LOVES PARK, Ill. (WLCSports.com) - Wisconsin Lutheran College opened Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference play by sweeping a doubleheader from Rockford on Thursday by scores of 4-2 and 10-0 at Mercyhealth Sportscore Two.
The Warriors (5-9, 2-0 NACC) broke a scoreless game one in the top of the fourth when senior
Lexi Martin (Westfield, Ind.) homered for the first time this season. The Regents (7-5, 0-2 NACC) responded with a solo homerun and RBI double in the bottom of the inning for a 2-1 lead. Martin knotted the score at 2-2 in the sixth with a two-out single up the middle that brought home freshman
Madison Heller (South Milwaukee, Wis.).
Wisconsin Lutheran grabbed the lead with a pair of unearned runs in the seventh. A sacrifice fly from senior
Chloe De Leon (Northbrook, Ill.) plated freshman
Ally Stancel (Yorkville, Ill.), and junior
Olivia Krieser (Stoughton, Wis.) scored on an error that allowed sophomore
Emily Cardenas (Lake Stevens, Wis.) to reach.
Martin went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored and four other players posted one hit apiece. Junior
Melissa Tonn (West Allis, Wis.) tossed her first complete game of the season by allowing two runs on seven hits. She struckout four and walked just one.
Freshman
Alea Anhalt (Fond du Lac, Wis.) gave the Warriors a 1-0 first-inning lead in game two with a RBI single that scored Krieser. In the second, Cardenas' triple to right center scored sophomore
Juliana Sieber (Oconto, Wis.) and junior
Gwen Malecke (Gilberts, Ill.) followed with a single to left that sent home Cardenas for a 3-0 advantage.
A one-out double from senior
Maddy Chestolowski (Appleton, Wis.) drove in senior
Ashley Corley (Plainfield, Ill.) in the top of the third, and Corley's sacrifice fly in the fifth scored Malecke to make it 5-0 on the scoreboard. WLC erupted for five runs, all unearned, on five hits in the sixth inning for a 10-run cushion. Corley's RBI single scored Heller, Chestolowoski cleared the bases with a three-run double, and freshman
Sommer Krull (New London, Wis.) capped the scoring with a RBI single that plated Chestolowski.
Wisconsin Lutheran posted a season-high 15 hits and 10 runs, led by Malecke's 4-for-4 performance at the plate with a RBI and a run scored. Corley finished 3-for-3 with two RBI and two runs, while Chestolowski collected two hits, four RBI, and a run. Sophomore
Emily Brands (Zeeland, Mich.) pitched 6.0 shutout innings to earn her second win of the season. She gave up just four hits and fanned four.
The Warriors continue their busy six-game week with a NACC road doubleheader tomorrow at Lakeland (10-4, 1-1 NACC). First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m. Live coverage links can be found at WLCSports.com.
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