TWIN FALLS, Idaho - The College of Southern Idaho Softball beat Southern Nevada 5-2 and 21-4 Saturday to take all four wins in the Scenic West Athletic Conference series.
The Golden Eagles hit eight home runs on the day and played solid defense with good pitching to win both.
Hadlie Henderson earned the win in game one in the circle, going 4.1 innings and giving up no runs on four hits with one strikeout.
Mailee Jensen came in with the bases loaded in the fourth to get the save, going 2.2 innings and giving up two earned runs on three hits with two strikeouts.Â
At the plate no CSI player had more than one hit but
Carley Croshaw and
Nikki Zielinski each hit solo home runs and
Hannah Peterson had a two-RBI double.
The Golden Eagle bats got hot in game two.
CSI trailed 3-0 going into the bottom of the first but scored four runs and never looked back.
Sherry Boone,
Anjalee Batchelor,
Kalena Shepherd,
Tristin Evans,
Hannah Peterson and
Kylie Baumert all hit home runs. Zielinski (4 RBI), Boone (4 RBI) and Croshaw (3 RBI) finished 2-for-2 at the plate. Both Evans and Baumert were 2-for-3 with 2 RBI and a walk.Â
Jensen earned the win, going the distance and giving up four earned runs with four strikeouts.
CSI, 27-13 overall and 18-6 in conference play, travels to league-leading Salt Lake Friday and Saturday. The two teams split in their first meeting.