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Wisconsin-Superior
Yellowjackets
10
Winner Bethel BU 31-10
3
Wis.-Superior UWS 26-15
Winner
Bethel BU
31-10
10
Final
3
Wis.-Superior UWS
26-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bethel BU 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 10 13 2
Wis.-Superior UWS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 4

W: Kayla Simacek (26-8) L: Garley, Bella (10-0)

Softball Team
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Game Recap: Softball | | Ryan Castaneda, Sports Information Specialist

Softball Closes Season After 10-3 Loss in Regionals

PELLA, Iowa – Friday the Yellowjacket softball team took on Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's (MIAC) Royals of Bethel University. The Royals, like the Yellowjackets, also fell in their NCAA Division III Regional opener, suffering a 2-0 loss to UW-Whitewater, meaning whoever lost this game was sent home.
 
Both teams were able to strike in the first inning, but a pair of three-run innings for Bethel saw them take an 8-2 lead. Two more came across in the top of the seventh before the 'Jackets battled in their last ups but were ultimately downed by a score of 10-3.
 
Game Notes
  • The Royals found an early two runs off Yellowjacket starter Bella Garley (Albuquerque, N.M./Porter (Tex.)), taking advantage of defensive miscues.
  • UWS instantly responded, however, as Carly Stuckmayer (Delano, Minn./Delano Senior) utilized her speed and reached on a bunt single. Larissa Snyder (Blaine, Minn./Spring Lake Park) moved her over with a sacrifice bunt before Zoe Thomson (Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur-Henderson) unloaded for a two-run homer to left field, her fifth blast of the season to knot things at 2-2.
  • Garley got into some trouble in the top of the third inning, prompting Samantha Swartz (Antigo, Wis./Antigo) to take over in the circle. Bethel was able to scratch three runs to take a 5-2 lead.
  • The Royals found two more in the top half of the fifth, as a pair of Yellowjacket errors led to a two RBI double and an RBI single.
  • After plating another run in the top of the seventh, the Yellowjackets called upon Georgia Youngblood (Ray, Mich./Lutheran North), as she handled the pitching for the remainder of the contest.
  • In the bottom half of the inning, UW-Superior began to muster a two-out comeback. A pair of singles saw Norah Schmitz (Carver County, Minn./Waconia) come around to score after reaching on an infielder's choice earlier in the inning, but the Royals escaped the bases-loaded jam with a 4-3 putout, ending the Yellowjackets' season.
  • Stuckmayer and Thomson each went 2-4 on the day with a run scored. Thomson scored two of the three runs for UWS.
  • Snyder was tabbed to the All-Tournament squad for her efforts on the weekend.
 
The Yellowjackets close the 2024 season with an overall record of 26-15.
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play BU UWS
BU TOP 1st C. Thurow singled to center field, RBI; A. Otterness advanced to second; L. DeBace scored. 1 0
BU TOP 1st S. Bartels stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error by c; A. Otterness scored, unearned. 2 0
UWS BOT 1st Zoe Thomson homered to left field, 2 RBI; Carly Stuckm scored. 2 2
BU TOP 3rd M. Girard singled up the middle, 2 RBI; K. Hokanson advanced to second; C. Hokanson scored; C. Thurow scored. 4 2
BU TOP 3rd L. DeBace singled to center field, RBI; M. Franks advanced to second; M. Girard advanced to third; K. Hokanson scored. 5 2
BU TOP 5th A. Earney doubled to center field, 2 RBI; M. Franks scored, unearned; M. Girard scored, unearned. 7 2
BU TOP 5th A. Otterness singled to shortstop, RBI; A. Earney scored, unearned. 8 2
BU TOP 7th A. Otterness doubled to left field, RBI; E. Baker advanced to third; K. Frenette scored. 9 2
BU TOP 7th C. Hokanson flied out to rf, SAC, RBI; M. O'Connor advanced to third; A. Otterness scored. 10 2
UWS BOT 7th Larissa Snyd reached on an error by ss; Carly Stuckm advanced to second; Karen Balabo advanced to third; Norah Schmit scored, unearned. 10 3

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