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Photo by: Kate Abbott
Badgers ease past Hoosiers in series opener
April 19, 2019 | Softball
Menz gives up just two hits in complete game shutout
MADISON, Wis. --Â A windy day didn't phase Wisconsin softball as the Badgers got back into the win column in the first of three against Indiana on Friday, 5-0. Wisconsin (31-8 overall, 8-5 B1G) outhit the visiting Hoosiers (31-16 overall, 6-9 B1G), 8-2.
The Badgers struck first when Kayla Konwent sent out her 14th home run of the year to lead off the first inning.
Wisconsin held on to their 1-0 lead through the fourth inning when a Jordan Little double down the left-field line sent pinch runner Tyra Turner home and eventually brought Little around to third base.
Kayla Konwent and Taylor Johnson would come home in the fifth on a Stephanie Lombardo double that would be the end of the day for Indiana's Tara Trainer in the circle.
Already leading 4-0, a Taylor Johnson double brought in Little from second.
Junior Kaitlyn Menz picked up her 14th win of the season in her fifth complete game.
-Head coach Yvette Healy
The Badgers struck first when Kayla Konwent sent out her 14th home run of the year to lead off the first inning.
Wisconsin held on to their 1-0 lead through the fourth inning when a Jordan Little double down the left-field line sent pinch runner Tyra Turner home and eventually brought Little around to third base.
Kayla Konwent and Taylor Johnson would come home in the fifth on a Stephanie Lombardo double that would be the end of the day for Indiana's Tara Trainer in the circle.
Already leading 4-0, a Taylor Johnson double brought in Little from second.
Junior Kaitlyn Menz picked up her 14th win of the season in her fifth complete game.
Batting clean-up: Four notes to know
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Konwent hit her third leadoff homer of the season.
- Foster recorded a team-high two hits and to extend her reached base streak to 17 games.
- The Badgers outhit the Hoosiers 8-2.
- Menz recorded seven strikeouts in her 14th win of the season.
Straight from the dugout
"She (Menz) was dominant. Indiana is a very good team, and I think it's going to be a battle the next two games. That's one of the best games I've seen her thrown since she's been at Wisconsin, and what a better time to do it against a team that's been ranked all year long and is one of the top teams in our conference and in the region. To put a zero up ever is a big deal, but especially against a really successful team like that is great."-Head coach Yvette Healy
On deck
The Badgers and Hoosiers take again tomorrow at 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Menz, Kaitlyn (4-3)
L: Tara Trainer (22-8)
Base Running:
SB: Taylor Lambert 1 ; Grayson Radcliffe 1 ; Katie Lacefield 1 ; Paige Chitwood 1 ; Tete Hart 1
HBP: Camryn Woodall 1
PO: Juvia Davis 1
Batting:
2B: Lombardo, Stephanie 1 ; Hedgcock, Caroline 1 ; Foster, Lauren 1 ; Little, Jordan 1
HR: Konwent, Kayla 1
RBI: Konwent, Kayla 1 ; Johnson, Taylor 1 ; Lombardo, Stephanie 2 ; Little, Jordan 1
SH: Fish, Jolie 1 ; Welsh, Kelly 1 ; Miklesh, Ally 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Konwent, Kayla 2 ; Johnson, Taylor 1 ; Foster, Lauren 1 ; Little, Jordan 1
CS: Konwent, Kayla 1 ; Johnson, Taylor 1
Game Leaders
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