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Krause Helps
Pointers Earn Split With St. Norbert
A strong pitching
performance from sophomore Hope Krause helped the UW-Stevens Point
softball team rally for a doubleheader split with St. Norbert on Monday at
McCarty Field.
Krause worked her first
career seven inning complete game, scattering seven hits with one
strikeout and one walk as the Pointers posted a 3-1 victory. St. Norbert
won the opening game 5-2, scoring four unearned runs on three UW-Stevens
Point errors.
The Pointers scored an early
run in the second game as Mandy Jellish led off the bottom of the first
inning with a triple and scored following an error after Jackie Berger's
fly out. UW-Stevens Point added another run in the third when Kristen
Konieczny drew a bases loaded walk with one out. However, the Green
Knights worked out of the jam as the Pointers left three of their 10
runners left on base for the game.
Krause made her only mistake
of the game in the fourth when St. Norbert's Sam Boushley hit a solo home
run to right field. After allowing two singles later in the inning, Krause
retired 10 of the last 11 Green Knights' batters to end the game.
The Pointers answered in the
bottom of the fourth with three straight hits when Jellish singled, moved
to third on a double by Berger and scored on a single by Chelsea McIlquham.
In the opening game, St.
Norbert scored runs in the first and fifth innings on wild pitches to take
a 2-0 lead. Lauren Marciano delivered a solo home run with one out in the
sixth and then the Green Knights scored two more runs after a two-out
error in the sixth to move ahead 5-0.
UW-Stevens Point rallied in
the bottom of the seventh as Rebekah Bauer led off with a home run and
Konieczny followed with a double and scored on a one-out single by Korryn
Brooks. However, the Green Knights were able to retire the final two
batters to end the game.
The Pointers conclude a
six-game homestand on Thursday with a doubleheader against UW-La Crosse at
3 p.m.
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