Softball celebrates a victory over Coastal Carolina
Ashley Steltenpohl
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UCONN UCONN 8-6
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Winner Wisconsin WIS 10-6
UCONN UCONN
8-6
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Final
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Wisconsin WIS
10-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UCONN UCONN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1
Wisconsin WIS 0 0 0 0 0 5 X 5 6 0

W: Jacobson, Molly (4-1) L: Kinney, Payton (1-1)

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Winner Wisconsin WIS 11-6
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Coastal Carolina CCU 12-3
Winner
Wisconsin WIS
11-6
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Final
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Coastal Carolina CCU
12-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wisconsin WIS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 10 1
Coastal Carolina CCU 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 9 1

W: Salo , Gabi (5-2) L: Nicolette Picone (6-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Jake Ross

Badgers earn two dramatic victories in South Carolina

UW takes down UConn, 5-1, and Coastal Carolina, 6-4

CONWAY, S.C. – The Wisconsin softball team (11-6) started off the Chanticleer Showdown in South Carolina with two dramatic victories - coming from behind against UConn, 5-1, and winning in extras against Coastal Carolina, 6-4.

 

GAME ONE

Wisconsin utilized a late rally to beat UConn in the team's first game of the day.

Trailing 1-0 through most of the game, the Badgers put together a five-run sixth inning to comeback and beat the Huskies.

Sophomore Danielle Lucey capped the inning off with a three-run home run, breaking the game open for Wisconsin.
 


The Badgers tied things up at the start of the inning, after pinch-runner Emma King came around to score off a series of stolen bases and bunts, with Alivia Bark collecting the RBI. 

The late-game heroics were made possible by a stellar pitching performance from Molly Jacobson. Jacobson went the full 7.0 innings, allowing just one earned run - a solo home run in the top of the fourth.

The grad struck out three batters, allowed six hits, and improved her record to 4-1. The Wisconsin defense backed her up all game, committing no errors, and converting nine ground outs.

UW had another great game on the basepaths as well, with two of the team's runs being set up via the stolen base. Wisconsin stole four stolen bases in the game, and laid down two successful sacrifice hits.


Batting Cleanup

  • Danielle Lucey went 3-for-3 with a three-run home run, a double, and a stolen base. Lucey had her second three-hit game this season and her first career game with multiple extra-base hits.

  • Alivia Bark went 2-for-2 with an RBI. She now has hits in 14 of the Badger's 16 games.

  • Molly Jacobson had her first complete game of the season, going the full 7.0 innings.

GAME TWO

The Badgers came out on top of a nine-inning back and forth battle against Coastal Carolina, taking the victory, 6-4.

After trading blows throughout the game, Wisconsin finally broke through in the top of the ninth. With the bases loaded, the Badgers hustled down the paths to score two runners off a wild pitch. In the same at-bat, Emily Bojan ripped a single to left to score one more.

Gabi Salo, who started the game, closed out things in the bottom frame. Coastal Carolina's automatic runner scored during the inning, but Salo coaxed a flyball in the next at-bat to seal the Badger's 6-4 win.

The two teams went into extra innings tied up, 2-2. Hilary Blomberg gave Wisconsin the lead off an RBI double, but the Chanticleers retaliated by singling in their automatic runner - keeping the game in extras.

Before extra innings, the majority of the game was scoreless, with both Salo and Coastal Carolina's Nicolette Piccone putting up zeros. The Chanticleers looked like they would take the victory in the bottom of the seventh, loading up the bases with nobody out. But a leaping catch from second-baseman Hannah Conger, and a strikeout from Gabi Salo allowed the Badgers to send the game into extras.

The Chanticleers struck first in the contest, homering against Salo in the bottom of the first inning. The Badgers answered right back with a two-run double from Emmy Wells.

The home run that Salo allowed was responsible for her only two earned runs given up on the night. The grad pitched 9.0 innings, striking out five batters and not allowing a single walk. Her record improves to 5-2 this season.

Wisconsin collected 10 hits in the game and had multiple chances to score in the first seven innings. The Badgers got caught in a rundown between third and home in the top of the fifth inning, unable to score. The next inning seemingly saw Wisconsin take the lead after an Emily Bojan double, but upon further review, the runner was called out for leaving the base too early.

The Badgers start the Chanticleer Showdown 2-0.

Batting Cleanup

  • Wisconsin won its first 9-inning game since a contest against Texas on 3/10/23.

  • Alivia Bark went 3-for-5 in the game. Bark is now hitting .407 on the season, and has a six-game hitting streak.

  • Emily Bojan went 2-for-4 with an RBI double. Bojan is on a four-game hitting streak, and has a double in three of those games.

  • Hannah Conger went 2-for-2 with a double and a walk. The freshman recorded both her first career extra-base hit and her first career multi-hit game.

  • Gabi Salo is the first Badger to pitch nine or more innings and record a win since Maddie Schwartz went 10.0 shutout innings on 4/29/22.


UP NEXT

The Badgers continue the Chanticleer Showdown tomorrow with games against Bowling Green (9 a.m.) and Coastal Carolina (2:30 p.m.). Live stats for every game are available on the Badger softball schedule on uwbadgers.com, and live updates will be given on the @badgersoftball Facebook, X, and Instagram pages.
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