NIC SOFTBALL: Cardinals keep pace with split against Snow

EPHRAIM, Utah — Nevaeh McClaran, a freshman from Mountain View High in Meridian, hit a two-run home run in the top of the fourth inning for North Idaho College in a 6-1 win over the Snow Badgers in the first game of a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader at the Snow College Softball Complex on Saturday. 

Maya Parry, a freshman from Lindon, Utah, had three hits, including a solo home run in the sixth inning for NIC, which snapped a 10-game losing streak in the opener. 

In the second game, freshman Aspen Roberts hit a solo home run in the sixth inning for the Cardinals in a loss to the Badgers. 

Brooke Fisher and Taimane Laolagi-Aloy had two RBIs each for Snow (13-22, 7-13) in the second game. 

Snow maintained a one-game lead on NIC for third place in the conference. The top four teams advance to the Region 18 Tournament on May 12-14 at the site of the conference champion. 

NIC (13-28, 6-14) faces Blue Mountain Community College in a nonconference doubleheader on Thursday in Pendleton, Ore.

FIRST GAME
North Idaho    202    101    0    —    6    12    3 

Snow        000    010    0    —    1    3    3 

Maelynn Durham and Chloe Hearrell; Taimane Laolagi-Aloy, Mallory Kelsey (3) and Rian Howland. 

HITS: NIC — Parry 3, Drake 2, Roberts, Hearrell 2, McClaran, Hatch 2, Stern. Snow — Kelsey, Riedle 2. 2B — Drake, Roberts, Stern. 3B — Riedle. HR — Parry, McClaran, Riedle. 

SECOND GAME 

North Idaho    000    001    0    —    1    6    2 

Snow        020    021    x    —    5    7    0 

Makenna Webber, Lilly McNett (5) and Chloe Hearrell; Avery Thorkelson and Rian Howland. 

HITS: NIC — Parry 2, Hanchey, Roberts, McClaran, Stern. Snow — Fisher, Thomas, Laolagi-Aloy 2, Riedle, Hall, Carrasquel. 2B — Laolagi-Aloy, Carrasquel. HR — Roberts.