Korok's game-winning hit starts Cards toward sweep
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 7 years, 9 months AGO
LOREN BENOIT/Press Jamie Yurick of North Idaho College slides safely into third base as Big Bend Community College third baseman Hailey Sandoval tries to corral an errant throw.
LOREN BENOIT/Press NIC third baseman Kayla Curtan makes a throw from her knees to first base in the first game of a doubleheader against Big Bend Community College on Tuesday afternoon at Memorial Field. NIC won 7-6.
COEUR d’ALENE — Kalyna Korok singled to score Kennedy Anderson with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning for North Idaho College in a 7-6 win over the Big Bend Vikings of Moses Lake in the first game of a Northwest Athletic Conference doubleheader at Memorial Field on Tuesday.
NIC took a 5-0 lead after the first three innings, keyed by a two-run home run by Anderson in the first inning.
In the second game, NIC beat Big Bend 11-3 to earn the sweep. Details from the second game were unavailable.
NIC (16-7, 10-5 NWAC) hosts Blue Mountain on Saturday.
Big Bend is 6-14, 5-11.
FIRST GAME
Big Bend 000 330 0 — 6 12 1
North Idaho 302 100 1 — 7 12 0
One out when winning run scored.
Shayla Baker and Taylor Ferguson; Kayla Moore, Audrey Seipert (5) and Mackenzie Matteson. W — Seipert (3-0). L — Baker (5-9).
HITS: BBCC — Nickelson, Ferguson, Korten, Goslin 2, Sandoval, Armstrong 3, Trejo 2, Hughes. NIC — Raynor, Curtan, Anderson 2, Carver 3, Yurick 2, Korok, Matteson, Schaller. 2B — Armstrong, Trejo, Curtan, Carver. HR — Korten (1), Anderson (6).
