DMACC Sophomore Maddy Kearns had three hits, including two doubles and two RBI for the Bears in the first game

·         Emily Ades of Boone and Kelsey Palmer of Cedar Rapids each had two hits in the opener  

·         DMACC is ranked eighth in the nation according to the latest NJCAA Division II poll

The DMACC softball team lost both games of a doubleheader to nationally-ranked Kirkwood Community College (KCC) April 17 at the KCC softball diamond in Cedar Rapids. Kirkwood won the first game by a 5-4 score in eight innings and won 10-1 in five innings in the second contest. 

In the first game, DMACC, which is ranked eighth in the nation in this week's National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II poll, scored a run in the top of the eighth inning to take a 4-3 lead.  However, KCC scored twice in the bottom of the eighth to record the 5-4 win.  KCC is now ranked 16th in the latest NJCAA Division II poll. 

DMACC and KCC both had 11 hits in the game.  Sophomore Maddy Kearns of Glenpool, OK had three hits, including two doubles and two RBI for the Bears.  Emily Ades, a sophomore from Boone, and Kelsey Palmer, a freshman from Cedar Rapids, each hit two hits.  

Sophomore Sydney Kennedy of Peosta pitched a complete game for the Bears, giving up four earned runs and 11 hits, while walking one batter and striking out 13. She suffered the loss and is now 17-3 on the season.

In the second game, the Bears came up with only four hits—one each by Kennedy, Palmer, freshman Madisyn Kelley of Nora Springs and sophomore Amaya Snyder of Cedar Rapids.   

Freshman Kinsley Robinson of Tiffin pitched two and two thirds innings giving up seven runs, however, all seven runs were unearned thanks to three costly errors by the Bears. With the loss, she is now 7-4 on the season. Freshman Lauryn Foudree of West Des Moines gave up three hits and three runs in the two innings she was on the mound.  She had three strikeouts.  

The DMACC softball team will again play Iowa Western Community College (IWCC) in a doubleheader April 18 at the DMACC softball diamond.  IWCC is 20-13 overall and 6-8 in conference play.