Broncbusters roll NW Tech in opener

By Mike Pilosof

Goodland, KS-Garden City didn't thing too long about those two losses to Butler on Monday. Need proof? Look no further than the box scores from Thursday.

Tara Reid struck out five, Carly Powley clubbed her fourth home run of the season, and the Broncbusters pounded Northwest Tech 13-3 in five innings.

As they did in their first meeting, the Broncbusters didn't waste much time. McKayla Encinias drew a walk to begin the game; took second on a ground out; stole third and then came home on a wild pitch for the first run of the contest. Alexis Maestretti added a two-out RBI knock, and Garden City was up 2-0. Erykah Foster's sacrifice fly in the second gave them a three-run cushion.

After Northwest Tech got a run back in the bottom of the inning, the Broncbusters exploded. Powley walked, Nya Chacon singled, and Lacey Kearsley slapped an RBI base hit to right. An error followed by Reid's sac fly made it 6-1 before Encinias pounded a ball to center for an RBI. Two batters after, Powley smoked a three-run bomb to center to give Garden city an 11-1 advantage. They tacked on two more in the fifth.

Reid earned her 12^th win of the year in the circle, allowing three runs on five hits in five innings. Chacon and Powley each collected three hits.