| Show Lady Bruins Bruins ti Stay Atop SWAG By Justin McBride Sports Editor T The Lady Bruins extended their j defeated defeat defeat- 7 win streak to ten as they ed the Utah Valley State College Wolverines to take sole 1 possession of first place in the Scenic West Athletic Conference by Only leading half a game going into Fridays games there was no doubt c these were huge games for both teams weekend Its a really big for us said catcher Kate in an interview on Globe Gobe Radio Its been a big rivalry the last few years because they've been the best in See on page 8 continued from page 1 the and been and weve been past right bee ix id a them This ye year r we we hope i it will be different The Lady Bruins went into Fridays Friday's game looking to prove Kate right The first game was tough as two of the conferences top pitchers Lindsie Nielsen and Ericka Jones faced off It wasn't until the fifth inning one of these elite pitchers had their shutout bid cancelled Angela McIver Mclver reached on a base hit She made her way to third base then thanks to an error on the Wolverines defense made her herway herway herway way home for the only run of the game The second game Kate did her part to support her words on Globe Radio got on the board early with a run in hi the top of the first but then drove in three runs in the bottom of the first including a home run by Kate ard would put one more on the board but then in inthe inthe inthe the fifth Kate blasted another home run as added three more to put the Lady Bruins up for good Amy Russell only gave up three hits and struck out four batters batters batters bat bat- in the win for while Kate went 3 from the plate including both home runs and a double and had 4 Chyna Wilcox added to the winning winning winning win win- ning campaign with three hits and Lindsey Cozzens had two as the Lady Bruins defeated the Lady Wolverines 6 Mother Nature had something something something some some- thing to say in this series too as asboth asboth asboth both of Saturdays Saturday's games were cancelled due to snow now leads in the standings by two games but travel to St. St George this weekend to face a Dixie State team sitting just one game behind them Dixie took the second second sec- sec ond i spot in the conference e from this past weekend as the Lady Rebels outs outscored cored North Idaho Community College 4 38 over their four game series The Lady Bruins hosted Dixie State in mid-March mid for a four game series with each team taking two games With the season season season sea sea- son winding down and only a afew afew afew few games left this weekend will be really important in deciding deciding deciding ing who the first place team in inthe inthe inthe the conference will be and who will host the conference tournament tournament tournament ment The Lady Bruins play playa a pair of games on Wednesday starting at 1 00 then they'll play two more games on Friday starting at noon C |
