Saturday, April 17
Piscataway. N.J.
1:00 PM (ET)
Rutgers University
6-20, 6-20
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Wisconsin
10-16, 10-16
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2nd innning2
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4th innning4
5th innning5
6th innning6
7th innning7
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Wisconsin
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Rutgers
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Photo by: (Ben Solomon/Rutgers Athletics)
Softball Drops Saturday Doubleheader With Wisconsin
Apr 17 | Softball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Wisconsin took two from Rutgers softball on an overcast day at the Rutgers Softball Complex on Saturday.
Rutgers softball closes out the series on Sunday with first pitch slated for 11 a.m.
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Wisconsin 5, Rutgers 0
| STANDOUT STATS |
- Leilani Chavez led the Scarlet Knights at the plate going 2-for-3 with a double.
- Graduate student Gabrielle Callaway also recorded a double, her fifth of the year, to finish 1-for-2 in the opener.
- Graduate student Izzy Berouty threw for 6.0 innings striking out a season-high five, one shy of tying her career mark
| THE RUNDOWN |
- For the second-straight game Wisconsin's Peyton Bannon led off with a home run to left field to put the Badgers ahead.
- Wisconsin added two runs on both the fifth and sixth.
- Back-to-back hits, first a double from Lauren Foster into left followed by a single thru the right side by Christaana Angelopulos saw the Badgers go up 3-0 in the fifth.
- In the sixth, Skylar Sirdashney and Ally Miklesh opened with singles leading to an Alyssa McClelland base hit into right to score her teammates.
Wisconsin 9, Rutgers 1
| STANDOUT STATS |
- Freshman Leilani Chavez knocked in RU's lone run on her second career triple scoring pinch-runner Aleeah Randazzo
- Sophomores Ashley Hitchcock and Jaden Vickers combined for nine strikeouts.
| THE RUNDOWN |
- Three hits led to three runs for the Badgers to open game two with RBIs coming from Abby Herbest, Christaana Angelopulos and Skylar Sirdashney.
- Wisconsin added two more in the top of the second on an extra-base hit by Fiona Girardot.
- Rutgers got its lone run in the bottom of the second. The Scarlet Knights led off with a single by freshman Kayla Bock thru the right side of the infield setting up Chavez to knock in the RU run on a triple to right field.
- Wisconsin, however, would extend its lead capitalizing on loading the bases for two runs in the fourth, as well as a solo home run to left from Girardot in the fifth and leadoff shot over the right-field wall for Angelopulos.
| SATURDAY DOUBLEHEADER HIGHLIGHTS |
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Rutgers softball closes out the series on Sunday with first pitch slated for 11 a.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Haley Hestekin (4-2)
L: Berouty, Izzy (2-8)
Batting:
2B: Lauren Foster 1
HR: Peyton Bannon 1
RBI: Peyton Bannon 1 ; Alyssa McClelland 2 ; Lauren Foster 1 ; Christaana Angelopul 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Peyton Bannon 1 ; Alyssa McClelland 1 ; Gabby Altobelli 1 ; Skylar Sirdashney 1 ; Ally Miklesh 1
SB: Megan Donahue 1 ; Ally Miklesh 1
HBP: Peyton Bannon 1 ; Fiona Girardot 1
Batting:
2B: Callaway, Gabrielle 1 ; Chavez, Leilani 2
SH: Hoklotubbe, Hailey 1
Base Running:
CS: Lincavage, Payton 1
HBP: Lincavage, Payton 1 ; Bock, Kayla 1
Game Leaders
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