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The Barton Community College softball team had the 5th ranked Odessa College Wranglers on the ropes for a doubleheader split Saturday in Texas but couldn't close the deal in dropping the pair of games 9-1 in five innings and 12-11 on a walk-off.
Shut down in the opener, the Cougars went run-for-run with the Wranglers in game two. Holding a two run lead from the fifth inning, Barton had Odessa down to their final strike but a single extended the inning followed by a game tying double as a Cougar error allowed the third and game winning run to cross the dish.
The fourth straight defeat against the No. 6 (Butler) and No. 5 teams (Odessa) drops the Cougars to 12-10 on the season while the Wranglers improve to 22-2.
Barton now has a busy week of conference games ahead, weather permitting hosting Hutchinson Community College on Monday and Dodge City Community College on Wednesday before traveling to Northwest Kansas Technical College on Saturday. First pitch times for Cougar Field action set for 1:00 p.m. with Saturday's date in Goodland slated for 2:00 p.m. central time.