NPCC Softball drops doubleheader to McCook

The North Platte Community College Knights Softball Team struggled to find their groove against the McCook Community College Indians Wednesday in McCook sustaining an 8-1 loss in the first game of a doubleheader.

Kyleigh Sullivan, of Fort Worth, Texas, took to the rubber for the Knights. The righty allowed seven hits and eight runs over six innings, striking out one and walking one.

Zoey Bredleau-Beehler, of Portland, Ore., and Jayden Horner, of Firestone, Colo., each managed one hit to lead the Knights.

The Knights also lost the second game 9-1.

Nevaeh Ramirez, of Thornton, Colo., led things off in the circle for the Knights. Ramirez went five innings, allowing nine runs on eight hits and striking out one.

Bredleau-Beehler, Horner, Morganne Brown, of Milliken, Colo., and Ashlyn Wheeling, of Thornton, Colo., all had one hit to lead the Knights.

The team is now 4-20 on the season.

"Our bats have been cold the last two weeks," said NPCC Knights Softball head coach Janelle Higgins. "We need to get back to hitting with confidence and moving runners."

The next game for the Knights will also be on the road. They will travel to Hastings College April 6 for a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m.