OSHKOSH, Wis.- The UW-Oshkosh softball team swept both games of the doubleheader against Concordia University Wisconsin at the UW-Oshkosh Rec Plex to start the season on Saturday (Feb. 22). The Titans won the first game 8-0 in six innings and won the second game 10-3.
In the series opener,
Sarah Hammerton (So. • Appleton) scored the first run of the season on a single from
Morgan Rau (Fifth • Downers Grove, Ill.) in the bottom of the third inning.
Sophie Wery drove in
Sydney Rau (Fifth • Downers Grove, Ill.) for the second run on a double later that inning. The Titans added another run in the third inning on a RBI single from
Abby Garceau (Sr. • Mishicot) to put them up 3-0. The Titans won the game on a five-run sixth inning, which featured a 2-RBI triple from
Morgan Rau. Also getting RBIs in the inning were Hammerton, Wery, and
Haylie Wittman (Jr. • Kaukauna).
Morgan Rau finished the first game going 3-for-4 with three RBI and a run. Hammerton went 2-for-2, scoring two runs.
Sydney Nemetz (Sr. • Marinette) picked up her first win of the season, giving up no runs, no hits and striking out six over four innings.
Brianna Bougie (So. • Oshkosh) earned the save, allowing no runs and only one hit over two innings with three strikeouts.
Sophie Wery (Sr. • Seymour) started the second game off with a grand slam in the first inning, driving in
Olivia Ullman (Fr. • Denmark),
Sydney Rau, and
Morgan Rau. Ullman picked up an RBI later that inning on a walk. The Titans scored three more runs the second inning, extending their lead to 8-0.
Sarah Hammerton drove in an RBI on a triple and
Amanda Martineck (So. • Frankfort, Ill.) drove in Hammerton on a single. The Titans scored two more runs in the third inning on a single from
Haylie Wittman.
Grace Nardi (Fr. • Marquette, Mich.) pitched the nightcap win, pitching 3.2 innings and striking out three, while allowing no runs and only just hits. Wery went 2-for-3, scoring two runs and collecting four RBIs. Ullman went 2-3 with a run, an RBI, and a walk.
The
No. 4 nationally ranked Titans return next Saturday (March 1) to face Wisconsin Lutheran College and Loras College (Iowa) at the UW-Oshkosh Rec Plex in the UW-Oshkosh Invitational.
