Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SENATOBIA – With first place in the north division softball standings on the line Wednesday at Ranger Field, visiting and 15th-ranked Itawamba came out on top with a pair of 5-2 and 10-1 wins over Northwest to extend its lead in the division to three games.

Itawamba improved to 21-10 overall and 13-3 in the north while Northwest fell to 19-12 overall and 10-6.

ICC out-hit Northwest 21-13 in the doubleheader with nine extra-base hits and was aided by an uncharacteristic seven Ranger errors that led to seven unearned runs.

The Lady Indians wasted little time scoring in the opener, plating a run in their opening at-bat thanks to one of the aforementioned seven Ranger errors on the day. Kory Watterson reached on an error and Haley Moore scored to make it 1-0 ICC. A single run in the third, two in the fifth and one in the seventh gave ICC a 5-0 lead.

Northwest got on the board in its final at-bat, with Naomi Newcom blasting her first collegiate home run to straight-away center. Alex Barrett added an RBI-single that scored Peyton Clanton after a pinch-hit double to make it a 5-2 final.

Both teams stranded seven runners on base in the game.

Hannah Johnson improved to 9-4 for ICC in a complete-game performance while Kiley Dunagan fell to 3-4 in 4.2 innings of work. Lydia Dias tossed the final 2.1 innings of relief. 

Haley Moore led ICC at the plate going 3-for-4 while Haley Vance was 2-for-3 for Northwest. 

Northwest led 1-0 after the first in Game 2, with Micalah Beall hitting an RBI-single into right-center to score Andi Barrett after a leadoff walk.

That lead would hold true into the fourth until ICC tied the game at 1-1 on a Ranger miscue at the plate. After a swinging strike on a sacrifice attempt, Cat Carver was caught in a rundown at third and stole home.

ICC would then put it away in the fifth and sixth, scoring nine runs off nine hits, highlighted by Cara Hopper's two-run home run that bounced off the scoreboard in left. 

ICC out-hit Northwest 13-6 in a 10-1 run-rule win, with six different Lady Indians boasting two hits. Alex Barrett finished 2-for-2 to extend her reached base streak to 10 games and hitting streak to nine. 

Montana Hawkins (7-4) got the win for ICC while Beall (4-2) took the loss.
   
Northwest will look to bounce back on Saturday, April 5 at Coahoma with a noon first pitch.