No. 18 Tritons sweep FSCC softball

No. 18-ranked Iowa Central swept Fort Scott Community College softball Saturday in a non-conference doubleheader at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex. The Tritons took game one 22-9 and posted an 8-0 shutout in the second game.

Both teams scored 4 runs in the first inning of the opener and Fort Scott (5-8) held a 6-4 lead after two. But a 6-run fourth put Iowa Central (3-4) ahead 11-6 and the Tritions also added 9 in the top of the seventh.

Cheyenne Brewer was 3 for 4 at the plate for the Greyhounds, scoring twice. Lauren Scott hit a pair of home runs, her first two of the season, and drove in 4 runs. Hayley Bledsoe was 2 for 4.

The Tritons scored 5 runs in the top of the second inning of game two. Two Triton pitchers combined on a no-hitter. Lexi Binder struck out 6 batters and walked 2 in four innings. Paige Siewert struck out 2 in three innings.

Iowa Central has played defending Division I national champion Butler this season as well as Division I schools Ranger and North Central Texas. These were just the Tritons' second and third games this season against another Division II school.

The Greyhounds will play a doubleheader in Sedalia, Mo. Wednesday against State Fair Community College.

Game One

Fort Scott............. 420 110 1 -- 9 13 2

WP -- May. LP -- Smith (2-3).

HR -- Iowa Central: Burt (4th inn., 2 on, 1 out). Fort Scott: Scott 2 (2; 1st inn., 2 on, 2 out; 5th inn., none on, none out).

Game Two

Fort Scott.............. 000 000 0 -- 0 0 2

WP -- Binder. LP -- Wimp (2-3).

HR -- Burt (2nd inn., none on, none out).