MCC Softball rolls with 51-run day in doubleheader sweep over Lamar CC

LAMAR, Colo. – The McCook Community College won two more games at Lamar picking up two Sunday wins by the scores of 21-2 and 30-0.

In the pitching circle, sophomore Hailee Ruble (Delta, Colo.) didn't allow an earned run in Game 1 and freshman Isabella Robertson (Las Alamos, N.M.) tossed a four-hit shutout in Game 2.

"We got great pitching performances from Hailee and Bell today," said MCC Coach Mike Mendenhall. "They competed in the zone and we made plays behind them."

Sophomore Cassidy Fife (Provo, Utah) went six-for-10 on the afternoon with eight RBIs. Andie Suhai (Medicine Hat, Alberta) had five hits in six at bats with a home run and four RBIs. Sophomore Emma Pennala (Kennewick, Wash.) went five-for-seven with six RBIs and freshman Brylee Dean (Gering) went four-for-five in Game 2 with four RBIs.

"We had a pretty good day at the plate for us having 39 hits combined. We just couldn't get out," said Mendenhall. "We weren't trying to run up the score by any means. We were just locked in and then took advantage of their miscues."

Lamar falls to 0-22 in the region and 2-28 overall.

The two teams resume the five-game series with a single game Monday.

MCC is now 11-7 in Region IX and 17-19 overall.

On Tuesday MCC travels to North Platte for two games starting at 4 p.m. followed by a Wednesday trip to Beatrice for a pair of games with Southeast Community College starting at 2 p.m. This weekend the team will host Trinidad State in a five-game series with doubleheaders Friday and Saturday starting at noon and 11 a.m. Sunday.

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GAME 1 – McCook CC 21, Lamar 2: MCC scored five runs in the first, six runs in the second, four in the third and six more in the fifth.

Lamar scored a pair of unearned runs in the fifth off Hailee Ruble who allowed six hits (three in the fifth) in the complete-game win and walked four.

Fife led the 14-hit attack going three-for-five with a double and five RBIs. MCC got two hit games from Suhai, who homered and scored four times, Ruble who also scored four runs, Emma Pennala, and freshman Katie Taylor (McCook).

GAME 2 –McCook CC 30, Lamar 0: The visitors scored 14 runs in the first inning, added two in the second, nine in the third, one in the fourth and four in the fifth.

Isabella Robertson (Las Alamos, N.M.) went five innings, allowed four hits, walked two and struck out four.

MCC had 25 hits in five innings of at bats led by Brylee Dean who when four-for-five with a triple, three runs scored and a team-high four RBIs.

Sophomore Nevaeh Ogden (Littleton Colo.) had a three-hit game with a double, four runs scored and two RBIs. Sophomore Madisyn Simms (Maple Ridge, British Columbia) went three-for-four with four runs, a home run and six RBIs. Andi Suhai went three-for-four with a double and an RBI. Emma Pennala had three hits in five at bats, scored twice and drove in four runs. Cassidy Fife went three-for-five with three runs and three RBIs.