PLYMOUTH, Wis.- The UW-Oshkosh softball team returned to the diamond on Thursday (April 24) after playing a 13-inning contest on Wednesday (April 23) to take on Lakeland University in a doubleheader. The Titans won the first game, 2-0, recording eight hits with no errors before completing the sweep by winning the second game 5-2 with 12 hits with no errors. The Muskies recorded three hits and an error in the first game and scored their two second game runs on six hits with no errors.
Titan pitching was dominant in the first game with
Sydney Nemetz (Sr. • Marinette) picking up the win to move to 12-3. She pitched six innings, striking out six including two in the first inning and another pair in the fourth, allowing only two hits and a walk.
Skyler Calmes (Jr. • Kaukauna) picked up her first save of the day, as she struck out one batter in one inning, and allowed only on hit.
At the plate, the Titans took the lead in the first inning on a RBI single from
Amanda Martineck (So. • Frankfort, Ill.), which scored
Olivia Ullman (Fr. • Denmark). Martineck went 3-for-4 in the game, which included a double.
The Titans scored their second run in the third inning, when
Mary Kate Quaid (Fr. • Aurora, Ill.) knocked in
Morgan Rau (Fifth • Downers Grove, Ill.) on an RBI single.
Grace Nardi (Fr. • Marquette, Mich.) moved to 8-0 on the year in the nightcap, pitching four innings. She struck out two batters and allowed one run on three hits and two walks. Calmes came back for her second save of the day to collect her third on the season. She pitched the final three innings, striking out two and allowing one run on three hits and a walk.
At the plate,
Cali Divito (Sr. • Inverness, Ill.) went 3-for-4 with a double.
Abby Garceau (Sr. • Mishicot) and Martineck both recorded two hits, both going 2-for-3 on the second game.
The Titans struck first in their nonconference finale by scoring three runs in the fourth inning.
Olivia Baugnet (Fr. • De Pere) scored
Lizzie Slobodecki (Sr. • Carol Stream, Ill.) on a bunt.
Haylie Wittman (Jr. • Kaukauna) later reached on a fielder's choice, which scored
Sophie Wery (Sr. • Seymour). Divito proceeded to drive in Wittman on an RBI double.
Lakeland attempted to comeback in the bottom half of the fourth, knocking in a run on a single.
The Titans added two more runs in the sixth to extend their lead, starting with a
Morgan Rau RBI single, which scored
Maddie Crick (Fr. • Cary, Ill.).
Sarah Hammerton (So. • Appleton) knocked in the Titans' final run as Ullman scored on her sacrifice fly.
Lakeland scored one more run in the seventh, but it wasn't enough and the Titans completed the doubleheader sweep.
The Titans (28-6, 4-4 WIAC) travel to Menominee on Saturday (April 26) to face off with conference rival UW-Stout at Alumni Field
