- Campbell Kelley drives in only DMACC run in 4-1 loss to Louisburg
- Emily Ades and Kendal Clark collect RBIs in 2-0 win over Danville Area
- Bears will face third-seeded South Mountain CC today in an elimination game
The DMACC softball team split a pair of games on the second day of the 2023 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II World Series at Tyger River Park in Spartanburg, S.C.
The Bears, seeded tenth, dropped a 4-1 decision to second-seeded Louisburg Community College (LCC) in a championship bracket matchup and then defeated ninth-seeded Danville Area Community College (DACC), 2-0, in an elimination game.
Freshman Campbell Kelley of Rock Island, Ill., drove in DMACC's only run in the loss to LCC. The Bears trailed 1-0 after three innings but tied the game with a run in the top of the fourth when freshman Amaya Snyder of Cedar Rapids led off with a double and scored on Kelley's single to right field.
LCC broke the tie with a run in the bottom of the fourth and then scored twice in the bottom of the fifth to get the win.
Snyder and sophomore Emily Ades of Boone led the Bears with two hits apiece.
Freshman Courtney Donahue of Marshfield, Wis., pitched the first four and a third innings for DMACC and fell to 16-2 with the loss. She allowed four runs on eight hits, struck out four and walked one. Freshman Kinsley Robertson of Tiffin went an inning and two-thirds, allowing one hit and striking out two batters.
Ades and sophomore Kendal Clark of Humboldt hit run-scoring singles in the third to lift the Bears past DACC, 2-0. Freshman Ceara Swanson of Lincoln, Neb., began the rally with a one-out base hit, but was forced at second on an infield grounder by freshman Kelsey Palmer of Cedar Rapids, Palmer moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on Ades' base hit. Ades then stole second and scored on a base hit by Clark.
DMACC had just six hits in the win, one single each from Ades, Clark, Snyder, Swanson, sophomore Sydney Kennedy of Peosta and sophomore Kaylynn Salyars of Muscatine.
Kennedy pitched all seven innings and got her 24th win of the season against four losses. She gave up three hits, struck out nine and walked one.
The DMACC softball team, 51-11, will face third-seeded South Mountain Community College (SMCC) at 1 p.m. today in an elimination game. SMCC won its tournament opener, 3-1, then was upset by sixth-seeded Jones Community College (JCC), 8-6, in the second round. The Cougars then defeated Lansing Community College (LCC), 8-0 in an elimination game. They take a 54-9 record against the Bears.