Seward Finishes Regular Season With Split at Colby

Needing to pick up some momentum before the upcoming Region VI Playoffs, the Seward County Lady Saints managed to only spin their wheels Wednesday afternoon in Colby as they split with the homestanding Lady Trojans, losing game one 6-2 before winning the night cap 4-2 to finish the regular season 34-22 overall and 15-9 in Jayhawk West play, good for 2^nd place. 

Playing a Colby team sitting near the bottom of the Jayhawk West standings, the Lady Saints got off to a rough start, falling behind 2-0 in the 1^st inning despite allowing just 1 Colby hit. 

With two outs in the top half of the 2^nd, the Lady Saints evened things up, getting an RBI double from Joe Ann Rapoza and an RBI single from Tiffanie Bolanos to make it 2-2. 

It remained a 2-2 game into the bottom of the 3^rd when a solo home run for Colby put the Trojans back in front 3-2.  Later in the inning the Trojans added to their lead, getting a two out single to score a run and used a Seward error to pick up another and make it a 5-2 game. 

Seward put runners on in the 4^th and 5^th innings, but couldn't push anything across and they remained down 5-2 into the 6^th. 

The Lady Saints went down in order in the 6^th and Colby added an insurance run with a pair of walks and a pair of singles to stretch their lead to 6-2. 

Seward got a one out single in their final at bats in the 7^th, but couldn't manage to put anything on the board and went down quietly in game one 6-2. 

The Lady Saints outhit Colby 9-7 in the game, but Seward committed 5 errors in the contest, leading to 4 unearned Trojan runs.  Rapoza was 2 for 3 with an RBI in the loss for the Lady Saints and had Seward's only extra base hit of the contest.  Alexa O'Brien suffered the loss in the circle for Seward, dropping to 16-12 on the season.  She allowed 7 hits and 6 runs, just 2 earned, while going the distance and striking out 3. 

SEWARD COUNTY/COLBY GAME ONE BOX SCORE

It was another rough start for the Lady Saints in game two as they went down 1-2-3 including a pair of strikeouts to start the game and Colby plated a run on a Seward error to grab a 1-0 lead.

Seward got singles and stolen bases to put runners in scoring position in both the 2^nd and 3^rd innings, but they couldn't do anything with the ducks on the pond and remained behind 1-0 into the 4^th.

The Lady Saints finally broke out in the 4^th, getting three straight hits to load the bases and a bean ball to push home the tying run to even things up at 1.  They didn't stop there, getting an RBI single from Kennedy Brunson to take a 2-1 lead and then a two RBI single from Danielle Orr to add onto their lead to make it 4-1.

Colby got a run back in the 5^th on a two out double, but the Lady Trojans stranded a pair as the 5^th came to a close and Seward remained in front 4-2. 

The Lady Saints didn't score again, but they didn't need to as Jaclyn Wagner controlled the Trojan bats in the 6^th and 7^th, getting three fly outs in the 7^th to wrap up a 4-2 win for Seward. 

Seward had 8 hits in the win, getting a 3 for 3 effort from Rapoza and a 2 for 3 afternoon from Brunson.  Wagner held the Trojans to just 4 hits in her 18^th win of the 2015 season.  She went the distance, allowing 2 runs, 1 earned, while striking out a pair for the Lady Saints. 

SEWARD COUNTY/COLBY GAME TWO BOX SCORE

The regular season ending split for the Lady Saints took them to 34-22 on the year and 15-9 in Jayhawk West action while Colby goes to 23-30, 9-15.  Seward finishes the regular season in 2^nd place in the Jayhawk West while Colby loses a tie with Dodge City and finishes 6^th.

Seward will enter the Region VI Tournament as the #2 seed and will play a best two out of three series with #7 seed Pratt on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.  The Lady Saints and Lady Beavers will play at 1:00 on Tuesday with a tri