By TODD MOORE
Barton Sports Info
Coming off a record performance in its previous conference doubleheader, the Barton Community College softball team was back to racking up the hits and runs Friday in Goodland on 22-2 and 14-5 run-rule victories at Northwest Kansas Technical College.
The Cougars trailed 2-0 in the opener before a nine-run second inning followed by another seven lighting up the scoreboard in the ensuing frame highlighted 22 unanswered runs for the five inning victory.
Barton jumped out to a 4-0 lead to the third inning of game two, had the lead cut to one before answering with seven plate crossers in the fourth before tacking a clinching three more tallies in the fifth to pre-counter a Maverick two-run rally in their last at-bat.
Improving to 19-9 in conference play and 22-16 overall, Barton takes a break from the league grind on Monday in hosting Otero Junior College in a 2:00 p.m. twin bill. Northwest Kansas falls to 1-27 in KJCCC play and 1-43 on the season.
Connecting on thirteen hits in both ends of the doubleheader, ten hits came from the combined effort of Chloe Enslinger and Allyson McDougal. Enslinger also led the squad with three doubles in driving home 7 runs while McDougal's double and triple within her 5-of-8 afternoon raised her average to a team best .489 batting average.
Leslie Ramos pushed across six run in the opener including four crossing the dish on a second inning grand slam giving the Cougars the lead for good on her 4th round tripper of the season.
In the circle Elina Bartlett struck out five in three innings of work improving to 7-3 on the year with Aly Lawrence hurling the first three innings of game two moving to 5-3 on the year.