Softball

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Lawrence University softball team scored multiple runs in four consecutive innings and rolled to a 12-4 nonconference win over Thomas (Maine) College on Friday.

The Vikings pounded out 11 hits and nine different players had a hit for Lawrence (6-5). Kara Vance went the distance for Lawrence to pick up the win. She allowed seven hits, struck out four and walked three.

Amanda Jaskolski went 2-for-4 with a homer and two runs batted in for Lawrence. Mary Diduch went 2-for-2 with a triple and three RBIs.

Lawrence broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the top of the third. Alissa Geipel and Anna Wawiorka both scored after an error on Wawiorka’s ground ball for a 2-0 lead. After Jaskolski singled, Alex Chiodo doubled to score Jaskolski for a 3-0 edge.

Thomas (2-5) got a run back in the bottom half of the inning, but the Vikings added two more runs in the fourth. Tierney Duffy started the inning with a bunt single and then scored on an error. The Vikings then loaded the bases on another error and a hit batsman. Wawiorka then scored on a wild pitch for a 5-1 lead.

Lawrence added two more runs in the fifth for a 7-1 edge. Diduch tripled to score Cory Paquette and then scored on Savanna Marsicek’s sacrifice fly.

The Terriers got three runs in the bottom of the fifth to trim the margin to 7-4, but Lawrence sealed the victory with five runs in the sixth. Jaskolski blasted a two-run homer in the inning, Katie Schumacher had a run-scoring double and Diduch added a two-run single.

CLERMONT, Fla. — Jenna Falline tossed a four-hit shutout to lead the Buena Vista University softball team to a 6-0 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Thursday at the National Training Center.

Falline walked four and did not strike out a batter to record the victory.

Samantha Belletini had two hits, and Savanna Marsicek and Taylor Dodson also had hits for the Vikings (5-5).

The Beavers scored four times in the top of the first and added two more runs in the second to complete all the scoring in the game. Cory Paquette worked the first two innings for the Vikings and took the loss.

CLERMONT, Fla. — Kara Vance pitched the Lawrence University softball team to a 5-1 nonconference victory over Kalamazoo College on Thursday at the National Training Center.

Vance went the distance, allowed only five hits, struck out one and walked one.

Amanda Jaskolski went 2-for-4 with a homer and drove in a pair of runs for Lawrence (5-4). Freshman Samantha Belletini went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and drove in three runs for the Vikings, and Alissa Geipel was 3-for-4.

Lawrence jumped on the Hornets (4-5) with a pair of runs in the top of the first when Jaskolski blasted a two-run homer. Cory Paquette and Belletini had back-to-back doubles in the second to give the Vikings a 3-0 lead.

Kalamazoo cut the lead to 2-1 with a run in the bottom of the second, but Lawrence sealed the victory with a pair of runs in the sixth. After Jaskolski singled and Alex Chiodo walked, Belletini smacked a two-run double to give the Vikings a 5-1 edge.

Vance allowed a runner in both the sixth and seventh innings but worked out of trouble both times to nail down the win.

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Lawrence University softball team rallied from a six-run deficit to tie it, but the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came back to pull out a 12-10 nonconference victory on Tuesday.

Lead-off hitter Savanna Marsicek went 4-for-5 with a double and a triple and scored four runs to pace the Vikings (4-4). Amanda Jaskolski and Alissa Geipel both had three hits, including a pair of doubles from Jaskolski, and both drove in two runs for Lawrence. Taylor Dodson went 2-for-4 and had three runs batted in for the Vikings.

Lawrence was down 8-2 after the first inning, but the Vikings chipped away at the lead. The Vikings scored three times in the second on run-scoring singles from Marsicek and Geipel and Dodson’s sacrifice fly.

MIT pushed the back to 9-5, but the Vikings scored a run on Geipel’s RBI single in the third to cut the lead back to 9-6.

Lawrence then scored three times in the fifth to tie it at 9-9. Marsicek tripled to start the rally, and Anna Wawiorka singled to cut the lead to 9-7. Wawiorka scored on an error on Jaskolski’s ground ball, and Jaskolski came home to tie it when Dodson singled.

MIT started the bottom of the sixth with three consecutive hits and scored three times in the inning to grab a 12-9 edge. Lawrence got a run back in the top of the seventh on Jaskolski’s RBI double, but the Engineers avoided any further damage to secure the win.

Alexandra Marshall worked the final two innings to pick up the win for MIT.

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Lawrence University softball team scored four runs in the fifth and four more in the sixth to down Carleton College 12-4 in a nonconference game on Tuesday.

Alex Chiodo went 3-for-3 and Anna Wawiorka was 3-for-4 to pace Lawrence’s 16-hit attack. Wawiorka and Amanda Jaskolski both homered and drove in a pair of runs. Alissa Geipel went 2-for-4 and also drove in two runs for the Vikings (4-3).

Lawrence had built leads of 2-0 and 4-2 with the help of home runs. Wawiorka hit a solo shot in the first and Jaskolski belted a two-run blast in the third, but Carleton tied it at 4-4 with two runs in the top of the fourth.

The Vikings pulled away for good in the bottom of the fifth. Taylor Dodson started the inning with a double, and Chiodo and Samantha Belletini followed with singles to score Dodson. After the Vikings loaded the bases, Geipel delivered a two-run single to put the Vikings up 7-4. Wawiorka then singled to score Savanna Marsicek for an 8-4 lead.

Lawrence then ended the game with four more runs in the sixth. The Vikings got a walk and an error to start the inning, and Brielle Bartes singled to drive in Chiodo with the first run of the inning. Jessica Demski followed with a single to score Cory Paquette and Lawrence led 10-4. An error in the outfield on Marsicek’s fly ball allowed Bartes and Tierney Duffy to score and end the game via the eight-run rule.

Kara Vance tossed three innings of scoreless relief to pick up the win. She allowed three hits, struck out one and walked one.

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Lawrence University softball team jumped on Colby College early on Monday and went on to an 8-4 nonconference victory over the Mules at the National Training Center.

Amanda Jaskolski went 2-for-3 with a homer and two runs batted in to pace the Vikings’ 12-hit attack. Anna Wawiorka went 3-for-4 and Katie Schumacher collected two hits and three RBIs for Lawrence (3-3). Alissa Geipel also drove in a pair of runs for the Vikings.

Kara Vance picked up the win in relief for the Vikings. She pitched the final 4.1 innings, allowing four hits and no runs.

Lawrence jumped on the Mules with three runs in the top of the first. Wawiorka started the rally with a two-out single, and Jaskolski then blasted a two-run homer. After Alex Chiodo walked, Taylor Dodson doubled to score Chiodo and Lawrence led 3-0.

The Vikings made it 5-0 with a pair of runs in the second. After Schumacher doubled and Rheya Upadhyaya singled, Geipel smashed a two-run double.

Colby then scored four times in the bottom of the third to trim the margin to 5-4, but Lawrence countered in the top of the fifth. Schumacher delivered a three-run, bases-clearing double to put the Vikings up 8-4.

Vance then retired nine of the final 10 hitters she faced to secure the victory.

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Middlebury College softball team built a big lead and then had to shut down a Lawrence University comeback to preserve an 11-7 nonconference victory on Monday at the National Training Center.

The Panthers built an 11-2 edge with the help of a five-run fourth inning, but Lawrence (2-3) struck for five runs in the bottom of the seventh before Middlebury escaped the jam.

Sarah Freyre went 3-for-4, scored two runs and drove in five to pace Middlebury.

Amanda Jaskolski went 2-for-4 and drove in a pair of runs, and Taylor Dodson also had two RBIs for the Vikings.

Lawrence put together its five-run rally in the seventh with just three hits, but the Vikings got some help with two Middlebury errors and a hit batsman. Dodson had a two-run single in the inning, and Rheya Upadhyaya also picked up a run-scoring single.

CLERMONT, Fla. — Kara Vance went the distance to lead the Lawrence University softball team to a 3-1 nonconference victory over Bethel (Minn.) University on Saturday at the National Training Center.

Vance allowed six hits over seven innings, struck out one and walked one, to earn the victory. Karli Persson came on in relief to start the fourth inning and took the loss for Bethel (9-6).

Amanda Jaskolski, Taylor Dodson and Cory Paquette all went 2-for-3 to pace the Vikings (2-2).

Jaskolski helped give Lawrence the lead when she doubled to lead off the bottom of the fourth in a scoreless game. Alex Chiodo followed with a line drive single to score pinch-runner Rheya Upadhyaya and Lawrence led 1-0. Dodson and Paquette followed with back-to-back singles, and Chiodo scored to put the Vikings up 2-0.

Bethel trimmed the lead to 2-1 in the top of the fifth, but the Vikings got that run back in the bottom half of the frame. Alissa Geipel singled and moved to third on Jaskolski’s single. She then scored on Chiodo’s squeeze bunt and Lawrence led 3-1.

Vance then allowed only one baserunner in the final two innings to secure the victory.

CLERMONT, Fla. — A four-run fourth inning propelled the Carthage College softball team to a 9-4 nonconference victory Lawrence University on Saturday at the National Training Center.

The Lady Reds led 5-2 and then sealed the win with four runs in the bottom of the fourth. Darian Pelsor and Katie Morman had three hits apiece to pace Carthage (1-0). Pelsor also pitched two hitless innings of relief to pick up the victory.

Anna Wawiorka went 2-for-4 to pace Lawrence (1-2), which was limited to five hits. Katie Schumacher homered and drove in a pair of runs for the Vikings.

Liz Barthels allowed eight hits over the first three innings and took the loss.