Warriors Shut Down SCC in Conference Sweep

Ottumwa -- Indian Hills played their first three conference doubleheaders on the road and gained a split in all three. They did better than that in their first home twinbill in the league, knocking off visiting Southeastern CC twice on Thursday, 10-6 and 7-1.

With the wins, the Warriors reach the 30-win mark for the season (30-13) and improve to 5-3 in the conference with two doubleheaders still to play.

The key moment in game one came in the top of the 5th inning with Indian Hills already down 6-4. SCC had the bases loaded with only one out against IHCC starter Hannah Washburn.

Washburn got a strikeout and a ground out from the third and fourth hitters in the SCC lineup to escape the jam, then shut out the Blackhawks over the final two innings.

The Warriors immediately responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning to grab the lead. A two-run triple by Morgan Powers was the big blow in the inning. Kylee Homewood and Jordan Grell had RBI-singles.

Indian Hills spotted the visitors an early 4-0 lead with three of the runs on a Tina Gonzalez home run in the 2nd. The Warriors tied the game with a four-run 3rd. They sent 10 batters to the plate and scored three unearned runs on a pair of SCC errors. Nicole Steinle provided a two-run double in the frame.

Two more runs in the 6th finished the scoring. Cortney Wood had four hits for the Warriors and Powers had three.

The Warriors scored three runs in the 1st inning of the second game and rolled to the victory.

Grell doubled off the center field fence to drive in the first run and Jenna Wolfe added a two-run single.

SCC scored their only run off IHCC starter Kylee Coughlin in the 3rd inning and it was unearned. The sophomore scattered five hits, walked one and struck out three.

Sydney Hallbauer hit a solo home run in the 4th and then homered again, this time over the scoreboard in left-center, in the 6th.

Powers had her second three-hit game of the day in the second game and Wood had two more hits, giving her six for the DH. The IHCC bats produced 27 hits in the twinbill.

Indian Hills will take on Iowa Western in a home doubleheader on Saturday.