CLERMONT, Fla. — The Lawrence University softball team pounded out 15 hits over five innings in a 9-1 nonconference win over Oberlin College on Thursday.
Lawrence, which ran its win streak to five games, had five players collect two hits apiece. Anna Wawiorka, Amanda Jaskolski, Sam Belletini, Taylor Dodson and Marisa Thackston all had two hits for the Vikings (7-3).
Thackston drove in a pair of runs for Lawrence, which had six doubles on the afternoon.
Liz Barthels allowed one run on five hits over five innings to pick up the win. She struck out one and did not walk a batter.
Lawrence took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second when Belletini doubled and scored on Kori Looker’s double
The Vikings started to pull away from Oberlin (1-10) with three more runs in the third. Jaskolski, Belletini and Thackston all had run-scoring singles in the inning as Lawrence grabbed a 4-0 lead.
The Yeowomen got a run in the top of the fourth, but the Vikings scored twice in the bottom half of the inning to push the lead to 6-1. Marsicek’s run-scoring double scored one run, and Dodson’s infield single plated the other.
Lawrence ended the game on the eight-run rule in the bottom of the fifth with three more runs. Thackston and Jessica Demski had back-to-back run-scoring doubles to push the lead to 8-1, and Wawiorka belted another double to score Demski and end the game.
Lawrence wraps up its spring break trip on Friday with games against Elmhurst College and Colby College.