NCMC Softball Team Rolling Along

Four Home Wins Push Pirates’ Mark To 24-4
The North Central Missouri College softball team is enjoying a pretty good season. When you out-gain your losses by 20 wins, it is a good sign.
After sweeping doubleheaders at home on Monday and Tuesday, North Central has done just that. The Pirates now sit at 24-4 overall on the season after wins of 9-0 and 6-5 over Southwestern on Monday and wins of 4-2 and 5-0 over the Graceland University junior varsity on Tuesday.
Monday’s sweep of Southwestern began with a big outburst from the Pirates’ offense. Rylee Sensenich had two hits, two RBIs and a run scored and Kori Hornaday had two hits and two runs. Casey Stout and Madi Cole each drove in three runs to fuel the nine-run effort.
Stout picked up the win in the circle, throwing all five innings. She shut out the Southwestern offense, scattering three hits and a walk while striking out nine.
Game two would be much closer, but the Pirates walked off winners with a run in the bottom of the seventh that broke a 5-5 tie. Stout had three hits, two of which were doubles, and drove in three more runs in the win. Erica Sandoval had two hits, one a double, an RBI and a run scored.
Stout was the winning pitcher again, coming on in relief for starter Sammi Bradshaw. Bradshaw went six innings, allowing five runs on 10 hits and no walks while striking out four. Stout allowed just one hit in the seventh.
North Central topped Graceland’s JV the following day, getting a 4-2 win in game one. Sensenich was the only player in the lineup to collect multiple hits, getting two, but North Central had six other players who tallied a single hit and that was enough to top the Yellowjackets with Stout once again dealing in the circle.
Stout threw all seven frames in the game one win, allowing two runs, one earned, on six hits and a walk while striking out 12 batters on the day.
Game two came by a more comfortable margin as Bradshaw bounced back from the previous day to shut out the Graceland JV in a 5-0 win. Bradshaw allowed just four hits, walked none and struck out 11 in the win.
At the plate, McKayla Blackburn had two hits, a run scored and an RBI. Sandoval also had two hits in the win and scored two runs.
The four home wins pushed the Pirates’ current winning streak to eight games. NCMC will look to add to that today (Friday), traveling to St. Charles for a doubleheader. The first pitch of the scheduled twinbill is set for 1 o’clock. The softball team will be at Jefferson College in Hillsboro on Saturday for another doubleheader, this one beginning at 2 p.m.