The North Platte Community College Knights softball team split a double header against the Central Community College Lady Raiders, losing the first game 12 – 3 and winning the night cap 8 – 6 in a key National Junior College Region IX Division II match up

In the first game the Lady Raiders scored six runs in the first inning highlighted by a double by Janey Pasold.  The Lady Raider added two runs in the second on a home run by Morgan Uldrich and a single by Blake Kappington which scored Logan Zeleny.

The Knights scored in their half of the second when Brittney Odum doubled and was batted in by Jessica Jarvis.

The Lady Raiders came back with three runs in the bottom of the third on home runs by Kira Ramirez and  Jayd Roberts to make the score 11 – 1. The Knights scored two runs in the fourth on a single by Sara Villalobos which scored Odum and Carol Motis.

The Lady Raiders added a run in the top of the fifth when Ramirez singled and then scored on an error.

In game two, the Knights jumped out to an early lead.  Mehana Chang homered in the first to give the Kinights a 1 – 0 lead. Sara Runia scored on a fieler’s choice by Tara Crouch to take a 2 – 0 lead.

The Knights made it 6 – 0 in the second on runs by Motis, Jarvis, Chang and Runia.

The Lady Raiders started to come back in the fourth by scoring two runs by Dittmer and Alissa Edwards to pull within four runs.

The Knights added some insurance runs with runs by Jarvis and Crouch.

The Knights improve to 14-20 on the season and 5 – 1 in region play.  The Lady Raiders are 14 – 17 on the season and 5 – 3 in region play.

The Knights are back in action tomorrow when they face Southeast Community College.  The game times are at 2 pm and 4 pm.

The games may be heard on ESPN Radio 1410 or on www.northplattepost.com.   They will also be live streamed on www.coachesaid.com.