Garden City uses nine-run inning to complete sweep of NW Tech

By Mike Pilosof

Goodland, KS-Garden City provided plenty of punch in Thursday's opener. They were equally as impressive in the finale.

Nya Chacon and Carly Powley each went yard, Arianna Griego drove in three runs, and the Broncbusters polished off a two-game sweep with a 15-3 victory over Northwest Tech.

In almost a carbon copy of game one, the Broncbusters struck first in the first on Powley's sacrifice fly. Then it was the sophomore using some muscle, flexing following a three-run homer in the third that made it 4-0.

After the Mavericks made things interesting by slicing the lead to two in the bottom half, Chacon provided some more power in the fifth. Following Powley's single to left, the freshman delivered a two-run blast to center that pushed the lead to 6-2. In the sixth, it was Powley again, ripping an RBI single, Chacon followed with a run-scoring double, Lacey Kearsley smashed an RBI hit to left, and Griego cleared the bases with a double, scoring three and capping off a nine-run inning that saw Amy Schmeckpeper's team send 13 players to the plate.

Garden City scored 15 runs on 14 hits with everyone in the lineup with exception of Micaela Mirabal collecting at least one knock. Powley drove in five runs, and Kearsley struck out three in five innings in the circle.