Against one of the top offensive teams in the country, the Lady Raiders weren't able to match fi repower. Crowder leads NJCAA in triples and team batting average, and is in the top 10 in another nine offensive categories and swept Three Rivers College on Saturday, winning the opener 10-2 and the nightcap 8-0. "We just couldn't hold them down. Offensively, we had some hits, we had several opportunities. We couldn't get a big two-out hit," Three Rivers coach Jeff Null said. "They were tough and they took advantage of any miscue we had." Morgan Ledure hit a solo home run in the fi rst inning of the opener for her fi rst home run of the season. Wiley Lowry doubled in the fi fth, and courtesy runner Maci Coleman scored on a wild pitch. Ledure had three hits in the nightcap and Lexi Morris had two as the Lady Raiders scattered six hits.

The Lady Raiders split with State Fair on Friday, winning the opener 6-3 and losing the nightcap 2-0. Three Rivers (20-12, 8-10 Region XVI) has had problems fi nding two-out hits recently, and was able to get them in the opener but not the nightcap. "We got a couple big hits, fi nally, in that one," Null said. Three Rivers scored three runs to break a tie game in the top of the seventh inning. Lowry had a two-RBI triple that set the fi nal score. Randi Scruggs scored the Lady Raiders' fi rst three runs in her fi rst three at bats. The Lady Raiders had chances in four separate innings in the nightcap, including the tying run on second in the top of the seventh, but closed the game with a pair of strikeouts. Scruggs, Ledure and Morris each had two hits. "I guess, tip your cap to their pitcher for shutting us out," Null said. "She was jamming us inside. She wore the inside corner out and he was calling it. We failed to make any system adjustments. We had a batter or two make an adjustment, and then the next one would come up and get jammed."