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Yellowjackets earn first WIAC sweep of 2012

Taylor VanDamme


Game 1
Yellowjackets 6, UW-Stevens Point 1
Box Score
 
SUPERIOR, WIS.—The Yellowjackets prevailed through the cold and rainy weather at Liebaert Field in Superior as they outscored UW-Stevens Point 6-1 in the first game of Saturday's WIAC doubleheader.
 
The Yellowjackets got things going in the first inning when Taylor VanDamme (Superior, Wis./Superior High School) led off with a single to right field.  Chelsey Jarzin (Superior, Wis./Superior High School) followed that up with a walk and for Ashlee Olson (Superior, Wis./Superior High School), bunted both runners into scoring position.  Both runners scored when Elle Niemala reached on an error to give the Yellowjackets a 2-0 lead.
 
Whitney Brugman (Marquette, Mich./Marquette) continued the offensive attack in the second inning with a sharp single to left field.  Kayla Anderson (Clayton, Wis./Clayton High School) replaced Brugman on first after a fielder's choice and came around to score on VanDamme's triple to right field, widening, the Yellowjacket lead to 3-0.
 
The Yellowjackets added two more runs in the third inning when Kayla Blom (Alborn, Minn./Albrook High School) walked, and Brugman singled to put two runners on for Anderson, who brought both runners home with a double, to make the score 5-0.
 
UW-Stevens Point responded with a run in the fourth inning when Bekah Rennicke singled and Kelly Arndt reached on an error.  Katie Schulfer was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Ashley Kluck, whose sacrifice fly scored Rennicke to narrow the Yellowjacket lead to 5-1.
 
The Yellowjackets added another run in the fifth inning when Blom laid down a sacrifice bunt that moved Niemala and Garay, who both previously walked, into scoring position.  Niemala came home on a Brugman fielder's choice to make the final score 6-1.
 
Amanda Le Bard (Superior, Wis./Superior High School) went the distance on the rubber, allowing a run on four hits while walking three and striking out three.  Brugman and VanDamme led the Yellowjackets offensively with two hits each.
 
Game 2
Yellowjackets 10, UW-Stevens Point 3
Box Score
 
In the second game, the rain and cold continued to be a factor and the Yellowjackets continued to be unfazed by the elements, rolling to a 10-3 win and a series sweep.
 
VanDamme led off the bottom of the first with a triple to left field and she would score on an Olson triple to put the Yellowjackets up 1-0.  Olson scored on a wild pitch to widen the margin to 2-0.  Niemala followed that up with a walk and was waved all the way home on a Blom double to make the score 3-0.  Brugman closed out the scoring in the inning when she ripped a single to right field that scored Blom to give the Yellowjackets a comfortable 4-0 lead after one. 
 
The Yellowjackets added another run in the second inning when VanDamme hit a long home-run over the right field fence to make the score 5-0.
 
The Pointers responded with two runs in the third inning when Megan Stebane and Maddie Sawdey singled, putting runners on base for Katie Krueger.  Kruegar would double, scoring two runs to narrow the Yellowjacket lead to 5-2.
 
VanDamme continued her strong day in the fourth inning when she led the inning off with a single.  She moved to second on a Jarzin ground out and then took third when Niemala reached on an error.  With runners on the corners, VanDamme came home when the Pointers' catcher threw all the way through to second base on an attempted double steal to make the score 6-2.
 
The Pointers came up with another run in the fifth inning when Jordon Schreiner led off with a double.  She moved to third base on a Rennicke sacrifice bunt and would score on a wild pitch to narrow the Yellowjacket lead to 6-3.
 
In the bottom half of the fifth inning Brugman walked, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and took third on a wild pitch.  She would come home when Sarah Stansfield (Hermantown, Minn./Hermantown High School) reached on an error to widen the Yellowjacket lead to 7-3.  VanDamme followed that up with a two-run home run, her second long ball of the game, giving the Yellowjackets a 9-3 advantage.
 
One more run was tagged on by the Yellowjackets in the sixth inning when Niemala singled to left field and advanced to third on ground outs by Garay and Blom.  Brugman would drive in Niemala with a single to make the final score 10-3.
 
Le Bard pitched the first five innings, allowing three runs on six hits while walking three and striking out two.  Garay pitched the final two innings, walking three batters and striking out three.  VanDamme led the offense, going 4-4 with two home runs, four runs scored and three runs batted in.
 
The Yellowjackets (10-15, 4-6 WIAC) will return to action on Monday, April 23 when they will face UW-Eau Claire at Liebaert Field.  First pitch is at 3:00 p.m. and the game can be viewed live on the web at www.ifan.tv.
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