Barton Softball splits Friday's games in Coyote Chillout #GoBarton

The Barton Community College softball split its games Friday at the Coyote Chillout in Weatherford, Texas, handing Rose State College their first defeat of the year with a 9-3 win but couldn't hold a late lead in dropping a walk-off 5-4 loss to 4th ranked Seminole State College.

Now 2-5 on the season, Barton will take on Region VI member and Division II 15th ranked Cowley College at 10:00 a.m. Saturday before winding up the trip with a 2:00 p.m. contest against host Weatherford College.

Recap vs Rose State College
Barton jumped on the Raiders with six runs in their first at-bat, Leslie Ramos' double driving in Halie Stoneking's leadoff walk with the big blow being dealt in the lower lineup by the Dryden twins.

Following Kayden Smith and Sydni Williams' walks and Jaysa Anderson's infield single to load the bags, Lani Dryden's misplayed hard liner plated the Cougars' third run of the game with Laci Dryden following with a deep triple in driving in the freshman's first collegiate RBIs.

The Raiders picked one of the runs up in the bottom of the first on a two-out hit then added two more in the next frame on another two-out hit, a two-run home run scoring a leadoff walk in slicing the deficit in half.

Barton got two of the runs back in the ensuing third inning as Williams' leadoff walk traveled the bases on Anderson's triple. Lani Dryden then collected her first of two RBI's in the game with a sacrifice fly to plate Anderson before adding the Cougars' final run in the seventh inning driving in Jenna Henderson's leadoff walk.

Jessica Morgan picked up her first win of her sophomore campaign, keeping the now 3-1 Raiders off the scoreboard the rest of the way in scattering seven hits in the complete game while striking out six.

Recap vs Seminole State College
Both teams couldn't crack the scoreboard until the fourth inning until a combined six runs were put on the scoreboard.

Barton put four on the board before their first out of the frame, Ramos' single followed by Calli McConnell's walk set the stage with Henderson helping her cause in the circle driving in one on a double. Smith added one with a single up middle with Williams plating two more on a two-bagger.

Seminole went to work in the home half with a leadoff single scoring on a one-out single, and following another single, a fielder's choice pushed across its second in slicing the deficit in half.

The Cougars stranded Stoneking's leadoff hit and McConnell's reach on a one-out error in the top of the fifth but the Trojans didn't strand their opportunity in the home half as its leadoff single would trot home after a double and sacrifice fly to make it a one-run ballgame.

Both teams went silent in the sixth, the Cougars stranding Lani Dryden's two-out walk and Henderson sending the Trojans down in order on three groundouts.

Stoneking picked up her second hit of the game to leadoff the seventh but again the Cougars came up empty in adding a two-out Henderson walk in stranding two.

A leadoff walk would prove costly in the home half, tying the contest on consecutive one-out singles with a fielder's choice following the hits to drive in the winning run.

Henderson took the hard-luck loss in dropping to 0-2, spinning the complete game in scattering seven hits and striking out three.