COLUMBUS – Haille Weber recorded six extra base hits as the Western Nebraska Community College softball team swept a doubleheader from Central Community College-Columbus Tuesday afternoon in a game that was originally slated for Saturday.

                In the opener, Weber had two doubles and the Cougars finished with 11 hits in registering a 6-2 win.

Weber was a single shy of hitting for the cycle in the second game, finishing with four hits with a double, triple, and two home runs in leading the Cougars to a 20-5 win over the Raiders.

                Weber finished the doubleheader going 6-for-8 with six RBIs, three doubles, a triple, two home runs, and five runs scored.

                The first game was a good battle between the Cougars and Raiders. WNCC's 11 hits included three doubles and a home run. Weber, Courtney Medina, and Christian Bobian all had two hits in the win. Medina had a run scored, RBI, and two stolen bases, while Bobian had a double and two RBIs.

                Weber finished the game with two doubles and two runs scored.

                WNCC scored in five of the seven innings. After the Raiders sliced the Cougar lead to 2-1 with a single run in the third, WNCC pushed across single runs in the fifth and sixth, and then two more in the seventh.

                Oxford made it 2-0 with a lead-off solo home run in the third. Weber scored the only run in the fifth on a Whitney Fields single. The sixth saw Bobian double home Courtney Medina, while Medina and Bobian delivered run-scoring singles in the seventh.

                Andy Hancock picked up the complete-game win. Hancock scattered four hits with six strikeouts.

                The second game was an offensive attack. WNCC finished with 21 hits recording eight extra base hits.

                Six Cougars finished with multi-hit games. Weber led the way with her 4-for-4 game with six RBIs. She also walked once on four balls. Weber had home runs in the second with a 2-run shot and then a solo shot in the seventh.

                Jade Morton had a solid hitting game, finishing 3-for-3 with five RBIs and three runs scored. Morton's dinger came in the sixth, scoring two.

                Kenzie Sawyer went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and a double, while Medina went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored.

Bobian tallied three hits with a double, four RBIs and two runs scored. Celyn Whitt finished with two singles while scoring three runs and with an RBI.

                As much as WNCC won big, it wasn't that way early as Central-Columbus led 4-1 after one inning. It was the second inning that put WNCC up for good, scoring 12 runs on 10 hits. Medina got the scoring onslaught going with a 2-run single. Bobian followed with a 2-run single before Weber blasted a 2-run home run for a 7-4 lead.

                WNCC added five more runs in the second including a run-scoring single by Bobian and then a 3-run triple by Weber for the 13-4 lead.

                The Cougars added three more runs in the third with Bobian collecting a runs-scoring double for a 16-5 lead.

                WNCC added two runs each in the fourth and fifth. Morton had a 2-run blast in the fourth, while Weber had a solo shot in the fifth.

                Whitney Fields picked up the win in the circle, scattering seven hits and allowing five runs. Fields also struck out five.

                WNCC, 24-6, will be back in action Friday when they travel to face Southeast Community College in Beatrice before returning home to host McCook Community College on Tuesday.

First Game

WNCC                   101 011 2 – 6 11 1

CCC-Columbus  000 100 1 – 2 4 2

WP – Andy Hancock; 2B – Christian Bobian, Haille Weber 2; HR – Lauren Oxford.

Second Game

WNCC (24-6)      1(12)3 22 – 20 21 1

CCC Columbus   410 00 – 5 7 2

WP – Whitney Fields; 2B – Bobian, Kenzie Sawyer, Weber, Fields; 3B – Weber; HR – Weber 2, Jade Morton.