NIC softball takes another two from Colorado Northwestern

NIC swept the Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) Spartans in doubleheader action Saturday at Memorial Field.

NIC sophomore Desirae Tinoco singled with two outs in the sixth inning in the first game to score sophomore Shelby Carter as the Cardinals beat the Spartans 4-3 in the first game. NIC won 5-1 in the second game to complete a four-game Scenic West Athletic Conference series against the Spartans.

Carter hit a solo home run in the fifth inning of the second game for the Cardinals (10-19, 7-15), who host Wenatchee Valley in a doubleheader starting at noon on Monday, March 25 at Memorial Field.

“This is a good, close-knit group with good team chemistry,” head coach Don Don Williams said. “Our bats were a little silent today opposed to yesterday, but we’ll take any win we can earn at this point. I don’t think we produced as well as we can at the plate today.”

Shalese Connary hit a three-run homer in the first game for Colorado Northwestern (0-20, 0-20), which dropped all four games in the weekend series with NIC, failing to earn their first victory of the season.

“Our right fielder (Heather Bishop) was brought in to play shortstop as an emergency replacement for Jenna Krum and she was tearing it up today, which was really awesome,” NIC pitcher Hunter Allen said.