• Freshman Alexis Lander of Onawa tosses three hitting in 6-0 win in opener
• Freshman Sophie Maras of Johnston has four hits to lead DMACC in nightcap, 7-1
• Freshman Abby Flanagan of Coggon allows three hits and strikes out 11 in winning the second game

The DMACC softball team ended a four-game losing streak and closed out a six-game road trip with a doubleheader sweep of Allen County Community College (ACCC) March 5 at Humboldt, Kan.

The Bears took the opener, 6-0, and won the nightcap, 7-1, to improve to 10-7 for the season.

Freshman Alexis Lander of Onawa pitched DMACC to the win in the opener, allowing three hits and striking out six batters. She faced just 23 hitters over the seven innings and 53 of her 76 pitches were strikes.

DMACC took a 1-0 lead in the first, added a pair of runs in the third, went up 5-0 with two runs in the fifth and closed out the victory with a run in the sixth.

Freshmen Sophie Maras of Johnston and Jocelyn Long of Overland Park, Kan., paced the Bears at the plate with two hits apiece and Lander helped her own cause with a pair of RBIs. Freshmen Jade Collins of Des Moines and Kaylie Reynolds of Muscatine each doubled and freshman Kamrin Wells of Topeka, Kan., tripled. Collins and freshman Sara Keeler of Creston each drove in one run.

Maras had four hits, including a double and a home run, to lead DMACC in the second game. The Bears led 3-1 after the first inning, scored one run in each of the second and fifth innings and added a pair of runs in the sixth.

Reynolds and freshman Delaney Kelley of Rock Island, Ill., also homered in the win and freshman Isabella Johnson of Slater added a double. Reynolds and Kelley drove in two runs apiece and Maras, Johnson and Long had one RBI each.

Freshman Abby Flanagan of Coggon went all seven innings and earned the win. She allowed one run on three hits, struck out 11 and walked one. Flanagan faced 27 batters and 69 of her 95 pitches were strikes.

The DMACC softball team is idle until March 17 when the Bears open Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) play with a doubleheader against Iowa Lakes Community College (ILCC) at Estherville.