In a match-up that was rescheduled from the end of March, Iola softball fell victim to a sweep by Chanute at the Humboldt Sports Complex Friday night.
The Fillies gave up a lead in the bottom half of game one to fall 7-5 before a 12-run fourth-inning by Chanute ended the 16-5 game in five innings in game two.
Iola falls to 6-8 after the sweep.
The Fillies grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first in game one and extended that to 3-0 with a run in the fourth.
Chanute got their bats going in the top of the fifth and scored six runs to take a 6-3 lead. Iola responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning to get within a run but they would get no closer. Chanute added an insurance run in the top of the sixth for the final run of the game.
Senior Paige Burrough and juniors Kelsey Morrison and Nissa Fountain each had two hits including a double for Morrison. Starting pitcher Reece Murry had a triple.
Murry allowed six unearned runs on five hits and five walks with six strikeouts for the loss.
Both teams got two runs across in the first inning of game two before two fairly quiet innings.
The Lady Blue Comets piled on 12 runs in the fourth to take a 14-2 lead. They added another two in the top of the fifth and despite a three-run rally attempt in the bottom of the fifth, the game ended.
Burrough, senior Madisyn Holloway, Morrison, Fountain and sophomore Lauryn Holloway each had a hit including a triple for Burrough and a double for Fountain.
Jenna Miller had the start in game two and allowed 16 runs (five earned) on nine hits and two walks.
Iola will travel to Carbondale today for their second-to-last league series of the season versus Santa Fe Trail before returning home on Thursday for Wellsville.
