SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Yellowjacket softball team's series with Martin Luther got underway Tuesday, which in itself was noteworthy. The Yellowjackets and Knights had to reschedule their series three times due to weather, and Tuesday finally gave the teams conditions favorable enough for play.

The Yellowjackets put 11 runs on the board to win Tuesday, and Wednesday the offense was even better.
 
On the strength of big innings, the Yellowjackets put a dozen runs on the board in both games Wednesday, defeating Martin Luther 12-0 in the first game before closing out the doubleheader sweep with a 12-1 win at the NBC Spartan Sports Complex.
 
The wins pushed the Yellowjackets to 20-10 overall and 9-3 in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC). It also marked the fourth time in four seasons that head coach Melissa Fracker has guided the Yellowjackets to 20-plus wins.
 
Samantha Swartz (Antigo, Wis./Antigo) followed up a strong performance Tuesday with another monster day. The sophomore went 3-for-4 at the plate while scoring four runs and driving in three in the two wins. She was also the winning pitcher in the second game Wednesday, allowing one run on five hits in four innings to improve to 6-2 on the year.
 
Carly Stuckmayer (Delano, Minn./Delano Senior) also had a big day on offense, going 6-for-7 with three runs scored and driving in five. Indigo Fish (Superior, Wis./Superior Senior) was a perfect 5-for-5 Wednesday.
 
Game One Notes

• Offensively, the Yellowjackets had 14 hits to just two for Martin Luther.
• The Yellowjackets jumped on Martin Luther early with a six-run first inning.
• Stuckmayer drove in two in the first, doubling to the gap in right-center in her second at bat of the inning.
• The 'Jackets tacked on five more in the second, with Swartz driving in a pair on a single to right-center.
• Stuckmayer added another RBI on a single up the middle.
• Bella Garley (Albuquerque, N.M./Porter (Tex.)) started in the circle and got the win to improve to 8-5 on the year. She allowed one hit in four innings while striking out one.
• Georgia Youngblood (Ray, Mich./Lutheran North), who also celebrated a birthday Wednesday, pitched the final inning, allowing one hit and striking out one.

Game Two Notes

• UWS started the scoring in the second game with another big inning, putting up seven runs in the bottom of the second.
• The first two runs of the game came in when Baylee O'Donnell (Mendota Hights, Minn./Richfield) singled to left, scoring Swartz and Fish.
• Zoe Thomson (Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur-Henderson), Ellie Macal (Winona, Minn./Cotter) and Fish strung together consecutive RBI hits to increase the Yellowjacket lead.
• The Yellowjackets added five more runs in the bottom of the third, getting RBIs courtesy of Stuckmayer, Larissa Snyder (Blaine, Minn./Spring Lake Park), Thomson, Macal and Fish.
• Fish and Stuckmayer each had three hits to pace the 15-hit Yellowjacket attack.
• Martin Luther's lone run came in the top of the third.
• Emma Pillion (Ottawa, Ill./Ottawa Township) pitched the final inning, holding Martin Luther hitless while walking one and striking out one.

The Yellowjackets are back home for a critical three-game series with Northwestern, beginning Friday, April 26. The first pitch is set for 3 p.m. at the NBC Spartan Sports Complex.
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