recap

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.

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Lawrence University softball team rallied from a five-run deficit to post an 8-7 nonconference victory over the State University of New-York Fredonia on Friday at the National Training Center.

The Vikings (1-1) trailed 7-2 before striking for five runs in the fifth to tie it and then adding the winning run in the sixth.

Anna Wawiorka, Alex Chiodo and Alissa Geipel had two hits apiece to pace Lawrence’s 11-hit attack, Amanda Jaskolski drove in a pair of runs for the Vikings.

Kara Vance picked up the win in relief for Lawrence. She didn’t allow a hit over the final two innings, struck out two and didn’t walk a batter.

Lawrence trailed 7-2 heading to the bottom of the fifth and there were two outs in the frame before the Vikings did all their damage. Tierney Duffy reached on an error, and Wawiorka followed with a single. Jaskolski smacked a two-run single to cut the margin to 7-4. Chiodo followed with a double to score pinch-runner Rheya Upadhyaya. Samantha Belletini then singled to score Chiodo to cut the lead to 7-6. Taylor Dodson followed with a double to score Belletini and tie it at 7-7.

The Vikings started the winning rally off reliever Kelsey Gannett in the sixth when Geipel walked and Savanna Marsicek reached on an error. After a sacrifice bunt, Wawiorka singled to score Geipel and the Vikings led 8-7.

Vance worked a perfect seventh to secure the win.

Maddy Stavish, Kim Lotocki, Alyssa Morgan and Kate Nicholson all had two hits for Fredonia (2-5), and Erin Mushtare drove in three runs.

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Lawrence University softball team dropped a 2-1 nonconference decision to the State University of New York-Geneseo in the season opener on Friday at the National Training Center.

Corrin Spallone limited Lawrence (0-1) to only two hits to get the win, but Kara Vance was almost as good for the Vikings. Vance went the distance and gave up just five hits, struck out one and walked one.

Cory Paquette doubled for Lawrence, and Tierney Duffy had a single for the two Lawrence hits. Elise Porreca went 2-for-3 to pace the Knights.

Geneseo scored twice in the bottom of the second on a pair of hits. Lawrence cut the lead to 2-1 with a run in the top of the third when Paquette led off with a double and later scored on Tierney’s single.

The Vikings had runners on base in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings but couldn’t get the tying run across the plate.