EL DORADO, Kan. - A season-long seven game win streak for the Dodge City Community College softball team came to a close in an 8-0 loss to No. 1 Butler Community College before falling by a score of 17-0 in the nightcap at the Grizzly Softball Complex in El Dorado on Wednesday, April 12th.
DC3 is now 23-13 overall and 11-9 in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference while the Grizzlies have matched their win streak from last year single-season winning streak to improve to 38-0 and 14-0 in the KJCCC.
Game one would see the long ball do the damage against the Conquistadors as Dodge City would keep the game scoreless through the first two innings while stranding a pair of Grizzly runners. DC3 would go down in order in the top of the third before two singles to start the bottom of the third before a fly out would bring up BCC three-hole hitter Becca Schulte would break the scoreless tie with a three-run home run over the center field fence. The Grizzlies would add a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth to take a 5-0 lead before ending the game in the bottom of the sixth with two home runs including a walk-off two-run home run with one out.
Sophomore
Kim Herron would take the loss to drop to 16-7 on the year after tossing a complete game and giving up eight runs on 11 hits while striking out one.
Taylor Menard would collect one hit in the game while
Kylie Fox and
Sabrina Romero managed one walk each.
Things would fall apart in game two as Butler would scratch across a single run in the bottom of the first before breaking out for 12 runs in the second before adding a single run in the bottom of the third and three in the bottom of the fourth. BCC's 12-run second inning would come on 13 hits while leaving one runner on base, as DC3 would see balls hit in just about every gap.
Baylee Rial would go one-for-two in the game while
Jordyn McDaniel (1.2 innings),
Cassie Overturf (1.1 innings), and Makayla Tegtmeir (1.0 innings) would all see action in the circle for the Conquistadors.
Dodge City will now get a week off before ending their season next week with a pair of doubleheaders at Legends Park starting on Wednesday, April 19th. DC3 will take on Seward County Community College for a key 2 p.m. doubleheader as NJCAA Region VI Tournament seedings will be determined following next week's action.
