Lady Saints sweep on Sophomore Day
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E | |
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North Platte Community College | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
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Seward County Community College | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | X | 13 | 13 | 1 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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North Platte Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
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Seward County Community College | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 | 8 | 2 |
LIBERAL, Kan. –In their last regular season home series of the year, the Lady Saints' sophomores put on a show to help their team to victory. Seward County swept non-conference opponent North Platte to improve to 21-27 on the year while remaining at 11-17 in the KJCCC.
Game one saw the Lady Saints jump out early with 5 first inning runs that started with a leadoff single for Aaliyah Gutierrez. After Gutierrez got on base, Avery Ragsdale and Marisela Landa both recorded hits with Ragsdale's single scoring Gutierrez and Landa's double scoring Ragsdale. The next three runs in the inning came after a Taylor Grubbs bases-loaded triple that capped off a great first inning effort for the Lady Saints.
Seward County would then go on to score three more runs in the second inning and five more runs in the third inning. Those 8 extra runs would be the deciding factor in the victory for the Lady Saints as they were able to run rule the Knights from North Platte after 5 innings with a score of 13-5. Aaliyah Gutierrez was the starting pitcher for the Lady Saints and she went 2.0 innings, allowing 3 hits and 2 earned runs. In relief, NaTalia Sewell came in for the last 3 innings for the Lady Saints and struck out 6 batters while allowing 2 runs.
Game two was much more of a pitcher dual as both teams struggled to score runs. The Lady Saints plated two runs in the first inning, but neither team scored another run until the Knights plated one in the 6th. The Lady Saints would go on to win the game 4-1 in 7 innings. NaTalia Sewell was your starting pitcher for the Lady Saints, and she recorded 20 of the 21 outs of the ballgame. Sewell pitched a gem, giving up only one unearned run thru 6.2 innings while striking out 7 and only giving up 7 hits. After Sewell came Ashanti Thompson from the bullpen. Thompson recorded the final out of the ballgame and pitched 0.1 innings, inducing a groundball out.
On the day, sophomores accounted for 6 hits, 9 runs-batted-in, 2 homeruns, 2 walks and 6 runs scored.
Next up for the Lady Saints is a road matchup at #14 Hutchinson CC on Wednesday, April 26th at 1 p.m. CT.
