limiting opposing hitters to a .213 batting average.

Brooke Fisher leads the SWAC in hits (49), home runs (16), slugging percentage (.973), and OPS (1.445). While being fourth in batting average (.434) and second in RBIs (43). 

CSI sits at an overall record of 24-11 and a 15-5 conference mark. The Golden Eagles sit in second place in the SWAC just behind Salt Lake Community College, with whom they split the regular season series, 4-4. 

The Badgers are 30-106 all-time against CSI with a 12-49 record on the road. The Badgers took one of four games in the first series this year between the two in walk-off fashion as Gigi Hall hit a sacrifice fly to shallow left that won the game 6-5. 

RECORD WATCH: Fisher currently sits at 16 home runs this season, which puts her at fourth on the single-season list, four big flies away from tying Kamryn Allen, who set the record of 20 two years ago. On the career board, she sits at 23, which is tied for fifth and five homers away from tying Allen's career record of 28 set over the 2024-25 seasons. 

LAST TIME OUT: The Snow College softball team opened the second round of conference play, winning three of the four games against North Idaho College over the weekend. The Badgers took games one, two, and four by scores of 2-1, 12-1, and 5-1, respectively. 

The Badgers are coming off a visit to Helper, where they took one of four against Utah State University Eastern, 11-3. 

Game one was a defensive fight as the Badgers got on the board in the bottom of the second off a Grace Thomas single up the middle. NIC tallied a run of its own in the top of the fifth. The Badgers then scored the winning run in the bottom of the sixth on a Mallory Kelsey single, closing the game, 2-1. 

Game two saw the Badgers' offense explode out of the gate, putting up nine runs in the bottom of the first. Brooke Fisher started the scoring train with a lead-off home run, followed by a Bree Garcia grand slam, a Taimane Laolagi-Aloy single, and three runs off NIC errors. 

The Badgers added three more in the third, with Fisher's second homer of the day, another Laolagi-Aloy single, and an Avery Thorkelson single through the left side. NIC scored a run in the top of the fourth, but it wasn't enough to overcome the run rule, with the game ending after five, 12-1. 

The Badgers' offense cooled down to start day two as they went down 4-0 by the end of the third inning with just one hit. NIC added another run in the top of the fourth before the Badgers got on the board in the fifth on a Brynlee Riedle solo shot. NIC closed the game with one more run in the sixth to take game three, 6-1. 

The final game of the four-game set had the Badgers strike first in the bottom of the second on a Nev Carrasquel double, and Fisher's sac fly to put the Badgers up 2-0. Laolagi-Aloy added to score with a two-run double in the fifth. 

NIC pushed across a run in the sixth on a homer to break up the shutout. The Badgers responded with a run in the bottom of the frame off a Fisher bunt, scoring Gigi Hall, to keep their lead at four and close out the game 5-1. 

Fisher led the Badgers from the dish, going 6-12 with two homers, two walks, and four RBIs. Riedle followed closely behind, going 4-9 from the plate with one homer, a triple, and two stolen bases. 

UP NEXT: Snow College will return to Ephraim next weekend, April 24 and 25, to kickstart the final stretch of regular-season games, against No. 17 SLCC, with first pitch slated for 1:00 p.m. Day two will start at 12:00 p.m. For video streaming and live stat information, visit snowbadgers.com.