Softball Results for Tuesday, May 23rd
Denison Schleswig at Carroll
Carroll 3
Denison Schleswig 2 (9 Innings)
Defense was the main attraction in Tuesday’s matchup between Carroll and Denison Schleswig as both teams needed extra innings to determine a winner.
The Tigers have recently dominated this series against the Monarchs, winning the last six games total. Both defenses were stone walls against the others’ offense and neither team were able to score. Carroll’s offense finally got a girl home when Averi Burke hit a great hit up the right-side gap to score Parker Adams and get herself an RBI triple. Carroll added to their 1-0 lead with another run in the bottom of the fourth inning when Makalei Kofron got on base and was brought home off a fielder’s choice.
Denison Schleswig’s bats suddenly came alive in the top of the sixth inning as they tied the game up at 2-2. Ashlyn Herrig, who was 0-2 at the time, hit a big triple and was brought home off a sac fly by Maya Slater to cut the lead in half at 2-1. Kaitlyn Bruhn was able to double off of Burke and was brought home by Kaylee Baker off an RBI single to even the game up at 2-2. Burke to that point was commanding the Monarch batters, and she lost a bit of her control. She gained it right back after some sticky situations in later innings. She’d strike out the last two batters in the seventh inning to retire the Monarchs, got another strikeout in the eighth along with seeing line drive to Camryn Schable go their way, and with runners at second and third, conjured up a tag out at third along with a great 1-3 play to end the top of the ninth.
The Tigers had a few chances to walk off the game in the seventh and eighth but both times they went down in order. Burke was able to get the offense sparked with a walk, but she got a little too excited and was tagged out at third trying to steal home off a bunt by Ava Gross. After the tag out at third, Gross advanced to second base, setting up another walk off opportunity. Kofron stepped up to the plate once again, already at 2-3 on the day. She got the ball she was looking for and crushed a deep shot to the right-side warning tracks to bring home Gross and win the game for Carroll 3-2.
The Tigers capture their first win of the season and are now 1-1 overall. They will have a rematch of last year’s regional championship Wednesday night as they travel to take on ADM.
Carroll Stats
Parker Adams: 1-4, RS
Averi Burke: 1-3, 3B, RBI, BB, SB; Pitching: 9 IP, 7 H, 2 RA, 2 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, W
Ava Gross: 1-4, RS
Makalei Kofron: 3-4, RBI, RS
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
DS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
CARR 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
Underwood at IKM-Manning
Underwood 29
IKM-Manning 22
That final score is not a figment of your imagination, the Underwood Eagles got past the IKM-Manning Wolves in a regular season softball game Tuesday night.
After insanely high scores and long nine inning games already this season, this one takes the cake as the highest scoring game this season by a long shot. Underwood nearly scored 30 runs after an impressive 12-run sixth inning that had them ahead 25-15 and later 29-17 in the top half of the seventh before IKM-Manning had another five-run bottom of the seventh inning to narrowly lose a high scoring affair. Some stats from the Wolves includes Anna Stangl who ended up going 2-2, was walked four times, and was credited with six RBIs along with three runs scored. Hannah McKinney had three RBIs along with a triple and two runs scored.
The Wolves fall in their high-scoring season opener to 0-1 on the season. They are back in action on Wednesday, May 24th when they host Kuemper.
IKM-Manning Stats
Ella Richards: 2 RS, 2 RBI, 3 BB, HBP
Sarah Christensen: RS, BB
Anna Stangl: 2-2, 3 RS, 2B, 3B, 6 RBI, 4 BB, SB
Olivia Robinson: BB
Hannah McKinney: 1-6, 2 RS, 3B, 3 RBI
Laura McCarville: 1-4, RS, 2 BB
Grace Carroll: 2 2B, 2 RS
Brooke Booth: RS, 2 BB
Alikxa McGinn: RS, RBI
Alexis Gruhn: 3 RS, 3 BB, HBP
Karlee Arp: 1-2, 3 RS, 2B, 3 RBI, 3 BB
Taylor Beckendorf: 1-2, 2 RS, RBI
Hollie Blum: RS
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Final
UND 3 2 1 4 3 12 4 29
IKMM 3 3 1 5 3 2 5 22
East Sac at Manson NW Webster
East Sac 13
Manson NW Webster 2 (6 Innings)
The East Sac Raiders had everything go their way Tuesday night as they cruised past Manson NW Webster in their season opener.
The Raiders had plenty of talent from last year’s team return better than ever in their first game of the season. The Raiders got out to a 2-0 start in the second inning when Jamie Pierce was walked and later scored off an error and Kami Ross scored off a sac fly by Jen Aschinger. Manson NW Webster responded in the bottom half of the third inning and tied the game at 2-2. The Raiders had a massive response for those runs as they regained the lead and kept it with eight runs added to their total. Emersyn Mack, Mary Bontrager, and Gracie Snyder all hit singles and later scored, Ross, Kendall Quirk, and Makenna Steiger were credited with RBIs, and the Raiders exploded with a 10-2 lead. Later in the sixth inning, it was game, set, match when Pierce and Ross both hit RBI singles and Quirk later hit a sac RBI to win it for the Raiders 13-2.
The Raiders pick up their first win of the season and improve to 1-0 overall. They are back in action on Thursday, May 25th as they travel to take on Cherokee Washington.
East Sac Stats
Emersyn Mack: 2-4, 2 RS
Mary Bontrager: 1-4, RS, SB
Maci Gustavson: 2 BB
Gracie Snyder: 1-3, 3 RS, 2 SB, BB
Jamie Pierce: 2-2, 2 RS, 2B, 2 BB
Kami Ross: 1-3, RS, 2 RBI, SB
Kendall Quirk: RS, 2 RBI
Jen Aschinger: 1-3, RBI
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
ESC 0 2 0 8 0 3 13
MNWW 0 0 2 0 0 X 2
South Central Calhoun at Glidden Ralston
Glidden Ralston 12
South Central Calhoun 2 (5 innings)
The Glidden Ralston Wildcats cruised past the South Central Calhoun Titans Tuesday night after five strong offensive innings and a solid performance from Vanessa Koehler in the circle.
The Titans gave the Wildcats a run for their money in the first inning, scoring two runs with a Keira Hammen homerun. The Wildcats had a great response as they took the lead at 3-2 scoring Koehler, Tiela Janssen, and Kassidy Wenck. Wenck ended up with a big performance for Glidden Ralston, going 2-3 with two runs scored, five RBI, and three stolen bases. The Wildcats kept the runs coming with two more in the second inning, five in the third, and capped it all off with two more in the fifth inning. Koehler once again was great in the circle with six strikeouts and only giving up three hits and two earned runs. The Wildcats ended the game early with a 12-2 win in five innings.
Along with Hammen’s two run home run, Jayci Graeve went 2-2 on the day. Charissa Nowatzke suffered the loss for the Titans giving up 12 hits and 12 runs along with recording two strikeouts. The Wildcats are now 2-0 on the season while the Titans drop to 0-2. Both teams are back in action on Wednesday, May 24th as South Central Calhoun will host West Bend Mallard and Glidden Ralston will travel to take on Boyer Valley.
Glidden Ralston Stats
Vanessa Koehler: 2-4, 3 RS, 3 SB; Pitching: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 RA, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, W
Tiela Janssen: 2-4, 3 RS, 2 SB
Kassidy Wenck: 2-3, 2 RS, 5 RBI, 3 SB
Elizabeth Lloyd: 2-3, 3 RBI, BB
Ashlynn Tigges: 1-3, BB, SB
Jaelyn Subbert: 1-2, RS, BB, SB
Brileigh Bock: 1-3, RS, RBI
Brenna Bowman: 1-3, RS
Allison Snyder: RS
Grace Lensch: 2 SB
South Central Calhoun Stats
Onna Haupert: BB, RS
Keira Hammen: 1-1, 2 Run HR, RS, BB
Jayci Graeve: 2-2
Charissa Nowatzke: Pitching: 4 IP, 12 H, 12 RA, 12 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, L
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 Final
SCC 2 0 0 0 0 2
GR 3 2 5 0 2 12
Audubon at AHSTW
Audubon 5
AHSTW 3
The Wheelers faced some early challenges from AHSTW Tuesday night, but in the final two innings they pulled out enough runs to win it on the road.
The Wheelers came off a tough loss to Earlham the night before and didn’t want history to repeat itself. AHSTW looked solid early on with three runs scored by the third inning. The Vikings grounded out to score a runner in the second inning and later in the third they scored one off a wild pitch and another off a sacrifice fly. The Wheelers defense turned a new leaf from there on out and kept AHSTW at bay. The Vikings got a runner to third base in the fourth and sixth innings but didn’t get that baserunner home.
The Wheelers offense finally had everything click in the top of the sixth when Kali Irlmeier got home off a grounder from Alexis Obermeier. They’d still train 3-1 heading into the seventh inning. After two outs, the rally began for the Wheelers as Anna Larsen was brought home off an RBI single from Mattie Nielsen. Jordan Porsch had herself a single as did Irlmeier that scored Nielsen to give Audubon the 4-3 lead. After a few walks by the AHSTW pitcher, Audubon was ahead 5-3 after Irlmeier crossed home plate. Alexis Obermeier closed out the game with a solid finish with two strikeouts to secure the 5-3 win on the road.
The Wheelers improve to 1-1 overall on the season. They are back in action on Thursday, May 25th when they travel to take on Riverside.
Audubon Stats
Michelle Brooks: 1-4
Jordan Porsch: 3-4, 2B, RS, SB
Alexis Obermeier: RBI, BB; Pitching: 3 IP, 2 BB, 5 K
Addie Hocker: RBI, BB
Kylee Hartl: 1-2, 2 BB, SB
Anna Larsen: RS
Mattie Nielsen: 1-4, RS, RBI
Kali Irlmeier: 2-3, 2 RBI, 2 RS, BB; Pitching: 4 IP, 7 H, 5 K, 3 RA, ER
Maya King: SB
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Final
AUD 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5
AHSTW 0 1 2 0 0 0 X 3
