- Sydney Kennedy and Kendal Clark homer in an 11-0 win in the opener
- Clark and Ceara Swanson belt home runs in a 13-2 win in the second game
- Kennedy and Kinsley Robertson pitch the Bears to the wins
The DMACC softball team improved to 29-7 after sweeping a doubleheader from the William Penn University Junior Varsity (WPUJV) April 6 at the DMACC softball team.
Sophomores Sydney Kennedy of Peosta and Kendal Clark of Humboldt belted home runs in leading the Bears to an 11-0 win in the first game and Clark and freshman Ceara Swanson of Lincoln, Neb., homered in a 13-2 win in the second game. Both games were called after five innings because of the mercy rule.
Kennedy and freshman Lauryn Foudree of West Des Moines combined on a one-hitter in the first game. Kennedy, who threw the first three innings, struck out eight batters and ran her record 14-2 with the win. Foudree had three strikeouts in two innings in the circle. Neither pitcher walked a batter.
DMACC, ranked fifth in the Division II poll from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II poll, did all of its scoring in two innings, getting seven runs in the first inning and four in the third inning.
Kennedy, sophomore Emily Ades of Boone and freshman Amaya Snyder of Cedar Rapids had two hits apiece, including a double by Snyder, and Clark topped the Bears in RBIs with three. Kennedy and freshman Madisyn Kelley of Nora Springs drove in two runs apiece.
DMACC used another big inning in winning the second game. The Bears took a 3-0 lead in the first and all but put the game out of reach with seven runs in the second inning. They closed out the win with three runs in the third and one in the fourth. WPUJV scored both of its runs in the third inning.
Ades, Kennedy and sophomore Maddy Kearns of Glenpool, Okla., led DMACC at the plate with two hits apiece. In addition to the home runs by Clark and Swanson, Kearns had a triple, Ades hit two doubles and Kennedy and freshman Campbell Kelley of Rock Island, Ill., had one double apiece. Ades, Kearns, Clark, Campbell Kelley and Swanson drove in two runs apiece.
Freshman Kinsley Robertson of Tiffin threw the first three innings and ran her record to 7-3 with the win. She allowed two runs on three hits, struck out two and walked two. Freshman Courtney Donahue of Marshfield, Wis., pitched two hitless innings and struck out four batters.
The DMACC softball team returns to Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) play with a doubleheader against Southwestern Community College (SWCC) April 12 at the DMACC softball team. The Bears are 8-4 in the ICCAC. SWCC, an NJCAA Division I program, is 7-15 overall and 2-6 in Division I of the ICCAC.
