2008 Woodie Awards
Softball drops two vs. River Falls
Courtesy of UWL Athletics Webpage
Issue date: 4/30/08 Section: Sports
The UW-La Crosse softball team dropped a pair of games at UW-River Falls Sunday afternoon at Ramer Field. The Falcons won the opener, 5-4 in nine innings, and the nightcap, 6-3. UW-L falls to 20-15 overall and 6-8 in the WIAC while UW-River Falls improves to 24-10 overall and 7-7 in the conference. In the opener, UW-L took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on Liz Bradley's sacrifice fly scoring Rachel Weyer. UW-River Falls tied it in the bottom of hte fifth on a Dani Nadeau sacrifice fly.
Each team scored a run in the seventh to force extra innings. Bradley had an RBI double for the Eagles in the seventh to score Rachel Croak, but the Falcons' Mindy Rudiger hit a two-out solo home run in the bottom of the inning to tie it. Kelsey Golackson gave UW-L a 3-2 lead in the top of the eighth scoring on a wild pitch, but Emily Howlett hit a lead-off home run in the bottom of the inning for UW-River Falls.
Cara Salm hit a one-out solo home run for UW-L in the ninth to make it 4-3, but UW-River Falls scored twice in the bottom of the inning to record the win on Howlett's two-run two-out single down the left field line.
Each team scored a run in the seventh to force extra innings. Bradley had an RBI double for the Eagles in the seventh to score Rachel Croak, but the Falcons' Mindy Rudiger hit a two-out solo home run in the bottom of the inning to tie it. Kelsey Golackson gave UW-L a 3-2 lead in the top of the eighth scoring on a wild pitch, but Emily Howlett hit a lead-off home run in the bottom of the inning for UW-River Falls.
Cara Salm hit a one-out solo home run for UW-L in the ninth to make it 4-3, but UW-River Falls scored twice in the bottom of the inning to record the win on Howlett's two-run two-out single down the left field line.
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