Kirkwood Softball

No.11 Eagles split with No.5 DMACC

BOONE - The Kirkwood Eagles outscored DMACC 16-5 Wednesday in a conference softball doubleheader in Boone, but all they got for their efforts was a split.

The fifth-ranked DMACC Bears edged the 11th-ranked Eagles, 3-1, in the first game of their twinbill. Kirkwood rebounded and bashed the Bears in the second game, 15-2, in five innings.

The split left DMACC in first place in the league standings with an 11-1 record. Kirkwood is in second place with a 9-1 mark. The Bears have a 29-6 overall record and the Eagles are 21-7.

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KCC softball splits with Indian Hills

The Kirkwood softball team traded one-run victories with Indian Hills Sunday in a non-conference doubleheader at the Kirkwood field.

Indian Hills won the first game, 6-5, snapping Kirkwood's 15-game winning streak. The Eagles took the nightcap, 12-11.

The split left the 11th-ranked Eagles with a 20-6 record. Indian Hills left town with a 13-8 mark.

Kirkwood hit four home runs in the doubleheader, giving the Eagles 57 homers in 26 games.

Brooke Prior went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs in the second game for Kirkwood. She is hitting .444 with nine home runs and 30 RBIs. Lexie Biehl went 3-for-5 with a home run in the second game. She is hitting .529 with 11 homers and 39 RBIs.

Chasney Jenkins went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs in the victory. Mallory Neubauer was 2-for-4 with four RBIs. Nicky Simpson (7-3) was the winning pitcher.

Tara Walls was 3-for-3 with two RBIs for the Eagles in the opener. Jasmine Ragusi belted a home run and drove in three runs. Prior was 3-for-4. Allie Mengler (8-3) was charged with the loss.

Kirkwood softball enjoys 15-game streak

The Kirkwood Community College softball team is riding a 15-game winning streak after sweeping a conference doubleheader from NIACC Saturday.

The 11th-ranked Eagles won the first game, 10-5, and captured the nightcap 9-0.

Jasmine Ragusi went 6-for-7 in the twinbill with a home run and six RBIs, raising her batting average to .483. Chasney Jenkins was 6-for-8 in the doubleheader, raising her batting average to .576.

Ragusi and Jenkins were both 3-for-4 in the first game. Alicia Crivaro, Brooke Prior and Lexie Biehl had two hits. Mallory Neubauer collected two RBIs. Allie Mengler (8-2) was the winning pitcher.

Ragusi was 3-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs in the second game. Jenkins went 3-for-4 again with two doubles. Prior had two RBIs and was the winning pitcher, making her record 3-0.

Kirkwood raised its records to 19-5 overall and 8-0 in the ICCAC conference. NIACC fell to 7-20 overall and 0-8 in the league.

No. 11 Eagles belt 9 more home runs

ROCHESTER, Minn. - The Kirkwood softball team socked nine home runs Friday and cruised to a pair of easy victories in Rochester, Minn.

The 11th-ranked Eagles cruised past St. Cloud Tech, 15-0, and blanked Ridgewater, 11-0.

Lexie Biehl, Brooke Prior and Alicia Crivaro hit two home runs in the twinbill. Natalie Clark, Riley Ogden and Lexi Quandt also cleared the bases for Kirkwood.

The Eagles (17-5) have hit 21 home runs in their last four games. They belted 12 homers in a sweep of Ellsworth Sunday and now have 52 homers in 22 games.

Allie Mengler pitched a one-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts against St. Cloud Tech. Jasmine Ragusi was 3-for-4 and Chasney Jenkins was 2-for-3. Ragusi and Jenkins had two RBIs.

Hannah Cole tossed four shutout innings against Ridgewater. She allowed only two hits and had eight strikeouts. Biehl and Prior had three RBIs against Minnesota West.

Biehl has hit 10 home runs this season for the powerful Eagles and Prior has eight homers