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NIC SOFTBALL: Todhunter slam sparks Cardinals to sweep

| April 7, 2023 1:05 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — Sophomore Emma Todhunter hit a grand slam in the fourth inning of the first game for North Idaho College, which went on to sweep Big Bend 8-0 and 15-5 in a Northwest Athletic Conference doubleheader at Memorial Field on Thursday.

Freshman Summer Makinster also homered in the opener for NIC (15-8, 10-4 NWAC), which has won six straight games, all at home.

Big Bend is 2-12, 2-12.

Details from the second game were not available.

NIC is scheduled to face the Community Colleges of Spokane in a doubleheader on Tuesday at Spokane Falls.

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Photo courtesy of NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE ATHLETICS North Idaho College freshman Summer Makinster connects on a home run in the fourth inning of the first game of a Northwest Athletic Conference doubleheader against Big Bend on Thursday at Memorial Field.