10
Winner UW-Platteville UWPSB 16-11, 3-4 WIAC
2
UW-River Falls UWRF 16-7, 1-2 WIAC
Winner
UW-Platteville UWPSB
16-11, 3-4 WIAC
10
Final
2
UW-River Falls UWRF
16-7, 1-2 WIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UW-Platteville UWPSB 4 0 0 2 0 2 2 10 18 2
UW-River Falls UWRF 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 1

W: Hoeppner (10-7) L: Stegeman, Hannah (7-3)

1
UW-Platteville UWPSB 16-12, 3-5 WIAC
2
Winner UW-River Falls UWRF 17-7, 2-2 WIAC
UW-Platteville UWPSB
16-12, 3-5 WIAC
1
Final
2
UW-River Falls UWRF
17-7, 2-2 WIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UW-Platteville UWPSB 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 2
UW-River Falls UWRF 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 2 3 0

W: Speckel, Payton (8-3) L: Snook (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Splits with Platteville

Platteville, Wis. (uwrfsports.com) – The UW-River Falls softball team continued their conference play on Saturday when they played a doubleheader against UW-Platteville. The Falcons fell in game 1, but battled back to get the victory in game 2, to earn their second conference split of the weekend. Payton Speckel gave up 1 run while pitching all 7 innings, picking up her 8th win of the season. Amber Galloway and Maddie Studnicka knocked in runs for the Falcons giving them a 2-1 win in game 2.  

THE RUNDOWN GAME 1 vs UW-PLATTEVILLE
Final Score: UW-River Falls 2, UW-Platteville 10
Location: Platteville, Wis.
Records: UWRF 16-7, 1-2. UW-Platteville 16-11, 3-4.

WHAT HAPPENED IN GAME 1
  • The Pioneers jumped out to an early lead in their half of the first inning, pushing 4 runs across, on three hits.
  • The Pioneers added two more to their lead in the 4th inning to make the score 6-0.
  • Kaia Dorn and Noelle Senour got the Falcons started in the bottom of the 6th with back to back singles. After a couple of strikeouts the Falcons pushed across an unearned run and cut the Pioneer lead to 8-1.
  • Ali Krohn led off the 7th with a double for the Falcons and ended up scoring on an error by the Pioneers scoring the Falcons' second run of the game, but it wasn't enough as the Pioneers held on for the 10-2 victory.
  • Hannah Stegeman took just her 3rd loss of the season for the Falcons.
THE RUNDOWN GAME 2 vs UW-PLATTEVILLE
Final Score: UW-River Falls 2, UW-Platteville 1
Location: Platteville, Wis.
Records: UWRF 17-7, 2-2. UW-Platteville 16-12, 3-5.

WHAT HAPPENED IN GAME 2
  • Good pitching and defense got the Falcons started in game 2. Payton Speckel struck out 3 in the first two innings. In the third the Falcon defense turned a slick double play to get the Falcons out of the inning.
  • In the 4th inning the Pioneers strung together back to back singles to start the inning and managed to push a run across to take a 1-0 lead.
  • The Falcons answered in the 5th inning. Shannan Borchardt singled to third and Amber Galloway followed with a double to left, brining Borchardt all the way in from first, tying the score at 1. 
  • The Falcons manufactured a run in the 6th inning with some great execution and some small ball. Molly Kaspar drew a lead off walk, and Dorn laid down a sac. bunt to move Kaspar to 2nd. Senour singled to move Kaspar up to third and Studnicka followed by putting the ball in play and the right fielder could not make the play, driving Kaspar in to give the Falcons a 2-1 lead. 
  • Speckel and the defense slammed the door in the top of the 7th with three infield ground outs to give the Falcons the 2-1 victory. 
  • Speckel pitched great for the Falcons, giving up just 6 hits over 7 innings and striking out 5. 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Falcons will continue their conference schedule on Tuesday when they are scheduled to play a doubleheader at UW-Stout. The first pitch for game 1 is set for 4pm. 
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