9
Saint Mary's SMU 5-8
10
Winner UW-River Falls UWRF 14-3
Saint Mary's SMU
5-8
9
Final
10
UW-River Falls UWRF
14-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Saint Mary's SMU 0 0 1 0 5 2 1 9 13 3
UW-River Falls UWRF 0 0 4 4 1 1 X 10 16 2

W: Speckel, Payton (7-1) L: Trendle (3-2)

6
Winner Saint Mary's SMU 14-4
3
Wis. River Falls UWRF 6-8
Winner
Saint Mary's SMU
14-4
6
Final
3
Wis. River Falls UWRF
6-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Saint Mary's SMU 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 6 15 2
Wis. River Falls UWRF 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 9 0

W: Amber Chow (3-6) L: Stegeman, Hannah (6-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Splits at St. Mary's

Winona, Minn. (uwrfsports.com) – The UW-River Falls softball team traveled to take on St. Mary's in Winona, Minnesota on Thursday afternoon. Kaia Dorn homered and doubled in the first game as the Falcons scored 10 runs to back Payton Speckel's 7th win of the season. Ali Krohn drove in two runs in the second game but it wasn't enough as the Falcons fell 6-3 in game 2.

THE RUNDOWN GAME 1 vs ST. MARY'S
Final Score: UW-River Falls 10, St. Mary's 9
Location: Winona, MN
Records: UWRF 14-3, St. Mary's 5-8

WHAT HAPPENED IN GAME 1
  • St. Mary's got on the board first in their half of the third inning pushing just 1 run across, taking a 1-0 lead.
  • The Falcons answered with 4 runs in their half of the inning to take the lead at 4-1. Aiyana Ledwein led off the inning with a double and then scored on Kaia Dorn's 2-run homer. Shannan Borchardt added and RBI single and Amber Galloway followed with an RBI double to give the Falcons a 4-1 lead.
  • The Falcons scored 4 more in their half of the 4th inning to take a commanding 8-1 lead. Dorn added another RBI when she drove in a run with a double to left. Noelle Senour followed with an RBI single of her own and Maddie Studnicka followed with another single that knocked in 2 runs and gave the Falcons their 8-1 lead.
  • After the Cardinals made the game a little tighter with 5 runs in the top of the 6th, Dorn added another RBI on a sac fly to give the Falcons a 9-6 lead.
  • The Cardinals cut the Falcon lead to 9-8 in their half of the 6th inning after taking advantage of a couple of walks.
  • The Falcons got an insurance run in the bottom of the 6th when Lexi Dupee knocked in Galloway to give the Falcons a 10-8 lead.
  • The Cardinals pushed 1 across in the top of the 7th but Payton Speckel struck out the last Cardinal batter to give the Falcons a 10-9 victory.
  • Speckel recorded her 7th win of the season, going 3 innings, and striking out 4.
THE RUNDOWN GAME 2 vs ST. MARY'S
Final Score: UW-River Falls 3, St. Mary's 6
Location: Winona, MN
Records: UWRF 14-4, St. Mary's 6-8

WHAT HAPPENED IN GAME 2
  • The Cardinals jumped out to a 3 run lead in the top of the 3rd when they strung together 5 singles in the inning.
  • The Falcons tied the game up with 3 runs in their half of 4th inning. Ali Krohn knocked in 2 runs with a single up the middle and Ledwein followed with a double to deep right center to knock in Krohn to tie the game at 3.
  • The Cardinals answered with a 3 run inning of their own in the top of the 5th to take a 6-3 lead.
  • The Falcons were unable to answer in the final innings and fell in game 2 by a score of 6-3.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Falcons will travel to take on University of Northwestern in St. Paul, MN on Tuesday April 3rd. The first pitch of the doubleheader will be at 4pm.
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