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Dragons shut out Cougars softball
barton softy 4-30

Jayhawk Conference runner-up Hutchinson dominated the Barton Cougars 12-0 and 11-0 with a pair of run-rule softball wins.

The Blue Dragons pounded out 26 hits and six home runs. The Cougars managed nine hits in the twin bill.

Hutchinson (41-9, 28-4 Jayhawk) finishes runner-up and Barton (26-18, 21-11 Jayhawk) finishes third.

Allyson McDougal, who made a Sportscenter Top-Ten worthy laid out diving catch in game one, was the lone Cougar to collect a hit in each contest finishing 2-of-4 on the day in taking a four-game hit streak to the region tournament.

Cameron Pelzel also collected a pair of hits, both coming on a game two 2-for-2 performance.

Cougar pitchers Aly Lawrence (7-4) and Brooklynn Angielski (7-7) were unable to slow down the Dragons.

Barton was stymied by Dakoka Lake (9-3) with seven strikeouts in game one. Mogan Tomlinson (14-1) threw a 6-hitter.

The Blue Dragons received two fence clearers, one in each game from Brooke Backhaus with Jaeleigh Darnell and Alexis Mastin each connecting on their 13th of the year. Madi Divis' three-run shot coming with two-outs put Hutchinson out to a 3-run first inning lead in game one, Tamara Lozoya extending the gap to four one inning later with a leadoff home run.

Hutchinson 335 10 — 12 14 0

Barton 000 00 — 0 3 0

Lake and Divis. Lawrence, Goseland (2), Bartlett (3) and Ramos. W—Lake 9-3. L—Lawrence, 7-4. 2B—BC—Bartlett; H—Lies. HR—H—Backhaus, Darnell; Divis, Lozoya.

Hutchinson 402 41 — 11 12 0

Barton 000 00 — 0 6 1

Tomlinson and Divis. Angielski, Bartlett (4) and Enslinger. W—Tomlinson, 14-1. L—Angielski, 7-7. 2B—H—Backhaus, Divis. HR—H—Backhaus, Mastin.

JAYHAWK SOFTBALL

Butler 28-2 42-8

Hutchinson 28-4 41-9

Barton 21-11 26-18

Colby 20-12 27-23

Seward 19-13 25-22

Dodge City 11-21 11-31

Pratt 7-25 11-41

Garden City 7-25 9-37

NW Tech 1-31 1-47

4-24—Barton 13-13, Pratt 5-5; Dodge City 7-5, Seward 6-6; Butler 2-5, Colby 0-0; Hutchinson 9-13, Garden City 2-0

4-27—Hutchinson 12-11, Barton 0-0; Dodge City 8-7, Garden City 0-10

4-28—Pratt 15-19, NW Tech 7-0

4-29—Butler 11-7, Seward 1-3; Colby 6-11, Dodge City 1-1

4-30—No. Oklahoma 15-13, Pratt 2-5

JAYHAWK WEST 5-3—Butler vs. Pratt; Colby vs. Seward; Hutchinson vs. Garden City; Barton vs. Dodge City