The Wisconsin Badgers softball staff gained two out of three towards Indiana on the Goodman Diamond in Madison final weekend. The sequence places the Badgers at 26-16 for a .619 win share and 8-8 in Large Ten convention play.
Holding regular
The Badgers began robust after senior Hilary Blomberg’s double within the first inning despatched Molly Schlosser and Alivia Bark residence. Hannah Conger’s stolen base gave Emma King the chance to run residence.
The Hoosiers scored within the second, however Schlosser introduced the lead again as much as three after Kendra Lewis’ single within the backside. The sport slowed till Indiana picked it again up on the prime of the sixth.
Shelby Jacobson relieved beginning graduate pupil pitcher Molly Jacobson to pitch the ultimate 1.1 innings of the sport.
Blomberg’s homer put herself and Schlosser again on the board, extending the result in 6-3. Wisconsin closed out the sport 6-5 after holding Indiana to their two RBI residence runs within the seventh inning.
Badgers get a beating
The Badgers misplaced 14-1 in sport two on Saturday, with the sport ending within the fifth inning because of the mercy rule. Indiana scored eight runs all through the primary and second innings, placing Wisconsin in a troublesome place early within the sport.
Emily Bojan hit a house run within the backside of the second and have become the one Badger to attain all sport. The Hoosiers scored 5 runs prime of the fifth, shutting the Badgers down early Saturday afternoon.
Three pitchers noticed time on the mound, with Jordan Felci relieving Gabi Solo within the second and Mattie Beliveau relieving Felci within the fifth. Salo obtained credit score for the loss along with her 1.2 innings pitched because the starter.
Taking the win
Wisconsin battled for his or her 10-5 win on Sunday with Lewis’ RBI single within the backside of the primary and Brooke Kuffel’s sacrifice fly to take the lead going into the second inning.
Dani Lucey’s two-run residence run put the Badgers up 4-2 within the second after the Hoosiers obtained one again on the highest of the second. Then, within the third, Emmy Wells’ grand slam upped the result in 8-2.
Molly Jacobson began as pitcher and was credited with the win, however was pulled within the fourth after Indiana’s three runs. Salo stepped as much as pitch and Wisconsin got here again with two extra runs within the backside of the fourth, the place the 10-5 rating caught all through the tip of the sport.
Subsequent up, Wisconsin performs North Dakota State College in a Wednesday afternoon doubleheader at Goodman.