The University of
Wisconsin-Platteville softball team extended its record to 3-1 with
a 3-2 win over SUNY-New Paltz and a 5-2 win over Concordia (WI) on
Sunday in Clermont, Florida.
With an 8 a.m. first pitch, the
Pioneers offense erupted for three runs in the second inning to
defeat SUNY-New Paltz. The big blast for the second-straight day
came from the bat of junior Nathalie Schattner, who hit a three-run
homerun.
With two out, after back-to-back
singles by Ashlen Folkers and Colleen Lowe, Schattner hit a homerun
to put UW-Platteville ahead 3-0. With the lead, Pioneers' starter
Jeni Freiburger kept the Hawks in check surrendering just two hits
and striking out six for her first win of the season.
With the Pioneers holding a 3-2
lead in the seventh, the Hawks had the tying run on third with one
out. Freiburger closed the game out with back-to-back groundouts to
preserve the win.
In the second game of the day,
UW-Platteville rallied from a 2-1 deficit to score four in the
bottom of the sixth for its first come-from-behind win of the
season over Concordia (WI).
The Pioneers' Ellyn Goerdt and
Molly Rice each had a two-run homerun in the sixth inning to propel
the comeback. Chantal McReynolds and Goerdt each had two hits in
the win. Starting pitcher Melissa Anderson picked up her second win
of the season, scattering seven hits and two unearned runs.
In the sixth inning, Schattner
walked to start the inning. Next, following a pop out, Rice put the
Pioneers ahead for the first time in the game with her roundtripper
for a 3-2 lead. Then, pinch hitter Jessie Mergen walked and after a
passed ball and wild pitch, Goerdt hit a two-run homerun. It is the
second career homerun for Goerdt in her career.
Next, the Pioneers are idle until
Tuesday, Mar. 20 when they face SUNY-Oneonta at 10 a.m. and
Wellesley at noon.
