Cards swept by third-place Snow
<p>North Idaho College's Heather Bishop slides into home past Snow College's catcher Kelsey Simmonds Friday in the second game of a doubleheader in Coeur d'Alene. Bishop, who claimed she wasn't tagged and protested, was called out by the umpire.</p>
<p>Kelsey LaVaute, first baseman for NIC, reacts as she approaches home plate after hitting a third inning home run.</p>
COEUR d'ALENE - Tauni McFarlane hit a three-run homer in the second inning of the first game and Sara Park had three hits in the second game as the third-place Snow College Badgers swept the North Idaho College Cardinals 6-2 and 7-5 in Scenic West Athletic Conference softball Friday at Memorial Field.
Heather Bishop had both NIC hits in the first game. In the second game, Kelsey LaVaute hit a two-run homer in the third and Shelby Carter hit a solo home run leading off the ninth for fifth-place NIC (15-27, 9-22 SWAC).
Snow is 21-13, 19-12.
The teams conclude the weekend series with a doubleheader today starting at noon at Memorial Field.
FIRST GAME
Snow 030 002 0 - 6 7 1
North Idaho 101 000 0 - 2 2 1
Katie Greenburg and Danika Gough; Emily Perlich and Shelby Carter, Shanika Sawyer (4), Shelby Carter (7). W - Greenburg. L - Perlich.
HITS: Snow - McFarland 2, Butler, Park, McAfee 2, Greenburg. NIC - Bishop 2. 2B - Greenburg. HR - McFarland.
SECOND GAME
Snow 102 001 003 - 7 12 4
North Idaho 013 000 001 - 5 13 3
Karlie Carter, Katie Greenburg and Sylvana Kelley; Laura Potts, Hunter Allen (3), Emily Perlich (6) and Shelby Carter. W - Greenburg. L - Perlich.
HITS: Snow - Park 3, Greenburg 2, McAfee 2, Butler, Simmons, McFarlane, Kelley 2. NIC - Hatton 3, Schuler, Meyers, Carter 2, LaVaute, Sawyer, Bishop. 2B - Greenburg, Schuler, Meyers. HR - Carter (10), LaVaute (9).