https://slccbruins.com/rss.aspx?path=softballLatest news items for Salt Lake Community College Athleticsen-us60https://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/14/region-18-championship-softballs-comeback-effort-falls-short.aspxhttps://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/14/region-18-championship-softballs-comeback-effort-falls-short.aspxSoftball

Salt Lake City, Utah-  No. 1 seed Salt Lake lost to No. 2 seed CSI 9-8 making the Golden Eagles the Region 18 Champions. CSI had the momentum early as they led 6-0 after the top of the third. Four of those runs came from Maile Ha'os grand slam. The Bruins scored three runs in the bottom of the third off a sac-fly RBI from Lahela Painter and RBI singles from Irma Medina and Jettlee Ioane. Ha'o boosted CSI's lead once again as she hit a three-run home run in the top of the fourth. Salt Lake made things interesting as they plated five runs in the fifth and trailed by one run. Jazmine Prathan hit a two-RBI triple and Lyndee Marshall hit a two-RBI double in the big inning. No one scored in the sixth or seventh innings as CSI fended off Salt Lake.]]>SLCC SB Team 2026Thu, 14 May 2026 17:26:00 MST46429https://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/13/salt-lake-softball-beat-snow-college-advance-to-championship-series.aspxhttps://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/13/salt-lake-softball-beat-snow-college-advance-to-championship-series.aspxSoftball

Salt Lake City, Utah-  No. 1 seed Salt Lake beat No. 3 seed Snow College 12-4 in five innings.  Snow College put up three runs in the top of the first with a two-run home run and a solo home run. SS Jazmine Prathan tied the game 3-3 with a three-run home run in the bottom of the first. C Lafiana Fifita got hit by a pitch and came around to score in the fourth to give Salt Lake a 4-3 lead. Snow scored in the top of the third, but Salt Lake took the lead again with an RBI single from 2B Olivia Harker.  The Bruins scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth to lead 10-4. OF Lahela Painter and Prathan hit RBI singles. 3B Irma Medina brought in Painter and Prathan with an RBI double. A sac-fly from OF Jettlee Ioane scored Medina. Fifita hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth to boost the Bruins lead. Prathan hit a two-RBI single in the fifth to end the game.  LHP Elliott Plewe got the win for Salt Lake.]]>SLCC SB Team 2026Wed, 13 May 2026 18:47:00 MST46428https://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/13/softball-salt-lake-lose-to-csi-now-1-1-in-region-18-tournament.aspxhttps://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/13/softball-salt-lake-lose-to-csi-now-1-1-in-region-18-tournament.aspxSoftball

Salt Lake City, Utah-  No. 1 seed Salt Lake lost to No. 2 seed Southern Idaho 10-2 in five innings.  CSI jumped to a 4-0 lead with three first inning home runs. The Golden Eagles added a run in the third and five runs in the top of the fourth. Salt Lake plated two runs in the bottom of the fourth off a sac-fly from Irma Medina and an RBI double from Jettlee Ioane. It is a double-elimination tournament and Salt Lake will play later today.]]>SLCC SB Team 2026Wed, 13 May 2026 15:54:00 MST46427https://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/12/softball-salt-lake-open-region-18-championship-with-win.aspxhttps://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/12/softball-salt-lake-open-region-18-championship-with-win.aspxSoftball

Salt Lake City, Utah-  No. 1 seed Salt Lake started the Region 18 Championship with a 9-0 win in six innings over No. 4 seed USU-Eastern.  The Bruins scored five runs in the bottom of the first off a couple of bunt singles and three walks. In the bottom of the fifth C Savannah Palmatier brought in LF Taitumn Reynen with an RBI groundout. Reynen and Palmatier both hit RBI singles in the bottom of the sixth to boost Salt Lake's lead.  LHP Brecka Larsen threw another complete game. Brecka struck out nine batters and allowed only two hits.]]>SLCC SB Team 2026Tue, 12 May 2026 15:15:00 MST46425https://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/8/slcc-softball-clinch-a-share-of-the-swac-championship-will-host-region-tournament.aspxhttps://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/8/slcc-softball-clinch-a-share-of-the-swac-championship-will-host-region-tournament.aspxSoftball

Salt Lake City, Utah-  With the final week of the softball regular season over, Salt Lake Softball have officially clinched a share of the SWAC regular season title. Both Salt Lake and CSI finished the season with a conference record of (27-5) and became Co-SWAC Champions.  SLCC and CSI both won four games as they split their eight games against each other this season. Snow College took third place and the Bruins went (8-0) against the Badgers this season. CSI went (7-1) against Snow College. Because Salt Lake has the better record against Snow College they won the "tiebreaker" and will host the Region 18 Championship.]]>SLCC SB Team 2026Fri, 8 May 2026 23:08:00 MST46424https://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/5/softball-brecka-is-pitcher-of-the-week-again.aspxhttps://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/5/softball-brecka-is-pitcher-of-the-week-again.aspxSoftball

Salt Lake City, Utah-  For the fifth time this year LHP Brecka Larson achieved the SWAC Pitcher of the Week Award. This past week No. 17 SLCC Softball (34-10) swept North Idaho.  Brecka pitched a five inning complete game shutout in the Bruins 10-0 win. Larson allowed three hits and recorded six strikeouts.  Larson's streak of 20 innings without allowing an earned run was broken in Salt Lake's 13-10 win over North Idaho. Brecka, in relief earned the win as she threw 3.2 innings and struck out two batters. Larson surrendered one earned run and one unearned run in the outing.  Brecka is (13-1) on the year with a 1.46 ERA and has 98 strikeouts.]]>Larson SWAC Pitcher of the Week 5Tue, 5 May 2026 09:13:00 MST46421https://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/2/salt-lake-softball-sweep-north-idaho-to-end-the-regular-season.aspxhttps://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/2/salt-lake-softball-sweep-north-idaho-to-end-the-regular-season.aspxSoftball

Salt Lake City, Utah-  No. 17 SLCC Softball (34-10) got their second consecutive sweep versus North Idaho College (15-36).  The Bruins won the first game of the day 16-2 in five innings. RHP Aubrie Hansen got the win and pitched four scoreless innings. Salt Lake had 16 hits in the game and five different players had a multi-hit game. CF Lahela Painter and SS Jazmine Prathan both went 3-3 and combined for five RBI and five runs scored. Salt Lake scored five runs in the second, third, and fourth innings.  The Bruins won the series finale 13-10. North Idaho grabbed a quick lead as they plated four runs in the top of the first. The Cardinals led 5-0 after a solo home run in the third inning. In the bottom of third the Bruins rallied with two outs and took a 6-5. Eight straight batters reached base as the Bruins had seven hits and one walk with two outs. Savannah Palmatier, Irma Medina, Olivia Harker, and Makaila Schneider all hit RBI singles in the inning. Jazmine Prathan added an RBI triple.  The Cardinals quickly tied the game and then took an 8-6 lead with a solo home run and a two-run home run in the top of the fourth. The Bruins had five runs off four hits in the bottom of the fourth and took a 11-8 lead. Palmatier hit a two-RBI double and Prathan hit a three-run home run in the inning. Painter extended the Bruins lead with a two-RBI double in the bottom of the fifth. NIC got a run back in the sixth and hit another solo home run in the seventh inning for the final run of the game.]]>SLCC SB Team 2026Sat, 2 May 2026 16:29:00 MST46420https://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/1/slcc-softball-own-doubleheader-versus-north-idaho.aspxhttps://slccbruins.com/news/2026/5/1/slcc-softball-own-doubleheader-versus-north-idaho.aspxSoftball

Salt Lake City, Utah-  No. 17 SLCC Softball (32-10) won both games in today's doubleheader against North Idaho College (15-34).  The Bruins won the first game of the day 10-0 in five innings. LHP Brecka Larson (13-1) pitched her third straight complete game shutout. 3B Irma Medina shined with a 3-3 day with four RBI. Medina contributed in every inning that Salt Lake scored runs with a solo home run, an RBI single, and a two-RBI double. SS Jazmine Prathan and 2B Olivia Harker had multi-hit games and combined for three RBI and three runs scored.  RHP Elliott Plewe (7-2) pitched all six innings for Salt Lake. Plewe struck out four batters and allowed five hits. Prathan drove in half of the Bruins runs with a two-RBI double and a three-run home run. 1B Savannah Palmatier went 2-2 with two RBI and two runs scored. CF Lahela Painter went 2-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.]]>SLCC SB Team 2026Fri, 1 May 2026 20:23:00 MST46418https://slccbruins.com/news/2026/4/29/new-swac-softball-players-of-the-week.aspxhttps://slccbruins.com/news/2026/4/29/new-swac-softball-players-of-the-week.aspxSoftball

Salt Lake City, Utah-  No. 17 SLCC Softball (30-10) swept the SWAC Players of the Week Awards once again, as the Bruins are coming off a four game sweep over Snow College.  SWAC Pitcher of the Week, LHP Brecka Larson had a flawless weekend as she pitched two complete game shutouts. In the Bruins 9-0 win in five innings Larson struck out 11 batters and allowed only two hits. The following day, Brecka pitched seven innings and recorded 9 strikeouts in SLCC's 4-0 win. Larson has now eclipsed 11 strikeouts in a game three times.  CF Lahela Painter was named the SWAC Player of the Week. Painter went 6-11 (.545) and walked three times in the recent series. Lahela showcased her speed as she stole six bases and plated six runs. Painter drove in the last two runs of the Bruins 7-5 victory against the Badgers.]]>Players of the Week Larson and PainterWed, 29 Apr 2026 12:58:00 MST46416https://slccbruins.com/news/2026/4/25/no-19-slcc-softball-blank-snow-college-pull-off-season-sweep.aspxhttps://slccbruins.com/news/2026/4/25/no-19-slcc-softball-blank-snow-college-pull-off-season-sweep.aspxSoftball

Ephraim, Utah-  No. 19 SLCC Softball (30-10) completed the season sweep against Snow College (13-30). Salt Lake started the day with a 9-0 win in six innings. LHP Paige Fennell pitched six scoreless innings for the Bruins and struck out 11 batters. CF Lahela Painter went 3-4 and scored two runs. C Savannah Palmatier, 3B Irma Medina, and 2B Olivia Harker all had two hits. Medina, Harker, and RF Jettlee Ioane all drove in two runs.  The Bruins defeated the Badgers 4-0 in the final game of the series. LHP Brecka Larson (12-1) pitched another gem, posting a complete game four-hitter with 9 strikeouts. Salt Lake scored three runs in the fifth inning as Medina hit an RBI double and Ioane drove in two with a single. C Lafiana Fifita hit a sac-fly in the top of the seventh for the final run of the game. The Bruin batters had only three hits in the game and nine walks.]]>SLCC SB Team 2026Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:37:00 MST46415