DE PERE, Wis. – The Lawrence University softball team dropped a heartbreaker in the first game of a Midwest Conference doubleheader on Wednesday, and St. Norbert College rolled to a win in the second game to sweep the twinbill at Mel Nicks Field.
St. Norbert (22-6, 12-0 MWC) got a solo homer from Collette Ullmer in the bottom of the seventh to win the first game 1-0. The Green Knights took the nightcap 12-1.
Shannon Murray was the hard-luck losing pitcher in the opener despite allowing only three hits in the contest. Kayla Krueger got the win for St. Norbert after allowing three hits.
In the nightcap, the Green Knights exploded for 11 runs in the first inning. St. Norbert had 10 hits in the inning and took advantage of three Lawrence errors.
Ullmer went 3-for-4 in the nightcap and drove in three runs.
Box score (NCAA)
2010 Lawrence University Softball Lawrence University at St. Norbert College (Game 1) 4/21/2010 at De Pere, Wis. (Mel Nicks Field) Lawrence University 0 (13-10,5-4 MWC) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Cathy Kaye lf............ 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 Katie Simonson cf........ 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 Gaelen Lombard-Knapp 3b.. 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 Alex Goodson 1b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 Shannon Murray p......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Emily Perish ss.......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Meredith Foshag 2b....... 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 Ellen French dh.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Dani Cherry c............ 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 Desiree Gehl rf/pr....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 26 0 3 0 0 7 18 7 5 St. Norbert College 1 (21-6,11-0 MWC) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Tracy Palmer ss.......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 Stephanie Ortiz cf....... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Kayla Krueger p.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Brieanne Oehlke c........ 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 1 Jessica Kropp dh......... 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 Collette Ullmer 3b....... 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 Kristin Zimmerman 1b..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 Alyssa McGray 2b......... 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 Brittany Narges lf....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Abby Van Straten rf...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals................... 20 1 3 1 1 5 21 7 5 Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Lawrence University. 000 000 0 - 0 3 3 St. Norbert College. 000 000 1 - 1 3 2 ----------------------------------------- E - Perish; Foshag 2; Ullmer; McGray. LOB - Lawrence 5; St. Norbert 5. HR - Ullmer. SH - Ortiz; Zimmerman; Narges. Lawrence University IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Shannon Murray...... 6.0 3 1 1 1 5 20 24 St. Norbert College IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Kayla Krueger....... 7.0 3 0 0 0 7 26 26 Win - Krueger (10-1). Loss - Murray (8-4). Save - None. PB - Oehlke. Umpires - Start: 3:00 pm Time: 1:03 Attendance: 125 Murray faced 1 batter in the 7th. Game: 10-23
Play-by-Play
2010 Lawrence University Softball Lawrence University at St. Norbert College (Game 1) - Play-by-Play 4/21/2010 at De Pere, Wis. (Mel Nicks Field) Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Lawrence University. 000 000 0 - 0 3 3 St. Norbert College. 000 000 1 - 1 3 2 ----------------------------------------- Lawrence University starters: 8/lf Kaye; 16/cf Simonson; 13/3b LombardKnapp; 15/1b Goodson; 9/p Murray; 10/ss Perish; 5/2b Foshag; 11/dh French; 2/c Cherry; 22/rf Gehl; St. Norbert College starters: 2/ss Palmer; 3/cf Ortiz; 9/p Krueger; 21/c Oehlke; 7/dh Kropp; 6/3b Ullmer; 13/1b Zimmerman; 1/2b McGray; 14/lf Narges; 11/rf Van Straten; Lawrence University 1st - Kaye struck out looking. Simonson struck out. LombardKnapp struck out, out at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Norbert College 1st - Palmer popped up to 2b. Dropped foul ball, E4. Ortiz grounded out to p. Krueger reached on an error by ss. Oehlke struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB. Lawrence University 2nd - Goodson grounded out to 2b. Murray popped up to 1b. Perish flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Norbert College 2nd - Kropp struck out. Ullmer struck out looking. Zimmerman popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Lawrence University 3rd - Foshag struck out. French grounded out to 2b. Cherry singled. Cherry advanced to second on a passed ball. Kaye lined out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. St. Norbert College 3rd - McGray singled. Narges out at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt; McGray advanced to second. Palmer flied out to cf. Ortiz grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Lawrence University 4th - Simonson singled. LombardKnapp reached on a fielder's choice; Simonson out at second 3b to ss. Goodson reached on a fielder's choice; LombardKnapp out at second ss to 2b. Murray lined out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. St. Norbert College 4th - Krueger flied out to cf. Oehlke grounded out to 3b. Kropp grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Lawrence University 5th - Perish popped up to 2b. Foshag fouled out to c. French reached on an error by 2b. Cherry reached on an error by 3b; French advanced to second. Gehl pinch ran for French. / for Gehl. Kaye struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. St. Norbert College 5th - French to dh for Gehl. Gehl to rf. Ullmer reached on an error by 2b, advanced to second. Zimmerman out at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt; Ullmer advanced to third. McGray grounded out to 3b. Narges struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Lawrence University 6th - Simonson struck out. LombardKnapp struck out. Goodson grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Norbert College 6th - Palmer singled. Ortiz grounded out to 1b unassisted, SAC, bunt; Palmer advanced to second. Krueger flied out to lf. Oehlke walked. Kropp struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Lawrence University 7th - Murray popped up to 2b. Perish singled. Foshag popped up to 1b, bunt. French grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. St. Norbert College 7th - Ullmer homered, RBI. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Box score (NCAA)
2010 Lawrence University Softball Lawrence University at St. Norbert College (Game 2) 4/21/2010 at De Pere, Wis. (Mel Nicks Field) Lawrence University 1 (13-11,5-5 MWC) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Cathy Kaye lf/dh......... 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Tierney McBride ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Katie Simonson cf........ 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 Gaelen Lombard-Knapp 3b/c 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 Alex Goodson 1b/3b....... 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 Shannon Murray p/ss...... 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Emily Perish ss/p........ 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 Britni Totzke dh/rf...... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ellen French rf/1b....... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 Dani Cherry c/dh......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lara Wasserman dh/lf.... 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Meredith Foshag 2b....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals................... 19 1 4 1 1 5 12 6 4 St. Norbert College 12 (22-6,12-0 MWC) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Tracy Palmer ss.......... 3 2 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 Stephanie Ortiz cf....... 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Kayla Krueger dh......... 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Brieanne Oehlke c........ 4 3 2 1 0 0 5 0 1 Brittany Narges lf....... 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 Morgan Buboltz lf....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Collette Ullmer 3b....... 3 1 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 Ashtin Schmechel 3b..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kristin Zimmerman 1b..... 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 Alyssa McGray 2b......... 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Christina Aponte 2b..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Abby Van Straten rf...... 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 Alissa Purko rf......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Kari Corbeille p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals................... 28 12 14 9 2 3 15 6 7 Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Lawrence University. 0 01 00 - 1 4 3 St. Norbert College. (11)01 0X - 12 14 1 ----------------------------------------- E - LombardKnapp; Goodson; Murray; Ullmer. LOB - Lawrence 4; St. Norbert 7. 2B - Ortiz; Oehlke; Ullmer 2. HBP - Palmer. SB - Palmer; Oehlke; Narges 2. Lawrence University IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Shannon Murray...... 0.2 6 7 5 0 1 9 9 Emily Perish........ 3.1 8 5 1 2 2 19 22 St. Norbert College IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Kari Corbeille...... 5.0 4 1 1 1 5 19 20 Win - Corbeille (7-3). Loss - Murray (8-5). Save - None. WP - Murray; Perish; Corbeille. HBP - by Perish (Palmer). BK - Perish. Umpires - Start: 4:30 pm Time: 1:21 Attendance: 125 Game: 10-24
Play-by-Play
2010 Lawrence University Softball Lawrence University at St. Norbert College (Game 2) - Play-by-Play 4/21/2010 at De Pere, Wis. (Mel Nicks Field) Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Lawrence University. 0 01 00 - 1 4 3 St. Norbert College. (11)01 0X - 12 14 1 ----------------------------------------- Lawrence University starters: 8/lf Kaye; 16/cf Simonson; 13/3b LombardKnapp; 15/1b Goodson; 9/p Murray; 10/ss Perish; 4/dh Totzke; 11/rf French; 2/c Cherry; 5/2b Foshag; St. Norbert College starters: 2/ss Palmer; 3/cf Ortiz; 9/dh Krueger; 21/c Oehlke; 14/lf Narges; 6/3b Ullmer; 13/1b Zimmerman; 1/2b McGray; 11/rf Van Straten; 15/p Corbeille; Lawrence University 1st - Kaye struck out looking. Simonson struck out looking. LombardKnapp struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. St. Norbert College 1st - Palmer singled. Palmer advanced to second on a wild pitch. Ortiz doubled; Palmer advanced to third. Krueger flied out to cf. Oehlke reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Ortiz advanced to third; Palmer scored. Oehlke stole second. Narges singled, RBI; Oehlke advanced to third; Ortiz scored. Narges stole second. Ullmer doubled, advanced to third on the throw, 2 RBI; Narges scored; Oehlke scored. LombardKnapp to c. Goodson to 3b. Totzke to rf. French to 1b. Cherry to dh. Zimmerman struck out. McGray singled, RBI; Ullmer scored. Van Straten singled, advanced to second on an error by 3b; McGray advanced to third. Murray to ss. Perish to p. Palmer singled, RBI; Van Straten advanced to third; McGray scored, unearned. Palmer stole second. Ortiz reached on an error by ss, advanced to second on the throw; Palmer scored, unearned; Van Straten scored, unearned. Krueger walked; Ortiz advanced to third on an illegal pitch. Krueger advanced to second; Ortiz scored on an error by c, failed pickoff attempt, unearned. Oehlke singled; Krueger advanced to third. Narges singled, RBI; Oehlke advanced to third; Krueger scored, unearned. Ullmer singled, RBI; Narges advanced to second; Oehlke scored, unearned. Goodson to ss. Murray to 3b. Zimmerman flied out to cf. 11 runs, 10 hits, 3 errors, 2 LOB. Lawrence University 2nd - Goodson grounded out to 3b. Murray lined out to ss. Perish walked. Totzke reached on an error by 3b; Perish advanced to second. French struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. St. Norbert College 2nd - Murray to 1b. French to 3b. Wasserman to dh for Cherry. McGray grounded out to p. Van Straten struck out. Palmer hit by pitch. Ortiz singled; Palmer advanced to third. Krueger grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Lawrence University 3rd - Wasserman singled. Kaye singled; Wasserman advanced to second. Kaye advanced to second; Wasserman advanced to third on a wild pitch. Simonson grounded out to 3b. LombardKnapp flied out to cf. Goodson singled, RBI; Kaye advanced to third, out at third lf to 3b; Wasserman scored. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. St. Norbert College 3rd - Kaye to dh. Wasserman to lf. Oehlke doubled. Oehlke advanced to third on a wild pitch. Narges walked. Narges stole second. Ullmer doubled, RBI; Narges advanced to third; Oehlke scored. Zimmerman grounded out to p. McGray struck out. Van Straten grounded out to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Lawrence University 4th - Buboltz to lf for Narges. Purko to rf for Van Straten. Murray flied out to rf. Perish singled. Totzke reached on a fielder's choice; Perish out at second p to ss. French grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. St. Norbert College 4th - Palmer singled. Ortiz reached on a fielder's choice; Palmer out at second 2b to ss. Krueger reached on a fielder's choice; Ortiz out at second 2b to ss. Oehlke flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Lawrence University 5th - Schmechel to 3b for Ullmer. Aponte to 2b for McGray. Wasserman struck out looking. McBride pinch hit for Kaye. McBride grounded out to ss. Simonson popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.