NIC splits with Walla Walla

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Megan Carver homered in each game for North Idaho College, but the Cardinals had to settle for a split of Friday’s Northwest Athletic Conference East Region softball doubleheader with Walla Walla Community College at Warrior Field.

Carver led off the eighth inning of the second game with a home run to put NIC (25-11, 17-8 NWAC) up 8-7. But Walla Walla (22-12, 17-9) scored twice in the bottom of the inning for the split.

Carver hit a two-run homer in the third inning of the first game to give the Cardinals the lead.

Kayla Curtan hit a two-run homer in a five-run fifth in the second game for NIC. Curtan drove in five runs on the day for the Cardinals.

NIC plays a doubleheader today at Columbia Basin (10-28, 6-21) in Pasco, Wash., beginning at noon.

FIRST GAME

North Idaho 002 102 0 — 5 8 1

Walla Walla 000 210 1 — 4 9 5

Kayla Moore and Nikki Miller; R. Collins and H. Danley. W — Moore (12-8). L — Collins (10-9).

HITS: NIC — Schaller 2, Curtan, Schwab, Carver 2, Korok, Aspden. WW — Faulkner 3, Williams 2, Ward, Kelly, Danly, Hicks. 2B — Schaller, Curtan. HR — Carver (4), Williams (9).

SECOND GAME

North Idaho 000 051 11 — 8 9 5

Walla Walla 202 300 02 — 9 10 2

Kelly Kearney, Audrey Seipert (2), McKensie Brittos (4), Kayla Moore (8) and Nikki Miller; B. Schoessler, R. Collins (7) and B. Gibbons. W — Collins (11-9). L — Brittos.

HITS: NIC — Schaller, Curtan, Carver, Yurick, Miller 2, Aspden, Korok 2. WW — Shotswell 2, Thornton, Faulkner 2, Williams, Ware, Kelly 2, Hicks. 2B — Yurick, Shotswell. HR — Curtan (8), Carver (5), Miller (10).