NIACC splits pair with Kansas City CC

• NIACC collects 10 hits in first-game victory
• Olive drives in 5 runs in 10-1 win

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - The NIACC softball team split a pair of games Saturday afternoon with Kansas City CC.

NIACC picked up a 10-1 victory in five innings in the opener and dropped the second contest 5-4.

In the first game,  NIACC freshman right-hander Macy Kellar (6-3) tossed a 2-hitter with five strikeouts with one walk.

Sophomore leadoff hitter Katy Olive powered the Trojan offense by going 2 for 4, including a double and home run, with five RBIs, which matched a career high. Olive also drove in five runs against Indian Hills this season on March 1.

Olive now has eight home runs this season and 22 for her career. The 22 home runs ranks third on the Trojans' career home run list.

In Saturday's doubleheader, Olive increased her school-record career stolen base record to 96. She also now has scored 108 runs, which ranks second on the school's career list.

Also for the Trojans, Madisyn Bauer and Emily Jones both collected two hits for the Trojans.

NIACC collected 10 hits in the first game Saturday. It is the eighth time this season that the Trojans have reached double figures in the hit category.

In the second game, Bauer and Emily Rigdon both collected two hits.

Kansas City CC scored two runs in the first inning, one run in the second and third innings and one in the fifth inning. NIACC scored two runs in the third inning and single runs in the fifth and seventh frames.

Rigdon (2-4) took the loss for the Trojans. She allowed five runs (4 earned) on eight hits with a career-best four strikeouts and three walks.

NIACC (10-10) returns to action Sunday in a doubleheader with Kansas City CC.

2024 NIACC softball season highs

Hitting:

Runs scored – 11 vs. Indian Hills (3-1-24) – Won 11-10

Hits – 13, three times.

Doubles – 5, twice.

Triples – 1, three times.

Home runs – 5 vs. Heartland CC (3-8-24)

Stolen bases – 7 vs. State Fair CC (2-17-24)

Pitching:

Strikeouts – 11 vs. Indian Hills (2-16-24)

WHERE NIACC PLAYERS RANK ON CAREER LISTS (Through games of March 16, 2024)

HITTING

Hits - 18. Katy Olive 93; T21. Emily Jones 90

RBIs - 5. Emily Jones 88; 19. Olive 26; 20. Brynnlin Kroymann 61.

Doubles - T3. Jones 29; 6. Kroymann 24; T12. Olive 21.

Home runs - 3. Olive 22; 7. Jones 19.

Base on balls – T5. Olive 40; T18. Jones 31; 24. Kroymann 25.

Stolen bases - 1. Olive 96.

Runs scored - 2. Olive 108; 14. Jones 70; T14. Kroymann 69.

PITCHING

Strikeouts - 10. Brynn Stalberger 118.