Kirkwood Softball

No. 9 Eagles trounce No. 12 Tritons

Kirkwood pitcher Nicky Simpson had a simple plan Sunday in cold, blustery conditions at the ballpark.

Throw strikes, get quick outs, get back in the dugout, reach for the hand-warmers, climb into a warm jacket.

"I think that was part of everyone's mentality that you had in the back of your head," she said. "Keep getting outs so you could get back in the dugout."

The plan worked perfectly.

Simpson tossed a one-hitter as the ninth-ranked Kirkwood Eagles blasted No. 12 Iowa Central, 13-0, in the first game of an ICCAC softball doubleheader at Kirkwood.

Brooke Prior followed the same script in the nightcap with a tidy two-hitter as the Eagles completed an impressive sweep, 11-1. Both games lasted only 4 1/2 innings due to the 10-run rule.

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Weeces tosses 1-hitter as Coe sweeps

FULTON, Mo. - Arran Weeces pitched a one-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts Saturday as Coe nipped Westminster College, 1-0, in the first game of a softball doubleheader in Fulton, Mo.

Coe won the second game, 11-1.

Weeces (7-1) did not walk any batters in her masterpiece. She was touched for a leadoff single in the bottom of the first inning and did not allow another baserunner all day.

Coe scored its only run in the first game in the top of the second inning. Mallory McArtor tripled down the right-field line with two outs and scored on a single by Erin Lang. Lang was 3-for-4 in the ballgame.

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Kirkwood softball sweeps Simpson JV

INDIANOLA - Lexie Biehl belted two home runs and drove in six runs as Kirkwood clobbered the Simpson junior varsity, 15-1, in the second game of a college softball doubleheader Friday in Indianola.

Kirkwood also won the first game, 4-1.

Biehl went 3-for-3 and scored three runs in the second game. Allie Mengler went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs. Tara Walls was 2-for-3 with a solo home run. Chasney Jenkins was 2-for-2 and scored three runs.

Nicky Simpson pitched a complete game for Kirkwood in the opener. She had five strikeouts and allowed seven hits. Jasmine Ragusi and Walls were 2-for-4 with an RBI.

The sweep raised Kirkwood's record to 9-5. The Eagles host Iowa Lakes in a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m.

Kirkwood softball team sweeps Friends

WICHITA, Kan. - Brooke Prior belted two home runs and Erin Weno had a solo blast as the Kirkwood softball team swept a doubleheader from Friends on Tuesday, 5-2 and 8-4.

Weno hit her home run in the 5-2 victory in the first game. Allie Mengler was the winning pitcher.

Brior socked her two home runs and drove in four runs in the 8-4 victory in the second game. Tara Walls, Riley Ogden and Natalie Clark also had two hits for the Eagles. Nicolette Simpson was the winning pitcher.

The sweep lifted Kirkwood to 7-5 for the season. Kirkwood's game against Coffeyville on Wednesday was canceled.