Cook shines as Cards win one, lose one

CLERMONT, Fla. — Olivia Cook drove in five runs as North Idaho College defeated Muskegon (Mich.) Community College 14-5 in five innings in the Cardinals’ second game of the day Saturday

Earlier Saturday, NIC (2-2) lost 12-11 to Mercyhurst North East (Pa.) in eight innings.

Cook hit a three-run homer in the third inning for the Cardinals against Muskegon, and her two-run single in the fifth ended the game on the eight-run rule.

Sarah Williams of NIC hit a two-run homer in the fourth and a two-run single in the fifth, and finished 3 for 4 with three runs and four RBIs.

No other information was available for NIC’s game vs. Mercyhurst North East.

NIC is scheduled to play St. Petersburg College today in a doubleheader in St. Petersburg, Fla.

NIC 14, MUSKEGON 5

Muskegon 000 05 — 5 5 4

NIC 004 64 — 14 13 2

Game called in fifth inning due to 8-run rule.

Busing, Shaffer (5) and Swisher; Andrea Hedington and Sophie Nash. W — Hedington (1-1). L — Busing.

HITS: Musk — Arsenault, Crow 2, Wandenberg, Swisher. NIC — Marshall, Escalante 2, Williams 3, Gray, Cook 2, Hecker, Click, Nash, Shimatsu. 2B — Crow, Swisher, Marshall, Shimatsu. HR — Williams, Cook.