SENATOBIA – After completing a brutal road stretch with three losses against NJCAA Top 10 opponents, the Northwest softball team returned home on Tuesday and bounced back with a non-conference sweep of Coahoma, 7-1 and 9-0.

Northwest moved to 4-4 on the season while Coahoma dropped to 0-2. The Rangers will open MACJC competition at East Mississippi on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 2/4 p.m.

Game 1 – Northwest 7, Coahoma 1

Brooke Saez got Coahoma on the board first with an RBI-double to left center in the second inning, but that would be the only blemish on the Rangers' 7-1 victory in Game 1.

Northwest quickly tied the game in the bottom of the second, as Sarah Johnson scored on Maddy Politte's RBI-grounder. Alexis McShan then delivered a double to right-center that scored Ally Judkins and Katie Brownlee, giving the Rangers a 3-1 advantage.

Harley Smith kept Coahoma off the basepaths for the next four innings and didn't surrender a hit to the Tigers for the rest of the contest.

In the fifth inning, the Rangers expanded their lead to 5-1 thanks to an RBI-double from Sarah Taylor and an ensuing single from Smith.

Northwest delivered the final dagger with two runs in the sixth, as Politte scored on a passed ball and Marlee Ray reached home on Taylor's RBI-double to right center.

Politte and Taylor combined to go 4-for-7 at the plate, while Taylor and McShan finished with two RBIs apiece. Smith pitched a complete game for the Rangers, allowing two hits and an earned run, scattering seven strikeouts.

Game 2 – Northwest 9, Coahoma 0 (5 inn.)

The bats were kind to Northwest in the nightcap of Tuesday's doubleheader, as the Rangers churned out 10 hits in a five inning run-rule win.

Sarah Johnson got the show started with her RBI-single through the left side in the bottom of the first, scoring Shelby Wilson for a 1-0 lead.

Northwest really broke things open in the third, as the Rangers scored eight runs off seven hits in the bottom of the frame.

A bases-loaded walk to Maddy Politte allowed Smith to score to kick off the third inning scoring burst. Alexis McShan and Morgan Gresham then followed with back-to-back RBI-singles, swelling the Ranger lead to 4-0.

After a wild pitch allowed Politte to score from third, an RBI-single from Wilson and a sac fly from Taylor made it a 7-0 margin for Northwest. Smith then delivered the parting shot with a two-run shot over the wall in left center, sealing the 9-0 win for the Rangers.

Johnson and McShan finished 2-for-2 at the plate with one RBI apiece. Smith was also 2-for-3 with two RBIs to lead the Rangers in hitting.

Freshman Katie Brownlee (2-1) picked up the win in the circle for Northwest, allowing just one hit on four strikeouts. Johnson also pitched the first two innings, allowing a hit and a strikeout.