COLUMBIA, MO — The Columbia College softball team split a home American Midwest Conference (AMC) doubleheader against Central Baptist College (Ark.) on Friday morning. The Cougars dominated game one with a 5-0 shutout victory before falling to the Mustangs 4-1 in game two. Columbia falls to 21-13 overall and 11-5 in AMC play.

Game One: Columbia def. CBC, 5-0

• Ella Schouten (W, 10-5): 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 12 SO
• The Cougars wasted no time, plating two runs in the first inning on an unearned run and an RBI groundout by Kennedy Schanuth that scored Taryn Hagardt
• Wriley Taylor delivered a key blow in the third, tripling to right-center to score Hagardt and push the lead to 3-0
• Columbia added two insurance runs in the fourth on back-to-back RBI walks by Hagardt and Rosalie Schneider, taking advantage of three consecutive bases-on-balls issued by the Central Baptist pitching staff
• Schouten was untouchable throughout, striking out 12 and holding Central Baptist hitless until the second inning in a dominant complete-game shutout
• Hagardt finished 1-for-2 with two walks, two runs scored, an RBI and two stolen bases; Abigail Zismer went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored

Game Two: CBCdef. Columbia, 4-1

• Kennedy Jensen (L, 5-3): 1.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER; Megan Graver: 5.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 10 SO
• Central Baptist struck quickly in the first when Kinley Johnson singled through the right side to score Taviah Bradley, and added two more runs in the second on a pair of Columbia errors and a Bradley RBI double to go up 3-0
• Columbia's lone run came in the second inning when Kylee Page tripled to left field to score Sophia Angel, cutting the deficit to 3-1
• The Mustangs pushed their lead to 4-1 in the fifth on another Johnson RBI single, and that would prove to be all Lauren Woodard needed
• Graver was effective in relief, striking out 10 over 5.1 innings
• Zismer led the Columbia offense going 3-for-4, while Page added a triple and an RBI