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UW-River Falls UWRF 8-14
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Winner Luther College LUTSB 24-3
UW-River Falls UWRF
8-14
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Final
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Luther College LUTSB
24-3
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
UW-River Falls UWRF 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 2
Luther College LUTSB 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 9 0

W: Samantha Bratland (12-2) L: Speckel, Payton (5-6)

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UW-River Falls UWRF 8-15
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Winner Luther College LUTSB 25-3
UW-River Falls UWRF
8-15
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Final
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Luther College LUTSB
25-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
UW-River Falls UWRF 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Luther College LUTSB 4 2 4 0 X 10 8 0

W: Annie Versnik (13-1) L: Griswold, Carolyn (2-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Galloway Continues Hot Streak as Falcons Drop Doubleheader to No. 5 Luther

Decorah, IA. (uwrfsports.com) The UW-River Falls softball team traveled to Iowa to take on No. 5 ranked Luther college in a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon. Amber Galloway hit her 4th home run of the weekend but it was not enough as the Falcons dropped both games of the doubleheader to Luther. 

THE RUNDOWN GAME 1

Final Score: UW-River Falls 3, #5 Luther 5.
Location: Decorah, IA - Luther College
Records: UWRF 8-14, Luther 24-3

WHAT HAPPENED

  • The Falcons jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Amber Galloway lead off with a walk, moved to second on sacrifice bunt by Emma Steiner and was driven home by an RBI double to right by Kaia Dorn.
  • Luther would answer in the bottom of the third inning with an RBI ground out that tied the game at 1.
  • The game would stay tied until the top of the 6th.
  • Ali Krohn led off the inning with a double. She was moved to third by a sacrifice bunt by Mady Bunnell. Shannan Borchardt drove Krohn in with an RBI sacrifice fly to center field and the Falcons led 2-1.
  • Amber Galloway followed Borchardt's RBI with a solo home run to push the Falcon lead to 3-1. The home run was Galloway's 4th in her last three games.
  • Luther would answer in the bottom of the 6th with an RBI sac fly of their own to cut the Falcon lead to 3-2.
  • Luther would string together a single and a double in the bottom of the 7th to tie the game and send it to extra innings.
  • Luther's Sammie Harris would hit a 2-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 8th to give Luther the 5-3 win in game 1.
  • Payton Speckel pitched 7 1/3 for the Falcons and only allowed 3 earned runs on 9 hits and struck out 3.
  • Amber Galloway led the Falcon offense by reaching base 3 times, scoring 2 runs and hitting the lone home run for the Falcons.

THE RUNDOWN GAME 2

Final Score: UW-River Falls 0, #5 Luther 10.
Location: Decorah, IA - Luther College
Records: UWRF 8-15, Luther 25-3

WHAT HAPPENED
  • Carolyn Griswold started the second game in the pitching circle for the Falcons. 
  • Luther took advantage of 3 first inning walks and scored 4 runs in the first inning off of Griswold.
  • Payton Speckel relieved Griswold in the second inning for the Falcons. Speckel walked 3 in the second inning and Luther took advantage of an error to score 2 more runs to push their lead to 6-0.
  • Luther struck again in the bottom of the 3rd after two walks and a home run pushed their lead to 8-0. Maddie Studnicka came in to relieve Speckel.
  • Luther added two more runs in the bottom of the 3rd to extend their lead to 10-0.
  • The Falcons would threaten in the top of the 4th, when Amber Galloway's single after a Bunnell walk and a Borchardt single loaded the bases, but the Falcons were unable to get on the scoreboard.
  • The Falcon defense shined in the bottom of the 4th, when Ali Krohn threw out a runner at home plate from left field.
  • The Falcons were unable to score in the top of the 5th and Luther got the win 10-0.
  • Lexi Dupee and Amber Galloway led the Falcon offense with two hits a piece in the game.

LOOKING AHEAD
The Falcons will return home for a pair of doubleheaders this week. On Thursday April 13th, the Falcons will take on Martin Luther College at 2pm and on Friday the 14th,  they will battle conference rival UW-Stout at 2pm.
 
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