Northwest at No. 3 College of Idaho

Friday | March 11 | 1 PM (Mountain) | Symms Field

Saturday | March 12 | 11 AM (Mountain) | Symms Field

Game Notes | CCC Softball

KIRKLAND – Northwest travels to Caldwell, Idaho, for a four-game set with third-ranked College of Idaho on Friday and Saturday.
 
Doubleheaders start at 1 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. on Saturday, Mountain time.
 
Northwest is 5-10 this season after taking three of four games from Carroll last weekend. The Eagles batted .324 for the weekend, led by Jordan Dippel (.636), Jessica Nunes (.545), and Emily Barry (.500). Sydney Maurer was 2-0 in the circle with a 1.17 earned run average. 
 
Northwest enters the weekend batting .296 as a team. four Eagles are above that mark: Emily Barry at .458, Jordan Dippel at .395, Jessica Nunes at .361, and Bella King at .357.
 
The Eagles come into the week with a 5.06 team earned run average, led by Sydney Maurer at 3.61. Bella King has a team-high 38 innings pitched, and Becca Rennick leads with 16 strikeouts.
 
Northwest, making its third consecutive trek to the College of Idaho, is 7-27 in the series. The Yotes have won 13 of the last 14 games, including five one-run games.
 
Ranked second in the NAIA preseason poll, College of Idaho is 18-2 this season and on a 17-game winning streak. The Yotes are batting .334 as a squad, led by Tanner Higgins at .462 and Kaily Christensen at .418. Hattie Hruza bats .370 and leads the team with four home runs. Those three players have combined for 67 RBIs this season. CI has a 2.72 team earned run average, led by Katelyn Wilfer at 5-1 with a 0.99 ERA.