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College of Idaho Softball at NAIA Opening Round - April 15, 2023
1
Valley City State VALLEY C 28-21
4
Winner College of Idaho (ID) COLLEGE 46-8
Valley City State VALLEY C
28-21
1
Final
4
College of Idaho (ID) COLLEGE
46-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Valley City State VALLEY C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4
College of Idaho (ID) COLLEGE 1 0 0 1 2 0 X 4 6 0

W: Wilfert, Katelyn (19-3) L: M. Zander (12-8)

Game Recap: Softball |

No. 6 College of Idaho Takes Advantage of Miscues by Valley City State in 4-1 Victory

Baldwin City, Kan. - Haley Loffer and Kaily Christensen each had two hits to lead No. 6 College of Idaho (No. 1 seed) to a 4-1 win over Valley City State (N.D.) (No. 4 seed) on Monday afternoon.

Rain delayed the game for an hour but a first inning lead for the 32nd time was the recipe for the win as the nationally-ranked Yotes improve its record overall to 47-8 and a 30-2 mark when they score in the first inning. Loffer started the bottom of the first with a leadoff walk for College of Idaho as she later came in to score on a RBI ground out by Tanner Higgins.
 
Valley City State (28-21) tied the game at one in the fourth but College of Idaho came back with a run in its half of the fourth and two more in the fifth en route to the win.
 
Katelyn Wilfert
College of Idaho starting pitcher Katelyn Wilfert raised her record to l21-4. starting the contest retiring the first nine in order before a hit by pitch started the fourth for the visitors. She surrendered a RBI single to Marissa Hawkins for the first hit and run given up. The RBI single tied the game at 1. Photo by Baker University
 











Following the recipe of the season, College of Idaho had outscored its opponents, 63-19 in the fourth and 65-12 in the fifth showed that there was ample fight in the experienced dugout for the Yotes. With Christensen on second after a walk and a ground out, she came around to score after an error on a ball hit by Lindsey Jones by the Vikings to put College of Idaho back in front.
 
With a 2-1 lead in the fifth, the Yotes again took advantage of miscues by the Vikings, who had three errors in the inning as they plated two runs on just one hit. Both runs came when College of Idaho had runners on the corners and errant throws to get the Yotes at second went into the outfield to plate the runner from third and stretch the lead to 4-1.
 
Next, College of Idaho will face host Baker, who won its opening round contest by a 3-0 margin over IU Southeast on Tuesday at noon (CST)/11 a.m. (MT). In the win, Wildcats pitcher Kira Baker threw a no-hitter in the contest.
 
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