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MILWAUKEE -- The Bay College softball team swept the Wisconsin Lutheran College jayvees here Friday. The Norse won the first game 5-4 and the second 12-3.
Bay took an early lead in the first inning of the first game after Emily Bruntjens crossed the plate on a groundout by Kaitlyn Hardwick.
WLC (12-4) tied it up in the fourth inning on an error by Eve LeFleche. Wisconsin pushed its advantage to 3-1 in the fifth inning.
The Norse (12-4) tied it at 3 in the seventh on a RBI double from Hardwick and increased their advantage to 5-3 in the top of the eighth to seal the win.
Lexi Winling pitched five innings, striking out five and walking two. She gave up three runs on five hits. Rhiley Hubert pitched the last three innings for the win.
Bruntjens picked up four hits, one RBI and two runs. Hardwick notched two hits and two RBIs in four at-bats. Claire McInerney and Richelle Vandeville both picked up an RBI.
The Norse surged ahead 3-1 in the top of the second inning of the nightcap.
Wisconsin tied it at 3 in the bottom of the third, but the Norse scored nine runs in the last two innings. The game was called after the fifth.
Hubert pitched three innings, walking and striking out one. She allowed three runs on six hits. Winling got the win in relief, pitching two scoreless innings.
McInerney collected three RBIs, two runs and one hit. Maddy Griffin finished with two RBIs, two hits and two runs. Jerrika McAlpine notched two RBIs, one run and one hit.
The Norse play a doubleheader at Bryant & Stratton College today and Sunday. Both doubleheaders start at noon EDT.