Softball | 5/16/2018 9:12:00 PM
CLINTON – The site changed, but the results were the same.
The No. 2 seed Jones County Junior College Lady Bobcats slugged four home runs and got its second straight combined no-hitter and whipped Potomac St. (West Virginia) 13-0 in five innings here Wednesday afternoon at Traceway Park in round one of the NJCAA Division II National Tournament.
Taylor Murray (Parklane Academy) belted two home runs and
Hallie Donald (Mooreville) and
Nancy Williams (Southeast Lauderdale) also homered to pace JCJC's 12-hit attack.
Starter
Madison Burge (Harrison Central) and reliever
McKennah Sikes (Van Buren, Arkansas) combined on the no-hitter. Last Saturday,
Karli Perque (Westwego, Louisiana) and Donald combined on a five-inning, 10-0 no-hitter vs. LSU-Eunice in the Region 23 Tournament title game at Fulton.
JCJC, 50-3 and winners of 17 straight games, will now play Illinois Central at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in a winner's bracket game. The game will air on
www.jcjc.tv. ICC edged Johnson County (Kansas) 11-10 in nine innings on Wednesday.
Burge walked Abby Gillingham, the first batter of the game, and then retired nine straight Catamounts. She finished with six strikeouts and improved to 16-1. Sikes then retired all six batters she faced over the final two innings.
JCJC took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Murray doubled to left, took third on an error and scored on a long double by
Emily Robinson (Lafayette). After
Callie Venable (Clinton, Louisiana) walked, Robinson scored on Donald's sacrifice fly to center. Venable then stole second and came all the way around to score on an error.
Bailey Gilbert (Sylva-Bay Academy) walked to start the second inning and
Sarah Brock (North Pike) singled with one out.
Kelsha Loftin's (Mendenhall) double scored Gilbert and Brock would score on an error. Murray then crushed a two-run home run over the leftfield fence to make it 7-0. Robinson followed with a single to center and scored on Venable's triple to center. Donald followed with a two-run home run to left to make it 10-0.
In the third,
Natilyn Hasty (Germantown) reached on an infield hit and Murray launched her 12th home run of the year over the leftfield fence to make it 12-0.
Nancy Williams (Southeast Lauderdale) ended the scoring when she led off the bottom of the fourth with an opposite field home run to right.
Murray homered twice, doubled and drove in four runs. Robinson doubled and singled with Donald and Williams adding home runs. Venable tripled, Loftin doubled and Brock, Hasty and
Angel Guyton (Smithville) added singles.
Kadi Cosgrove went 2.2 innings for the Catamounts and took the loss. She allowed 12 runs (10 earned), 10 hits, walked two and struck out two. Makenah Harrington pitched 1.1 innings, allowed one run, two hits and struck out one. Potomac St. is now 23-10-1.
Wednesday's game
Clinton
Traceway Park
Jones County 13, Potomac St. (West Virginia) 0
(5 innings)
Potomac St. (23-10-1) 000 00 – 0 0 2
Jones County (50-3) 372 1x – 13 12 0
Kadi Cosgrove, Makenah Harrington (3) and Sierra Farris.
Madison Burge,
McKennah Sikes (4) and
Bailey Gilbert.
WP-Burge (16-1).
LP-Cosgrove.
PS hitters:None.
JCJC hitters:
Taylor Murray 2 HR, 2B;
Emily Robinson 2B, 1B;
Hallie Donald HR;
Nancy Williams HR;
Callie Venable 3B;
Kelsha Loftin 2B;
Natilyn Hasty 1B;
Angel Guyton 1B;
Sarah Brock 1B.
LOB:PS-1; JCJC-2.
T: 1:35.
NJCAA Division II Tournament
Clinton
Traceway Park
Wednesday's results
G1, Des Moines Area (IA) 8, Mott (MI) 0
G2, Lincoln Land (IL) 1, Lansing (MI) 0
G3, Kirkwood (IA) 17, Kankakee (IL) 0
G4, Phoenix (AZ) 6, Pitt (NC) 0
G5, LSU-Eunice 5, Mercer County (NJ) 4
G6, Cowley (KS) 3, Madison (WI) 0
G7, Illinois Central 11, Johnson County (KS) 0
G8, Jones County 13, Potomac St. (WV) 0
Thursday's games
G9, Mott vs. Lansing, 1:30 p.m.
G10, Kankakee vs. Pitt, 1:30 p.m.
G11, Mercer County vs. Madison, 1:30 p.m.
G12, Johnson County vs. Potomac St., 1:30 p.m.
G13, Des Moines Area vs. Lincoln Land, 3:30 p.m.
G14, Kirkwood vs. Phoenix, 3:30 p.m.
G15, LSU-Eunice vs. Cowley, 3:30 p.m.
G16, Illinois Central vs. Jones County, 3:30 p.m.
G17, Winner G12 vs. Loser G13, 5:30 p.m.
G18, Winner G11 vs. Loser G14, 5:30 p.m.
G19, Winner G10 vs. Loser G15, 5:30 p.m.
G20, Winner G9 vs. Loser G16, 5:30 p.m.
Friday's games
G21, Winner G13 vs. Winner G14, noon
G22, Winner G15 vs. Winner G16, noon
G23, Winner G20 vs. Winner G19, noon
G24, Winner G18 vs. Winner G17, noon
G25, Winner G23 vs. Loser G21, 2 p.m.
G26, Winner G24 vs. Loser G22, 2 p.m.
G27, Winner G21 vs. Winner G22, 4 p.m.
G28, Winner G25 vs. Winner G26, 6 p.m.
Saturday's games
G29, Winner G28 vs. Loser G27, 11:30 a.m.
G30, Championship, Winner G27 vs. Winner G29, 1:30 p.m.
G31, if necessary 4 p.m.
