CALDWELL, Idaho - Alexis Macias went 4-for-7 with two doubles and two RBI, while Nickayla Skinner and Cortni Pena each tossed shutouts, as The College of Idaho opened their home season at Symms Field with 7-0 and 8-0 victories over Great Falls.
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Macias, who extended her hit streak to 11 on the afternoon, got the Lady Yotes (9-5) rolling in the opener, doubling off the left field wall to open the second, scoring on a one-out Rachael Strong single. The C of I would load the bases, getting RBI singles from Skinner and Molly Mills to make it 3-0.
A inning later, Macias doubled home Julia Henrie to extend the lead to 4-0, scoring on another Strong single. Macias' third hit of the game, a run-scoring single in the fourth, made it 6-0, with the Yotes capping the scoring with an unearned run in the sixth.
It was more than enough for Skinner, who allowed just two hits and struck out six for her sixth win of the season. Mills, Strong, and Kayla Webb each had two hits for the Yotes. Keeley Van Blaricom allowed 13 hits in the loss for the Argos (0-2).
Game 2 saw UGF load the bases in the first off Pena, but with one out, Kylie Prough hit a sharp comebacker to the circle, where the freshman hurler started a 1-2-3 double play to get out of the jam. The contest would remain scoreless until the fourth, when the Coyotes sent 10 batters to the play to score five. Pena doubled home a pair of runs to get the Yotes on the board, with a McKensie Stanton RBI single, a Kaci Baldwin RBI groundout, and a Hannah Johnson sacrifice fly making it 5-0.
The Argos loaded the bases again in the fifth, but Pena got the second out of the inning at home, the coaxing a sharp ground ball to short to end the threat. The C of I scored a pair of unearned runs in the fifth to make it 7-0, then in the sixth, Briana Brace walked, with Skinner lining an RBI double to enduce the mercy rule.
Pena picked up her third win of the season, allowing seven hits, walking four, and fanning three. Skinner and Ashley Van Horne each had two hits for The C of I, while Nicole Banach had two hits for UGF. Mills saw her school-record hit streak snapped at 21 with a 0-for-3 performance in Game 2.
The Lady Yotes continue the weekend homestand, hosting St. Martin's tomorrow at 1 p.m.
