CBC women top Big Bend in softball twinbill

Janelle Randles went 6-for-8 with a three-run home run, a double and five RBIs to lead Columbia Basin College to an 8-3, 9-0 NWAACC East sweep of Big Bend in Moses Lake.

Randles also pitched both games, striking 13. She improved to 5-0 in East Region play.

The Hawks (7-3 East) got a double and two RBIs from Brittany Mitchell in the opener, along with Randles’ home run in the second inning.

The second game, ended by the eight-run rule after five innings, Justine Nuckols had a pinch-hit RBI double in the fifth inning and Randles drove in two runs.

Columbia Basin 430 000 1 — 8 15 3

Big Bend 030 000 0 — 3 10 3

Janelle Randles and Courtney Swan; Nicole Cameron and Marisa Saldan, Sam Michie (3). Highlights—Bailey Walthers (C) 2x3, Hannah Sams (C) 2x3, 2B RBI; Randles (C) 8K, 2x4 HR, 3 RBIs; Brittany Mitchell (C) 3x4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Adrielle Olsen (C) 2x3, RBI; Danielle Sananski (C) 2x2.

Columbia Basin 510 03 — 9 13 2

Big Bend 000 00 — 0 4 1

Janelle Randles and Courtney Swan; Emma Stephens and Michie. Highlights—Randles (C) 5K, 4x4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Walthers (C) 2B; Swan (C) 2x4, RBI; Justine Nuckols (C) 2B, RBI; Olsen (C) 2x2, RBI.

This story was originally published April 4, 2014 at 11:13 PM with the headline "CBC women top Big Bend in softball twinbill."