Dodge City softball hit the road for a non-conference three-game series against Kansas City Kansas CC and the Conquistadors dropped three tough contests falling 14-6 in six innings, 8-7, and 18-3 in five innings. 

The Conqs with the losses fall to 12-15 on the season and will now transition back to conference play next week to continue the season. The Conqs continue this stretch of road games as they will travel to Goodland to play Northwest Kansas Tech on Wednesday, March 29th, and then travel to Garden City to play the Broncbusters on Saturday, April 1st. 

Game 1 – Lost 14-6 at KCK (6 innings) 
Conqs would get on the board first to open the series as Melanie Castro opened the weekend with a leadoff walk and would come into score on an RBI double by Camryn Lenz in the first inning. The lead grew for the Conqs in the second as they worked the bases loaded on a pair of walks and a hit batter and then scored the second run of the game on a Mia Golka bases-loaded walk. Conqs doubled their output on a Lenz two RBI single in the second also to make it 4-0. KCK would get on the board in the bottom of the second scoring three and then took the lead with two runs in the third. An RBI double by Raemie Lopp for the Conqs evened the game up at 5-5 in the top of the fourth but in the bottom of the fourth KCK countered with three runs and then two more in the fifth. The sixth inning saw the Conqs get on the board again on an RBI double by Addison Spencer but KCK answered once more with four runs to finish the game in the sixth at 14-6. 

In the loss Lenz was 2-4 with three RBI, a run scored, and a double, while Castro finished 1-2 with two runs scored, two walks, and a triple. Lopp added a 1-2 game with a double and RBI, along with Spencer going 1-4 with an RBI and double. Golka drew two walks and was hit by a pitch leading to two runs scored and had an RBI. 

Game 2 – Lost 8-7 at KCK 
After a scoreless first two innings, the Conqs snagged the initial lead of game two of the weekend series with KCK as they plated a pair of runs. Lenz drove in one run on an RBI single, while Rylie Hufford brought in the other on an RBI groundout in the third inning. KCK answered the Conqs by scoring four runs in the bottom of the third inning however the Conqs would have an answer of their own in the top of the fourth. The Conqs would do damage with two outs in the top of the fourth as Spencer recorded an RBI single, K'lee Flores had a two-RBI single, and Hufford brought in a run on a groundout for four runs in the top of the fourth giving the Conqs a 6-4 advantage. KCK would tie the game with two in the bottom of the fourth and then regain the lead with two in the sixth inning. The Conqs would try to come back in the top of the seventh getting a run but would fall just short of tying the game dropping the contest 8-7. 

Spencer led the Conqs offense went 3-4 with two runs scored with an RBI, while Flores was 2-4 with two RBI, and Castro finished 2-5 with a run scored. Reneau Ratzlaff added a 2-4 performance for the Conqs. 

Game 3 – Lost 18-3 at KCK (5 innings) 
It was early offense and plenty of it that propelled KCK past the Conqs in game three of the series as the Conqs saw KCK tally 12 runs in the bottom of the second and were never able to overcome that in the contest. The Conqs got on the board with two runs in the top of the third as Lopp notched an RBI triple and Spencer brought in a run on a groundout. The Conqs would add another run in the fourth on an RBI single by Jaciana Rivera but KCK scored one in the third and five in the fifth lifting them to the 18-3 win in five innings. 

Izabella Mikelson was 2-2 with a run scored and double, while Lopp finished 1-3 with a run scored, RBI, and triple. Rivera had the Conqs' lone other hit going 1-2 with an RBI.