FORT MYERS, Fla. --Â Freshman right-hander
Allison Luoma (Iron River, Wis./Northwestern) threw a three-hit, complete-game shutout and the UW-Superior softball team banged out 16 hits in a 19-0, five-inning victory over SUNY Canton at the Gene Cusic Classic on Friday.
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The Yellowjackets earned a split on the day with the win over the Kangaroos after Oneonta scored a run in the bottom of the seventh to nip UWS (9-3), 5-4, in the first game of the day.
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Game 1 -- Oneonta 5, UW-Superior 4
UWS built a 4-0 lead through two and a half innings before Oneonta scored once in the bottom of the third and tied the game at 4-4 with three more runs in the fourth. The Red Dragons plated the game- winning run with consecutive doubles with one out from Julia Serena and Megan Palmatier in the bottom of the seventh.
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Kaela Kraemer (Spring Green, Wis./Wisconsin Heights) walked, stole second and third and scored on a wild pitch for a quick 1-0 in the top of the first.
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Zoe Thomson (Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur-Henderson) then gave the 'Jackets a 3-0 lead with a one-out single to right-center field that scored
Ellie Macal (Winona, Minn./Cotter) and
Tayler Kraemer (Spring Green, Wis./Wisconsin Heights). Both reached on walks and stole second base.Â
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Jessica Jacobson (Sturgeon Bay, Wis./Southern Door) extended the lead with a solo home run to left field -- her second in as many days -- on a 1-1 pitch.Â
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Down, 4-1, in the fourth Sara Cartier hit a one-out double to left center, scoring two for the Dragons. Two batters later, Adriana Fiori hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game. That's the way it stayed until the last of the seventh inning when
Tayler Kraemer (Spring Green, Wis./Wisconsin Heights) induced a fly ball for the first out. Serena followed with a double to left and Palmaier did the same for the win.
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Thomson finished 1-for-3 with two RBIs and a walk to lead Superior's seven-hit attack.Â
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Tayler Kraemer (Spring Green, Wis./Wisconsin Heights) fell to 5-2 with a complete-game effort. She surrendered 10 hits, five runs (all earned with three walks and a strikeout in 105 pitches.
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Candace Brennan (1-1) sniped the win in the circle, recording just one out. She followed starter Kathryn Davies, who went the first 2.2 innings and Angelina Scalere, who threw four frames.
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Game 2 -- UW-Superior 19, SUNY Canton 0 (five innings)
UWS scored in runs in each of its first four at bats, including eight in the top of the first, making quick work of the SUNY Canton.Â
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Freshmen
Lily Hanson (Cloquet, Minn./Esko), Â
Kendallyn Kalenbergand
Lauren Giesen (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson) collected two hits apiece and
Norah Schmitz (Waconia, Minn./Waconia) drove in three runs to lead the offense.Â
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Luoma improved to 3-1 on the season with six strikeouts and no walks in 64 pitches to help the 'Jackets to their fourth run-rule victory in Florida.
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In all, 16 players scored runs and 13 had hits in the win.
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Superior closes its spring trip Saturday with an 8 a.m. CT doubleheader against Central o Saturday in Naples, Fla.
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