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Yellowjackets split on day two in Marquette

Amanda Le Bard


University of Dubuque 6, Yellowjackets 3
Box Score
 
The Yellowjackets showed more promise in this contest by cutting down on the errors and coming up with more runs.  Unfortunately, it wasn't enough as they fell 6-3 to the Spartans.
 
The Spartans chipped in with a run in the first inning Shawna Dole and Amber Meyer led the game off with back-to-back singles.  This set up an RBI single by Caitlin Aulwes to give Dubuque a 1-0 lead. 
 
The fourth inning saw the Yellowjackets and Spartans tack on two runs each.  Kelli Gerace and Mackenzie Hadler led the attack for Dubuque with a walk each.  They each advanced two more bases on a steal, then a groundout by Mackenzie Hadler.  Dole drove them two home with a single to extend the Spartan lead to 3-0. The Yellowjackets responded with two runs in the bottom half of the fourth inning Lindsay Garay (Lake Nebagamon, Wis./Northwestern High School) reached on an error and advanced to second base on the throw.  Whitney Brugman (Marquette, Mich./Marquette) followed that up by reaching on an error, scoring Sasha Fjeran (Two Harbors, Minn./Two Harbors) (pinch runner for Garary) on the wild throw to make the score 3-1.  Melissa Clark (Carlton, Minn./Carlton) eventually drove in Katie Wilke (Baraboo, Wis./Baraboo) (Brugman's pinch runner) to narrow the Spartan lead to 3-2.
 
The Spartans notched three runs in the seventh inning.  Dole and Meyer slapped singles and stole a base to put runners on second and third base.  Dole scored on Susie Danielewski's walk to make the score 4-2.  Laura Magana extended the Spartan lead with an RBI double that scored Meyer to extend the Spartan lead to 5-2.  Danielewski eventually came around to score on an Aulwes groundout to make the score 6-2.  The Yellowjackets responded with a run in the seventh inning when Garay drove in Nicolle Gross (Coleraine, Minn./Greenway) on an RBI single to make the score 6-3. 
 
Amanda Le Bard (Superior, Wis./Superior High School) took the loss for the Yellowjackets, surrendering six runs (five earned) on four walks and four strikeouts in six innings of work.
 
 

Yellowjackets 9, Milwaukee School of Engineering 1
Box Score
 
With a combination of playing smart softball and producing more hits, the Yellowjackets were able to come up with their first win of the 2013 season.
 
The Yellowjackets chipped in a run in the first inning when Kristen Haider (Dassel, Minn./Dassel-Cokato) came around to score when Garay reached on by an error by the left fielder to make the score 1-0.  The Raiders responded with a run in the second inning when Annie Thomas and Ruth Spragins produced singles.  This set up a Mikala Wendt RBI single to tie the game at a run a piece.
 
Three runs were produced by the Yellowjackets in the second inning.  Katie Wilke (Baraboo, Wis./Baraboo) smacked a triple that brought home Liz Jezierski (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet), who walked, to make the score 2-1.  Elle Niemela (Cokato, Minn./Dassel-Cokato) followed that up with a two-run home run to make the score 4-1.  The Yellowjackets tacked on another run in the third inning when Brugman led off with a triple and came home on a Summer Lindelien (Rosemount, Minn./Rosemount High School) single to make the score 5-1.
 
The Yellowjackets came up big offensively in the sixth inning.  Haider, Garary, and Brugman led off with walks to load the bases for Clark, who was hit by a pitch, making the score 6-1.  Lindelien followed up with an RBI single to make the score 7-1.  Jezierski and Kelsey Nelson (Hastings, Minn./Hastings) went on to produce back-to-back bases loaded walks to make the score 9-1.
 
Gross pitched a complete game giving up a run on seven hits while walking one and striking out two.
 
The Yellowjacket (1-4, 0-0 WIAC) will return to action in Fort Myers, Fla. on Friday, March 15th.  They will take on Wheaton College at 9:00 a.m. and Rockford College at 11:00 a.m. 
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