COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Columbia College softball team opened American Midwest Conference (AMC) play, shutting out the Hornets of Harris-Stowe State University (Mo.). The Cougars took game one, 8-0 (6 inn.), and game two, 13-0 (5 inn.).

Columbia improves to 11-7 on the season and 2-0 in the AMC.

Game One Stat Tracker:
CC def. HSSU, 8-0 (6 inn.)

• Columbia saw their first runs of the game in the fourth inning, as two runners advanced home on a caught foul ball
• Sophia Angel contributed her first home run of the season on an inside the park home run, driving in three RBI
• Angel also led the Cougars at the plate, going 3-for-3, totaling five RBI
• Abigail Zismer and Madyson Wear each went 3-for-4
• Columbia added 11 hits in the contest
• Pitching:
  • Wendy van Wijk (W, 3-3): 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 7 SO

Game Two Stat Tracker:
CC def. HSSU, 13-0 (5 inn.)

• Four hits in the second inning drove in 10 runs
• The Cougars outhit the Hornets 7-3
• Wendy van Wijk and Kennedy Schanuth went 2-for-2, each driving in one run
• Sophia Angel gathered three RBI
• Pitching:
  • Kennedy Jensen (W, 3-1): 4.0 IP, 0 ER, 7 SO
  • Jazlin Gottman: 1.0 IP, 2 SO

Columbia returns to action tomorrow, March 22nd, as they take on the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy (Mo.). The first pitch of the doubleheader is set for 1:00 p.m.