Tag: KCKCC softball

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC sports information

Kansas City Kansas Community College sophomore Bradi Basler is the Pitcher of the Week in the Jayhawk Confernce.

A righthander from Lansing, Basler threw a no-hitter in a 5-0 win over Ellsworth last week. She struck out a career-high 11 hitters andalso helped her own cause with four hits and two runs batted in.

Basler has 21 hits in 41 times at bat this season for a .512 batting average. She has four doubles and two triples and driven in 15 runs. On the mound, she owns a 4-1 record with a 4.16 ERA, striking out 32 and walking 19 in 32 innings.

“In the last couple of outings, Bradi has really stepped up her game and it really showed in the no-hitter against Ellsworth,” KCKCC coach Lana Ross said. “She’s worked hard on getting command of her pitches and focusing on each pitch. Her confidence is starting to take over and her success on the mound has also carried over offensively and getting closer to her potential.”

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

Kansas City Kansas Community College celebrated its newly earned 19th ranking in the NJCAA Division II softball poll with a sweep of North Dakota State College of Science Monday.

Breanna Droge scattered four hits in an 11-4 opening win; Bradi Basler gave up just a pair of hits in a 9-0 5-inning nightcap.

The wins extended the Blue Devils’ winning streak to eight in a row (12-2 overall) heading into their Jayhawk Conference opener at Labette Saturday before returning home to play host to Morningside junior varsity Sunday at 1 and 3 p.m.

“Both our pitchers pitched great,” said KCKCC coach Lana Ross, who was particularly pleased by the control of the two starters – just one walk allowed in the two contests. “North Dakota took some good swings so give credit to tour pitchers.”

Droge (6-1) struck out seven and walked one and no earned runs in six innings before Nerida Elson finished up with a scoreless seventh. Basler (4-1) struck out eight and walked none in her two-hitter.

“I really liked the way we bounced back after four errors in the first game,” Ross said.

Devin Purcell, the Blue Devils’ leading hitter at .574, singled, doubled and belted a 2-run home run and Leah Seichepine tripled in a pair of runs in the 11-4 opening game win. Basler also had three hits and Madison Pope drove in two runs with a single and double.

Alexis Rymer got the Blue Devils in front 3-0 with a 3-run homer run in the first inning of the 9-0 second game. It was the fourth homer of the season for Rymer, who drove in a total of five runs. Basler helped her own cause with a double and triple; Alexandra Schafer and Purcell each singled twice and drove in runs.

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC sports information

Highlighted by a no-hitter by Bradi Basler, Kansas City Kansas Community College swept a softball doubleheader from Ellsworth Friday in Creston, Iowa.

Basler’s hitless performance came in a 5-0 nightcap win after the Blue Devils had breezed to a 14-1 win in a 5-inning opener. The sweep boosted the Blue Devils’ record to 10-2 heading into a home doubleheader Monday with North Dakota State College of Science starting at 1 p.m.

A sophomore from Lansing, Basler struck out a career high 11 and walked four while facing just 25 hitters.

“She threw well, one of the better games she’s pitched in her career here,” KCKCC coach Lana Ross said.

Freshman first baseman Hannah Maurer delivered the big blow in the 5-0 win, a bases-clearing double for a 3-0 lead in the third. Basler singled in KCKCC’s fourth run in the seventh and scored on Alexis Rymer’s triple. Basler also doubled and Savannah Maynard singled twice in the Blue Devils’ 9-hit attack.

Eight Blue Devils had two hits and seven drove in at least one run in an 18-hit assault in the 5-inning 14-1 opener. Freshman Breanna Droge got the pitching win, allowing three hits, striking out eight and walking five. The lone run came on a bases-loaded walk in the first but the Blue Devils went ahead with seven runs in the second.

Madison Pope and Rymer each drove in three runs, Rymer with a triple and single and Pope with a double and single. Maurer doubled twice, Maynard doubled and singled and Devin Purcell had two singles as each drove in a pair of runs while Jenna Daugherty, Alaina Howe and Basler each singled twice.

“Obviously we hit the ball well,” Ross said. “But I’d like to see our pitchers cut down on the walks.”