Sierra Softball Sweeps Folsom in Double Header
Story by Matt Folsom, Sierra College Athletics
Photo by David Sanborn, Sierra College Athletics
The Sierra College softball team scored six runs in the top of the seventh inning to escape Folsom Lake College with a 10-5 game- two win over the Falcons Saturday afternoon. Mikea Lewis drew a walk to lead off the seventh, followed by a Rylie Carlier single. Kaone Hunter then ripped a two-run single to put the Wolverines up 6-5. Mackenzie Lockhart's single set the stage for sister Megan Lockhart's pinch-hit, two run double. Megan came in on a Rachel Tadlock single and thenTadlock scored on a McKenna Anderson single. There was also plenty of drama in the Sierra sixth as the Wolverines erased a 4-2 Falcon lead with a leadoff HR from Hunter and RBI singles from Tadlock and Syrina Vasquez. Sophia Medina picked up the win in the circle. Game one had less drama as the Wolverines led 9-1 after two. Carlier blasted a three-run HR in the top of the fifth that cleared the scoreboard over the centerfield fence to give Sierra a 13-1 cushion. The Falcons scored three times in the home half of the fifth for a 13-4 final. Carlier finished 2-4 with the HR, a 2B and five RBI. Shyanne Winje was 3-3 with a 2B and Jenna Patterson had a 3B and a 1B in three at-bats. Sigrid Holtrop claimed the complete-game win in the circle. Sierra bats registered 30 hits in 12 innings on the day and the Wolverines swiped eight bases, led by Vasquez's four. Sierra (23-4, 10-2 Big 8) looks to avenge a 4-3 conference-opening loss at Modesto when it hosts the Pirates (6-14, 4-7) Tuesday (3/28). First pitch is at 3:00pm.
