NIC SOFTBALL: Roberts helps Cardinals snap losing skid
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KYLE DISHAW PHOTOGRAPHY North Idaho College sophomore second baseman Alli Drake fields the ball during the first game of a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader against Utah State-Eastern at the Marimn Health Coeur Center in Worley on Friday.
KYLE DISHAW PHOTOGRAPHY North Idaho College freshman third baseman Maya Parry fields the ball and prepares to throw to first base during the first game of a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader at Utah State-Eastern at the Marimn Health Coeur Center in Worley on Friday.
KYLE DISHAW PHOTOGRAPHY North Idaho College freshman centerfielder Aspen Roberts throws the ball back into the infield during the first game of a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader against Utah State-Eastern at the Marimn Health Coeur Center in Worley on Friday.
WORLEY — Aspen Roberts, a freshman outfielder from Riverton, Utah, hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the bottom of the second inning to rally North Idaho College to a 3-1 win over Utah State-Eastern of Price, Utah, in the second game for a split of a Scenic West Athletic Conference softball doubleheader at the Marimn Health Coeur Center on Friday.
NIC (15-30, 7-15 SWAC), which is third in the conference, leads fourth-place Utah State-Eastern (13-21, 6-16) by one game. Snow (13-29, 7-20) is in fifth in the five-team league. The top four teams advance to the Region 18 Tournament at the site of the conference champion starting on May 12.
Freshman Elizabeth Hatch singled to score sophomore Alli Drake to give NIC a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth inning. Sophomore Lilly McNett struck out six in the second game for NIC, which had lost 10 of its previous 11 games in conference.
Jayda Spight hit a three-run double in the bottom of the first inning of the first game for Utah State-Eastern.
The teams meet again today in Worley in a doubleheader starting at noon.
FIRST GAME
Utah State-Eastern 525 03 — 15 13 0
North Idaho 100 00 — 1 4 3
Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.
Allie Fowler and Brooklynn Zajac; Maelynn Durham, Makenna Webber (3) and Chloe Hearrell.
HITS: USUE — Zajac 2, Quinn 3, Wright 2, Spight 2, Fowler 2, Sandoval, Hardman. NIC — Parry 2, Hatch, Sugg. 2B — Zajac, Quinn, Wright, Spight, Parry.
SECOND GAME
Utah State-Eastern 010 000 0 — 1 5 0
North Idaho 020 010 x — 3 5 0
Sadie Parson and Maddie Jensen; Lilly McNett and Chloe Hearrell.
HITS: USUE — Zajac, Spight, Parson, Sandoval 2. NIC — Hatch, Hearrell, Hanchey, Roberts, Drake. 2B — Hanchey. HR — Roberts.
KYLE DISHAW PHOTOGRAPHY North Idaho College freshman third baseman Maya Parry fields the ball and prepares to throw to first base during the first game of a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader at Utah State-Eastern at the Marimn Health Coeur Center in Worley on Friday. KYLE DISHAW PHOTOGRAPHY North Idaho College freshman third baseman Maya Parry fields the ball and prepares to throw to first base during the first game of a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader at Utah State-Eastern at the Marimn Health Coeur Center in Worley on Friday.
KYLE DISHAW PHOTOGRAPHY North Idaho College freshman centerfielder Aspen Roberts throws the ball back into the infield during the first game of a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader against Utah State-Eastern at the Marimn Health Coeur Center in Worley on Friday.