Cardinals held to five hits as No. 4 Salt Lake sweeps

| March 25, 2012 9:00 PM

SALT LAKE CITY - Amber Meyers singled and scored in the first game and had a solo home run in the second game for the North Idaho College Cardinals, who lost 5-1 and 9-1 to the fourth-ranked Salt Lake Bruins in a Scenic West Athletic Conference softball doubleheader at Bruin Field on Saturday.

Jordan Schmerer drove in Meyers in the first game on a one-out single in the seventh inning for NIC.

Ariel Zimmerman struck out seven for Salt Lake (33-6, 24-4 SWAC). in the second game, with her lone hit allowed a Meyers home run in the second inning. Heather Bishop singled in the top of the fifth for NIC (14-25, 11-17), which is scheduled to host Southern Nevada in doubleheaders Friday and Saturday at Memorial Field.

FIRST GAME

North Idaho 000 000 1 - 1 3 1

Salt Lake 101 210 x - 5 7 0

Danielle Hockett, Nicole Atkinson (3) and Shelby Carter; MaCauley Flint and Mylee Davis. W - Flint (9-1). L - Hockett (4-2).

HITS: NIC - Meyers, Schmerer, H. Bishop. SLCC - Miller, Woodard, Webster 2, Neilson, Davis, Hutchings. 2B - Webster.

SECOND GAME

North Idaho 010 00 - 1 2 0

Salt Lake 002 7x - 9 9 1

Game called in 5th inning due to 8-run rule.

Nicole Atkinson, Jenifer Rosie (4) and Shelby Carter; Ariel Zimmerman, Kylee Colvin (5) and Lyndsey Healey. W - Zimmerman (11-2). L - Atkinson (1-6).

HITS: NIC - Meyers, H. Bishop. SLCC - Campos 2, Gomez, Webster 2, Neilson 2, Anderson, Hutchings. 2B - Gomez, Neilson, Anderson, Hutchings. HR - Meyers (6).