NIC SOFTBALL: Cardinals drop two to No. 16 Salt Lake

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — Sophomores Corine Doran hit a two-run double to cut the deficit to 3-2 in the top of the fifth inning in the first game for North Idaho College, which fell to 16th-ranked Salt Lake 10-2 in the first game of a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader at Norma Carr Field on Friday. 

Salt Lake (22-5, 9-5 SWAC) beat NIC 12-4 in the second game to get the sweep. 

Freshman McKenzie Parks hit a two-run single to give NIC (14-14, 6-8) a 2-1 lead in the second inning of the nightcap. After Salt Lake tied it at 2-2 in the bottom of the second, NIC regained the lead on RBI singles from Katelyn Larney and Alli Drake to make it 4-2 in the third.

The teams meet again today in Taylorsville.

FIRST GAME 

North Idaho    000    020    —    2    6    1 

Salt Lake    201    025    —    10    13    1 

Game called with nobody out in bottom of 6th inning due to 8-run rule. 

Kristine Schmidt and Corine Doran; Mataeya Trellert and Kylee Ruesch. 

HITS: NIC — Hanchey, Nelson 2, Doran 2, Stern. SLCC — Shumway 2, Lewis 2, Pond 2, Lewis-Balzarini, Medina, Reynen, Ruesch, Lancaster, Coates. 2B — Doran, Shumway 2, Lewis, Pond 2. 3B — Reynen, Coates. 

SECOND GAME 

North Idaho    022    000    —    4    8    2 

Salt Lake    111    243    —    12    11    1 

Game called with two outs in bottom of 6th inning due to 8-run rule. 

Maliyah Mann, Maelyn Durham (5) and Megan Nelson; Taylor Hagen, Aubrie Hansen (3) and Hannah Barlow. 

HITS: NIC — Nelson, Doran, Larney 2, Nichols, Drake, Parks, Wirt. SLCC — Shumway, Lewis 2, Pond 2, Lewis-Balzarini, Medina 2, Reynen, Painter, Coates. 2B — Medina, Painter. 3B — Shumway, Lewis 2. HR — Pond, Lewis-Balzarini.