Pioneers drop two in Florida
CLERMONT, Fla. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville softball team dropped a pair of games Thursday. The Pioneers (5-7) fell 18-0 to Defiance College (4-6) and 3-0 to Hamilton College (5-0).
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Wis.-Platteville
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
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Hamilton
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0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Defiance
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4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 0 |
|
Wis.-Platteville
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
CLERMONT, Fla. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville softball team dropped a pair of games Thursday. The Pioneers (5-7) fell 18-0 to Defiance College (4-6) and 3-0 to Hamilton College (5-0).
In game one, the Yellow Jackets kept the Pioneers' bats quiet holding a 19-3 hit advantage in the five innings. Defiance managed to put up four runs in each of the first four innings and two in the final frame. Rachel Plautz went 2-2 in the game as leadoff and five different Pioneers teamed together in the circle in attempt to slow the Jackets hitting.
UW-Platteville looked to bounce back in the second game and went toe-to-toe with the unbeaten Continentals. Plautz continued her day and went 3-4 in the game for a 5-6 day. Hamilton got on the board in the 2nd inning with a homerun to score one run. The Continentals doubled the lead in the 3rd inning and scored one final run in the 5th. McKenna Rommel (2-3) started off the game in the circle and suffered the loss allowing four hits in two innings. Claire Bakkestuen finished out the day and tallied five strikeouts, walked one and allowed four hits. Natalie Beebe recorded the lone homer of the game and pitched a complete game striking out eight, walking none and allowing eight hits.
The Pioneers have one last day of competition in Florida before returning to Platteville. UW-Platteville will face Geneseo and Washington College on Friday, March 18 at 8 and 10:45 a.m.