The seven-game win streak for the Barton Community College softball team came to an end Friday on the road as the Cougars dropped a pair of key conference games at Colby Community College.
Stymied on just three hits in the opener's 8-0 six inning loss, Barton tripled their output with nine hits in game two but it wasn't enough in falling 9-4.
The setbacks drop Barton to 17-5 in conference play and 24-15 overall while fourth place Colby creeps closer at 14-6 and 25-9 on the season.
Dropping two games behind the conference leaders, Barton has its chance at redemption with dates against both conference leaders and a rematch with Colby next on the schedule. On Wednesday the Cougars travel to 15th ranked and conference leader Hutchinson for a 3:00 p.m. twin bill, followed by next Saturday's 1:00 p.m. "Sophomore Day" hosting the rematch with Colby. Barton then travels to Butler on Wednesday, April 19, before closing out Cougar Field April 26 hosing Dodge City then wrapping up the regular season April 29 at Northwest Kansas Technical College.
Laci Dryden led the Cougars' output on the day with a 3-for-3 performance in game two with Sydni Williams driving home a run in going 2-for-4.
Jaysa Anderson had her school record 30-game hit streak come to an end in game one, just the third time in the season's first 38 games the sophomore has been held hitless.
Four pitchers saw circle duty, Jenna Henderson dropping to 5-9 as four errors plagued the Cougars' defense in the opener with four more miscues not helping the cause in the second game sending Kayla Beers to the loss dropping to 5-2 on the year.