COEUR d'ALENE - Blake Meredith and Ashley Moon each homered in an eight-run third inning of the first game as the North Idaho College Cardinals defeated Snow College 14-0 before the visiting Badgers rallied in the second game for a 9-4 win to split the Scenic West Athletic Conference softball doubleheader Saturday at Memorial Field.

Meredith hit a two-run home run and was followed three batters later by Moon's shot with one out in the inning. Kristina DeAnda went 2 for 4 with four RBIs and Shelby Gonzales had three RBIs in the first game for NIC (25-21, 18-17 SWAC), which hosts Western Nevada next Friday and Saturday.

In the second game, Alle Carter hit a grand slam with two outs in the sixth inning and finished with five RBIs.

NIC left seven runners on base and committed four errors in the second game.

Snow (14-16, 14-16) remains three games behind fourth-place NIC in the conference.

FIRST GAME

Snow 000 00 - 0 4 3

North Idaho 058 1x - 14 11 0

McKenzie Hatch, Jaclyn Cooley (3), Magie Nikolaus (3) and Kimberly Knudsen; Jenifer Rosie and Shelby Gonzales. W - Rosie (6-8). L - Hatch.

HITS: Snow - Craner 2, Lewis, Hunsaker. NIC - DeAnda 2, Meredith, Gonzales 2, Tinoco, Moon, Erickson, Wise 2, Bishop. 2B - DeAnda 2, Wise. HR - Meredith (2), Moon (3).

SECOND GAME

Snow 011 115 0 - 9 11 4

North Idaho 130 000 0 - 4 10 4

Nichole Johnson and Jessyca Fulmer; Jocelynn Probert, Jenifer Rosie (5), Alyssa Erickson (6) and Shelby Gonzales. W - Johnson. L - Rosie (6-9).

HITS: Snow - Craner, Hyland 2, Carter 3, Hunsaker, Basinger 3, Fulmer. NIC - DeAnda, Erickson, Meredith 2, Gonzales 2, Tinoco, Moon, LaVaute 2. 2B - Basinger. HR - Carter, Baysinger 2, LaVaute (10).