Kirkwood streak, season end at nationals
A two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning ended Kirkwood's softball season Friday.
Stephanie Cruse's hit lifted Cowley County, Kan., past the Eagles, 3-2, in an elimination round game of the NJCAA Division II national softball tournament.
The Eagles had their 50-game winning streak snapped earlier in the day by Phoenix College, 2-1. That loss, the team's first since March 18, put Kirkwood in the losers bracket.