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Winner Grinnell College GCSB 3-8
4
Wis.-Eau Claire UWEC 9-4
Winner
Grinnell College GCSB
3-8
7
Final
4
Wis.-Eau Claire UWEC
9-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Grinnell College GCSB 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 7 1
Wis.-Eau Claire UWEC 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 8 3

W: Vermeulen, Kathryn (2-3) L: A. Cook (2-1)

Kathryn Vermeulen

Game Recap: Softball | | Ted Schultz

Grinnell strikes quickly en route to victory over UW-Eau Claire

CLERMONT, Fla. - Grinnell College's softball team struck quickly and made it last to defeat the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 7-4 Wednesday at Hancock Park.
 
The Pioneers erupted for four runs in the top of the first inning and never trailed while improving to 3-8.
 
Alexa Okada '24 had two of Grinnell's seven hits, while Kathryn Vermeulen '24 tossed a complete-game victory while striking out three.
 
In the first, Taylor Durak '24 got the Pioneers going with an RBI single to left field. Sophie Weber '25 hit into a fielder's choice, which brought another run across, Okada walked with the bases loaded to make it 3-0 and Kambria Anson '24 hit into a fielder's choice to bring the lead to four.
 
UW-Eau Claire (9-4) got a run back in the bottom of the first, but Grinnell countered with a run in the third when Vermeulen's RBI groundout made it 5-1.
 
The Blugolds scored once in the bottom of the third, but Grinnell bounced back in the fourth as Samantha Chu '24 scored when Weber reached base on an error and Anson pushed across another run when she got on via an error.
 
UW-Eau Claire scored twice in the bottom of the fourth, but the Pioneers shut the Blugolds down the rest of the way to secure the win.
 
Grinnell plays one game Thursday, taking on Gustavus Adolphus College.
 
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play GCSB UWEC
GCSB TOP 1st Durak singled to left field, RBI; Nelson advanced to second; Chu advanced to third; L. Vermeulen scored. 1 0
GCSB TOP 1st Weber reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Durak advanced to second; Nelson advanced to third; Chu scored on a throwing error by 2b, unearned. 2 0
GCSB TOP 1st Okada walked, RBI; Weber advanced to second; Durak advanced to third; Nelson scored. 3 0
GCSB TOP 1st Anson reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Okada advanced to second; Weber out at third cf to 3b; Durak scored. 4 0
UWEC BOT 1st H. Lamberson grounded out to c, bunt, SAC, RBI; M. Maruna scored. 4 1
GCSB TOP 3rd K. Vermeulen grounded out to ss, RBI; Weber scored. 5 1
UWEC BOT 3rd S. Erickson singled to center field, RBI; M. Maruna scored. 5 2
GCSB TOP 4th Weber reached on a throwing error by 2b, advanced to second, RBI; Chu scored, unearned. 6 2
GCSB TOP 4th Anson reached on a throwing error by 3b, RBI; Okada advanced to third; Weber scored, unearned. 7 2
UWEC BOT 4th C. Garofalo singled up the middle, RBI; A. Schoenroc advanced to third; E. Decker scored. 7 3
UWEC BOT 4th C. Garofalo advanced to second on a throwing error by c; A. Schoenroc scored, unearned. 7 4

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