The No. 16-ranked UW-Oshkosh softball team (19-5-1, 2-1 WIAC) was able to win the first game of a doubleheader against UW-La Crosse (16-10, 1-2 WIAC), while rain suspended the second game at the UWO Rec Plex Field on April 17. 

The Titans cruised to a 5-0 win behind a nine-hit attack and a dominant Kiran Sanford’s complete-game shutout. 

UWO scored two runs in the second inning, starting with a Sarah Hammerton double down the line to score Mary Kate Quaid. Haylie Wittman immediately scored Hammerton on a single. Brianne Lopez got a one-out single in the third, Emma Bohn sac-bunt moved her to third, and Olivia Ullman got a massive two-out double that scored Lopez. Oshkosh scored a run with more small ball in the fifth when pinch-hitter Skyler Calmes singled to left field, and Olivia Baugnet pinch-ran for Calmes. Lopez singled on a sac-bunt to the pitcher, moving Baugnet to third, where Bohn hit a sac-fly to score her. Quaid blasted a home run to left field in the sixth to end the scoring. 

Three players had multiple-hit days for the Titans: Lopez, Quaid, and Hammerton all collected two hits, while Ullman and Calmes each picked up a knock. Sanford picked up her 11th win after going seven innings, allowing only two hits, striking out eight, and walking none. 

In the second game, the Titans were down 4-0, and the Eagles had runners on first and second before the game was suspended in the second inning. 

The game will be made up on a later date, which is still undecided. 

The double header against UW-River Falls on April 18 has been postponed and the double header will be played on April 26. 

On Tuesday the Titans defeated the UW-Whitewater Warhawks in a doubleheader.

The Titans won both games to a score of 5-2.