SB 20-21
1
Spoon River Snappers Varsity SPNR 0
7
Winner Parkland College PRKL 20-2-0, 0 Mid-West Athletic Conference
Spoon River Snappers Varsity SPNR
0
1
Final
7
Parkland College PRKL
20-2-0, 0 Mid-West Athletic Conference
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Spoon River Snappers Varsity SPNR 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2
Parkland College PRKL 0 0 0 1 1 5 X 7 6 2

W: Ramey, Chayse (10-0) L: Miranda Fogal (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Joey Gruner

No. 19 Cobras Softball Opens M-WAC Play with a Sweep

Two wins over Spoon River

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – No. 19 Parkland College Softball (21-2, 2-0 M-WAC) won both games of its conference opener with Spoon River College (15-12, 0-2).
 
In game one, it was scoreless until the fourth, but Parkland never trailed on the way to a 7-1 victory. In game two, three Summer Johnson home runs sparked the Cobras as they erased a 2-3 deficit and won, 6-3.
 
Up next, Parkland remains in Champaign, Ill., for its second conference doubleheader against John Wood CC on Sunday, March 28. Game times are 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm.
 
 
Game 1: No. 19 Parkland- 7,  Spoon River- 1  (7 innings) 
 
Neither team was able to score through three innings. In the bottom of the fourth, Reagan Cheely (1-3, HR, 1 RBI) hit a solo home run, giving the Cobras a 1-0 lead.
 
Then, in the fifth, Lizzy Davis (1-1) drew a walk and advanced to third on an Anna Walker (2-3, 2B, HR, 1 RBI) double. Summer Johnson (1-4, HR, 1 RBI) laid down a bunt, and a Spoon River error allowed Davis to score, doubling the lead.
 
In the sixth, the Snappers scored one on an RBI single, but back-to-back-back dingers by Isabel Shafer (1-4, HR, 3 RBI), Walker, and Johnson padded the Parkland lead at 7-1.
 
Chayse Ramey (10-0) pitched Parkland to victory. Ramey lasted seven innings, allowing two hits and one run while striking out 12.
 
 
Game 2: No. 19 Parkland- 6,  Spoon River- 3  (7 innings) 
 
Spoon River took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, but a Summer Johnson (3-4, 3 HR, 4 RBI) 2-run home run tied the game. The Snappers put up one more in the second and carried a 3-2 lead into the third.
 
In the bottom of the third, Johnson hit a solo long ball, and Reagan Cheely (1-3, 2B) scored on a wild pitch. The Cobras now led, 4-3.
 
In the fourth, Isabel Shafer (3-4, 2B, HR, 1 RBI) and Johnson hit solo dingers to complete the scoring for the game.
 
Lizzy Davis (1-3, 2B) and Kaylee Warren (1-2) each added one hit, as Parkland outhit the Snappers, 9-3.
 
Emily Senjan (4-1) earned the win for the Cobras. The righty surrendered three runs on three hits over five innings, walking three and striking out two. Chayse Ramey (1 H, 3 SO) threw two innings in relief out of the bullpen.
 
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