Summary: Emily Lister singled home the winning run in the bottom of the seventh to give Ricks a 2-1, come-from-behind win over North Idaho. North Idaho's Mandy Alton dueled Ricks pitcher Amy Cousin to a scoreless standstill through the first five innings. North Idaho drew first blood in the sixth, when Melissa Truesdell doubled in Megan Carpenter to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead. Ricks struck back in the bottom of the sixth, with Tawnya Woodbury's two-out single driving in the tying run. Then, in the seventh, Alton hit Ricks' Natalie Vance with a pitch. After Vance moved to second, Lister singled off releiver Kalli McGilley to give Ricks the win.

Box Score


                          SWAC SOFTBALL--2002
                 North Idaho College vs Ricks College
             May 3, 2002 at Orem, Utah (Wolverine Diamond)

North Idaho College 1 (18-24)        Ricks College 2 (23-21)

                  AB  R  H RBI                         AB  R  H RBI

Kellogg,K cf       3  0  0  0        Bramwell 2b        4  0  1  0 
Broatch,C 2b       3  0  0  0        Vance cf           3  1  1  0 
Carpenter,M rf     2  1  0  0        Lockhart lf        2  0  0  0 
Truesdell,M ss     3  0  2  1        Lister 1b          4  0  3  0 
Mackey,Megan 3b    3  0  1  0        Yost c             2  0  0  0 
Paterson,P 1b/lf   3  0  0  0        Wright rf          2  1  0  0 
Thoreen,Anne c     3  0  0  0        Rackham ss         3  0  1  0 
Folden,A dh        3  0  0  0        Woodberry dh       3  0  1  1 
Hunter,M lf        1  0  0  0        Goodman 3b         2  0  0  0 
Smith,Katie ph/1b  1  0  0  0        Cousin p           0  0  0  0 
Alton,Mandy p      0  0  0  0        Molifua p          0  0  0  0 
McGilley,K p       0  0  0  0         

Totals......      25  1  3  1        Totals......      25  2  7  1 

Score by innings:                   R  H  E
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North Idaho College   000 001 0  -  1  3  2
Ricks College         000 001 1  -  2  7  1
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Note: 1 out, 1 runner(s) LOB when the game ended.

E - Mackey,Megan; Hunter,M; Bramwell. LOB - North Idaho 4; Ricks 10. 2B -
Truesdell,M. SH - Lockhart 2. SB - Vance. 

                       IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF Fly Gnd  NP

Alton,Mandy L 7-12    6.1  6  2  2  3  4   0  0  1  0   24 30   2 12
McGilley,K            0.0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    1  1   0  0

Cousin                6.0  3  1  1  1  4   0  0  0  0   22 23   8  6
Molifua W 8-10        1.0  0  0  0  0  2   0  0  0  0    3  3   1  0

HBP - by Alton,Mandy (Vance). 

Strikeouts - Broatch,C; Paterson,P; Thoreen,Anne; Folden,A; Hunter,M;
Smith,Katie; Bramwell; Lister; Woodberry; Goodman. Walks - Carpenter,M;
Yost; Wright; Goodman. 

Umpires - 
Start: 10:00 AM   Time: 2:20   Attendance: 
McGilley,K faced 1 batter in the 7th.