Saturday, April 17, 2021

UW-Whitewater Softball Earns Road Sweep

Box Score, Game 1: https://static.uwwsports.com/custompages/softball/2021/april17a.htm

Box Score, Game 2: https://static.uwwsports.com/custompages/softball/2021/april17b.htm

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater softball team used an offensive outburst in the first game and a late comeback in the second Saturday to come away with two wins at UW-Stout in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader.

The Warhawks (13-7 overall, 3-3 WIAC) erupted for nine runs on 12 hits in the opener for a 9-0 triumph in six innings, and scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to take the lead in Game 2 for a 5-4 victory.

In Game 1, UW-Whitewater plated six runs over the final two innings to secure the win by run rule after six.

Kate Cleveland pitched a complete-game shutout, scattering five hits and one walk while striking out six. She improved to 5-3 on the season.

Third baseman Meg Cohrs registered three hits and drove in five runs to lead the offense. Left fielder/designated player Krista Sbarra finished 3-for-3 with three runs scored, and centerfielder Vera Pflugradt collected two hits and two runs scored.

First baseman Kaleigh O’Brien hit a three-run double as part of the Warhawks’ four-run fifth inning. Outfielder Sam Lattner scored on a wild pitch and Cohrs hit a sacrifice fly to plate a run in the sixth.

In the nightcap, Cohrs knocked a two-out, two-run single to center to plate Pflugradt and shortstop Sophia Kinjerski for the go-ahead runs.

The Blue Devils (3-14, 0-7) put two on with one out, but relief pitcher Annie Morelli induced a double play lineout to end the game.

Morelli earned her second save of the year by pitching the bottom of the seventh. Rhiann Dick pitched the first six innings and bumped her record to 4-3 by allowing four runs (none earned) on five hits and two walks with a season-best nine strikeouts.

Cohrs posted two hits to go along with her two RBIs. O’Brien smashed a two-run homer to left field in the second and finished with two runs scored in the contest.

Pflugradt reached base twice on one hit and one walk and scored one run.

UW-Whitewater travels to UW-Stevens Point Tuesday for a league doubleheader starting at 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 17, 2021

No. 13 Warhawk Baseball Grinds Out Two Wins

Box Score, Game 1: https://static.uwwsports.com/custompages/baseball/2021/bb18.htm

Box Score, Game 2: https://static.uwwsports.com/custompages/baseball/2021/bb19.htm

The No. 13 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team extended its active win streak to nine games Saturday with back-to-back victories over UW-Platteville in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium.

The Warhawks (17-2 overall, 11-1 WIAC) hung on for a 4-3 triumph in Game 1 before scoring five unanswered runs in the nightcap for a 5-2 win.

In the opener, after the Pioneers (8-12, 4-8) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, UW-Whitewater took the lead for good with three runs in the bottom of the second, including a two-run homer to left center by first baseman Taylor White and a wild pitch that plated left fielder Matt Korman.

The Warhawks added another in the bottom of the fourth on a two-out, RBI single through the left side by centerfielder Zach Campbell.

UW-Platteville tallied in the fifth and eighth innings, but Connor Moroder pitched a 1-2-3 with two strikeouts to earn his first save of the year.

Donovan Brandl improved to 3-1, allowing five hits and two runs without a walk over seven innings. He posted a career-high 10 strikeouts in the contest.

Korman, shortstop Nick Santoro and catcher Ryan Norton totaled two hits apiece to lead UW-W, which recorded 11 hits in the game.

Game 2 followed a similar path as the Pioneers took the lead first with a run in the top of the third.

UW-Whitewater tied the game at 1-1 in the fifth as Brandl smacked a two-out, run-scoring double off the right-center field wall.

White put the Warhawks ahead for good with his second two-run homer of the day, this one way over the right field wall, to make it 3-1. UW-W added insurance runs in the seventh on a two-out base hit to center by second baseman Sam Vomhof that plated Brandl and Santoro.

Connor Spear tossed the first seven innings and moved to 2-0 for the season, allowing no earned runs on three hits with 10 strikeouts, his second straight double-digit strikeout performance. Kade Lancour and Trey Bretl each pitched one inning in relief.

Santoro, Brandl, Vomhof and catcher Ian Drays collected two hits apiece to lead the offense.

UW-Whitewater travels to UW-Stevens Point Tuesday for a doubleheader at 1 p.m. The Warhawks and Pointers are currently tied for first place in the conference standings.

Article and Photos Courtesy of Bob Mischka

The Whitewater Whippet Football Team lost a non-conference game to Monroe on Friday, April 16, by a score of 29-7.

The high point for the Whippets was scoring their touchdown with just 1 second left in the first half on a 35 yard pass from junior quarterback Brock Grosinske to senior Chase Conn.

Another high was when the Whippets stopped the Cheesemakers when they had a first and goal in the second quarter.

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Next up in this shortened alternate season will be a game at McFarland on April 23. Attendance continues to be limited due to Covid-19 restrictions.

The picture of Chase Conn shows him catching the 35-yard touchdown pass in the end zone. He is wearing a mask under his helmet which makes it hard to make out his features.