Softball Results Friday, July 5th
Ogden At Kuemper
Kuemper 8
Ogden 7
Kaylie Diercksen finished off a strong game with a walk off single to right field, driving in Chloe Gehling from 3rd base as Kuemper pulled out a tight win against Ogden on a night Myli Schaefer became the season and all-time strikeout leader in Kuemper history. The Knights nearly had the game slip away late as Ogden scored 3-runs in the top 7th and had the lead run at 3rd base. Myli Schaefer struck out a Bulldog for the 2nd out, then induced a ground ball back to the circle to strand the runner at 3rd. That set up the bottom 7th with Kuemper having their 2, 3 and 4 hitters scheduled. Allison Ostrander reached on an error and Charlotte Schwabe bunted, moving Ostrander to 3rd base. Chloe Gehling came in to run for Schwabe at 1st base. Ellie Sibbel hit a grounder on the infield and Ostrander was thrown out at home. Gehling moved to 3rd base with Kaylie Diercksen due up. Diercksen singled to right field, scoring Gehling to win the game.
Ogden started hot with a pair of runs in the top 1st and a run in the 2nd inning. The Knights rallied with a pair of runs in the bottom 1st. Kaci Peter led off with a double and scored on a sac bunt by Allison Ostrander. Ostrander scored on a sac bunt by Charlotte Schwabe, tying the game at 2. Kuemper grabbed the lead in the 3rd with Myli Schaefer starting the rally being hit-by-pitch. Kaci Peter singled and Allison Ostrander hit a sac fly to score Abrey Pudenz who was running for Schaefer. Charlotte Schwabe singled to score Kaci Peter and then scored on a double by Kaylie Diercksen, putting the Knights up 5-3. Morgan Masching singled in the 4th inning, followed by Kaci Peter reaching on an error. Both scored on a single by Allison Ostrander and Kuemper led 7-3. Ogden rallied in the 6th inning but Kuemper got out of trouble with limited damage done. The Bulldogs loaded the bases with an error, single and a fielder’s choice. A walk scored a run but two fielder’s choices and a popup to first base held them to 1-run. They gave themselves another chance in the 7th and this time they responded. Ogden had the first-four batters reach base, scoring a run. A groundout scored a second run and a wild pitch tied the game at 7. That set up the Knights and Kaylie Diercksen in the bottom 7th.
Myli Schaefer set a pair of records on Friday night. She became the all-time strikeout leader in Kuemper since the circle was moved to 40-feet in 2010. Kamryn Venner held the record, pitching from 2018-2022 with 318 strikeouts. Schaefer struck out 7 on Friday to move to 320 for her career. She had 173 this season which is also a new school record. The record had been held by Kamryn Venner with 158. Kaci Peter has also broken the school record with 32 stolen bases this season, breaking the record set last season by Morgan Masching. The 40-foot records are still held by Dani Stipe for stolen bases. The 40-foot strikeout record is held by Erin Bohlmann with 262 in 2006.
Kaylie Diercksen had 3-hits with 2 RBI and a double. Allison Ostrander had a pair of hits and 4 RBI, Kaci Peter had a double, 2-hits and 3-runs scored. Charlotte Schwabe had a pair of hits with 2 RBI. Myli Schaefer earned the win with 7 innings and 10 hits with 6 earned runs and 7 strikeouts.
The Knights improved to 16-12 overall and will host LoMa on Monday.
Kuemper Stats
Kaci Peter 2-4, 2B, 3 RS, SB
Allison Ostrander 2-3, 4 RBI, RS
Charlotte Schwabe 2-3, 2 RBI, RS
Chloe Gehling 1 RS
Kaylie Diercksen 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Morgan Masching 1-3, RS, SB
Myli Schaefer 1 HBP- Pitching WP, 7 IP, 10 Hits, 7 RA, 6 ER, 7 K’s, 3 BB, HBP
Abrey Pudenz 1 RS
Addison Schon 1-1
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Final
Ogden 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 7
Kuemper 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 8
Below are photos that are free to download thanks to the sponsorship of Macke Motors and Carroll Broadcasting Sports Network. The photos are taken by Jeff Storjohann.
