Softball Finishes Tourney Strong

The Roughrider softball team finished the Mizuno Kickoff Classic in Las Vegas on Sunday morning with two victories over Chattanooga State Community College 6-2 and North Idaho College, 10-2. YC finished the tournament with a 4-2 overall record.

In the first game, Christina Hagberg and Audrey Workman combined for the victory striking out 9 batters and allowing only 3 hits and 2 earned runs between them.

Chelsea Pineda had 2 hits including a home run and 3 runs batted. Molly Brossart, Ashley Snedeker and Alex Landon each had one hit and a run batted in.

In the second game, Landon and Krystal Palmer shut the opponent batters down with 2 strikeouts and only 3 hits allowed.

Brossart and Vanessa House hit home runs for the Roughriders and Emily Coooper had 2 hits including a triple and 2 RBI’s. Kirsten Lambertson was 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and Sam Roskopf and Snedeker each had a hit.

Yavapai returns to the diamond on Saturday, February 6th at the 2009 DII National Runners-up, Phoenix College. The first pitch will be thrown at 12:00 PM.