No. 5 Salt Lake sweeps NIC in rare tripleheader

| March 27, 2011 9:00 PM

HAYDEN - Sophomore Madi White hit two home runs in the first game and added another in the second as the fifth-ranked Salt Lake Community College Bruins swept North Idaho College 5-4, 8-3 and 9-3 in a Scenic West Athletic Conference tripleheader on Saturday at Finucane Park.

Shelby Gonzales hit a two-run home run in the third inning and Brianna Bishop and Kelsey LaVaute hit solo home runs for NIC in the first game.

In the second game, Shay Shaum-Wallace went 2 for 4 with four RBIs as the Bruins defeated NIC 8-3.

KaSara Wise hit a two-run home run in the second game for NIC.

Salt Lake (34-6, 26-2 SWAC), which beat NIC 10-4 on Friday, scored seven runs in the final two innings to down NIC 9-3 in the third game.

NIC (20-18, 13-14) hosts Wenatchee Valley on Tuesday in a 1 p.m. doubleheader at Memorial Field.

FIRST GAME

Salt Lake 001 121 0 - 5 13 0

North Idaho 013 000 0 - 4 8 1

Ariel Zimmerman and Shay Shaum-Wallace; Jenifer Rosie, Jocelynn Probert, Alyssa Erickson and Shelby Gonzales. W - Zimmerman. L - Probert.

HITS: SLCC - Brinkerhoff, Simonsen 2, Jachim, Webster, White 3, Bufton, Budge, Wallace. NIC - Meredith, Gonzales, Tinoco, Moon, Bishop, Erickson, LaVaute, Wise. 2B - Brinkerhoff, Webster, Meredith. HR - White 2, Gonzales, Bishop, LaVaute.

SECOND GAME

Salt Lake 132 010 1 - 8 13 1

North Idaho 000 021 0 - 3 8 1

Kylee Colvin, Dezlee Roberts (7) and Shay Shaum-Wallace; Alyssa Erickson, Jenifer Rosie (3), Jocelynn Probert (6), Blake Meredith (7) and Shelby Gonzales. W - Colvin. L - Erickson.

HITS: SLCC - Brinkerhoff 2, Jachim 2, Webster 2, White 2, Bufton, Wallace 2, Budge, Gomez. NIC - DeAnda, Meredith, Gonzales, Tinoco, Bishop, Erickson, LaVaute, Wise. 2B - Webster, Bufton, Wallace, Gonzales. HR - Webster, White, Wallace, Wise.

THIRD GAME

Salt Lake 110 004 3 - 9 16 0

North Idaho 001 011 0 - 3 9 2

Dezlee Roberts, Kylee Colvin (4), Ariel Zimmerman (6) and Shy Shaum-Wallace; Jenifer Rosie, Blake Meredith (2) and Shelby Gonzales. W - Colvin. L - Meredith.

HITS: SLCC - Brinkerhoff 3, Simonsen 2, Jachim 2, Webster 2, Richardson, Gomez, Bufton 2, Wallace 2. NIC - DeAnda 2, Tinoco 2, Moon 2, Erickson, Wise 2. 2B - Jachim, Tinoco. 3B - Brinkerhoff. HR - Wise.