• Kaylynn Salyars and Amaya Snyder homer in 8-1 decision in the first game
• Madisyn Kelley hits three home runs in 13-4 win in the second game
• Sydney Kennedy and Courtney Donahue are the winning pitchers

The DMACC softball team improved to 27-5 overall and 8-2 in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) with a doubleheader sweep against Iowa Lakes Community College (ILCC) April 2 at Estherville.

The Bears, ranked sixth in the Division II poll from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), won by scores of 8-1 and 13-4 to stretch their current winning streak to six games. Five of those wins have come in games that were called after five innings because of the mercy rule.

Sophomore Kaylynn Salyars of Muscatine hit two home runs and freshman Amaya Snyder of Cedar Rapids belted another to lead DMACC in the first game. The Bears took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and led 4-1 after four innings. They added two runs each in the fifth and seventh innings.

Snyder led DMACC's 12-hit attack with three hits, including a single and a double to go with her home run. Sophomores Emily Ades of Boone and Maddy Kearns of Glenpool, Okla., and freshman Kelsey Palmer of Cedar Rapids joined Salyars with two hits apiece in the win. Salyars drove in four runs and Snyder came away with two RBIs.

Sophomore Sydney Kennedy of Peosta improved to 13-2 with a one-hitter, She struck out 12 and walked two.

Freshman Madisyn Kelley of Nora Springs hit three home runs and drove in nine runs to power DMACC to its win in the second game. Sophomore Kendal Clark of Humboldt and freshman Campbell Kelley of Rock Island, Ill., also homered in the win. DMACC grabbed a 10-0 lead with five runs in each of the first and second innings and added two runs in the third and one in the fourth. ILCC scored twice in the third and twice in the fourth.

Kennedy had two hits in the game and Clark drove in a pair of runs.

Freshman Courtney Donahue of Marshfield, Wis., stayed unbeaten at 7-0 with the win. She went four innings, allowing four runs on five hits and struck out eight batters. Freshman Kinsley Robertson of Tiffin pitched one inning, allowing one hit and striking out two batters.

The two teams will close out the four-game series today at Estherville. ILCC is 19-9 overall and 4-6 in the ICCAC.