Solid pitching leads Barton Softball to consecutive sweep at Colby #GoBarton

The Barton Community College softball team hasn't had much success in Colby through the years but Saturday the Cougars swept its doubleheader 6-5 and 6-1 at Colby Community College for the second consecutive season.

The sweep improves Barton to 4-0 in KJCCC and 7-5 on the season as Colby drops to 0-4 in league and 9-7 overall.

Barton heads back to the road Wednesday for a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader at Garden City Community College before hosting Dodge City Community College on Saturday.

In game one the bottom of the lineup collected seven of the Cougars' 13 hits, led by Elina Bartlett and Karter Alvord's 3-for-4 performances with 2 RBI.

Trailing into the fourth inning, long balls from Chloe Enslinger's 2-run home run and Mia Mascarenas' solo shot provided the final scoring difference putting the Cougars in front for good at 6-5.

After grabbing the lead, Meleia Ingram settled in the circle throwing shutout frames allowing just a two-out single becoming the lone baserunner during the remaining four innings. Tagged with three earned runs of the Trojans' five total, Ingram struck out 8 total batters with just one walk and 7 hits improving to 4-2 on the freshman's season.

Allyson McDougal led the day's performances batting .667 on 6-of-9 from the plate with two RBIs. Picking up two hits in the opener, McDougal followed with a 4-of-5 performance behind Laney Wood's top of the lineup 2-for-5 combing for six of the squad's 10 hits.

Bartlett's first inning single put the Cougars up 2-0 in their first at-bat with Enslinger's sixth inning sac fly and McDougal's 2-RBI double in the seventh capping the scoring highlights.

Brooklynn Angielski threw six innings of no-hit ball in the nightcap, finishing with two hits and zero walks improving to 2-2 on the year.

Colby's pair of hits and lone tally came in the home half of the first frame, a two-out single advancing to second on a throwing error scoring on another hit resulting in an unearned run.