UW-Oshkosh softball (27-5-1), ranked No. 16 in the NFCA poll, swept all three doubleheaders this week headlined by Grace Nardi no-hitter and Kiran Sanford collecting three wins.
UWO softball team ranked 16 in the NFCA sweep double header against Marian University after a pair of shutouts at Smith Field in Fond du Lac on April 22.
The Titans took the first game 8-0 after Sanford struck out eight in five shutout innings to pick up her 13 win on the season. Oshkosh offense was grooving behind 11 hit outburst as Emma Bohn and Amanda Martineck combined for seven RBI’s.
The scoring began in the second after Bohn doubled down the line scoring both Martineck and Mary Kate Quaid. Oshkosh scored four in the third after Martineck singled in Brianne Lopez, Bohm doubled in both Martineck and Olivia Ullman, followed by Haylie Wittman doubled to left field scoring Bohm. The scoring ended when Martineck single to right field scored Ullman and Lopez.
The afternoon game ended in a 4-0 victory. Nardi threw seven filthy scoreless innings to pick up her seventh win after allowing six hits, walking three and striking out nine. Oshkosh rolled its way to 13 hits with Lopez, Martineck, Bohn all collecting three hits, Sarah Hammerton had a multiple hit game with two. Morgan Miller singled in Martineck in the second. The Titans scored three in the fifth, Quaid sac-fly scored Lopez, Martineck double scored Ullman and Bohm single scored Autumn Freismuth.
The Titans won the doubleheader against UW-Stout by a score of 2-1, followed by a walk-off in the 13th inning of the afternoon game to secure a sweep on April 26 at Mary Beth Nienhaus Softball Complex in Oshkosh.
Sanford collected her 14th win after pitching seven dominant innings, allowing five hits, one earned run with eight strikeouts and three walks. In the second inning, Bohm singled, Wittman hit a sac-bunt, Miller singled to put runners on the corner for Olivia Baugnet to have a run-scoring ground out. In the fourth Baugnet bunt singled, stole second, and scored on a Lopez double down the right field line, to end the scoring in the game. Oshkosh had seven hits with Quaid and Bohm each having two.
In the 13-inning affair, UWO refused to allow a run. Nardi went ten scoreless frames allowing six hits, four walks, while striking out five. Brianna Bougie pitched two frames allowing a hit to go with one punchout, before Sanford came in and shut down the Blue Devil in route to her 15th win.
In the bottom of the 13th inning, Bohm singled, Ullman moved Bohm to second with a successful bunt, then Quaid played hero with a double to right center to call game. Seven Titans had a hit in this game, Lopez and Ullman each had two.
Oshkosh ended the week with a double header against UW-River Falls, winning the first game 4-0, while Nardi no-hitter powered the Titans to a 2-0 win at the Mary Beth Nienhaus Softball Complex on April 26.
Freshman phenom Sanford pitched excellently en route to her third win of the week and the 16th on the year. She went all the way, pitching seven deep, allowing three hits, one walk, while striking out eight.
UWO did all their scoring early, starting with Quaid’s run scoring single to bring in Bohm in the first. Lopez got the scoring started in the second with a single to left field that brought in Miller, followed by Bohm single up the middle to score both Lopez and Baugent. Lopez had three of the nine hits, while six other Titans picked up a knock.
In the afternoon game, Nardi collected her eighth win, going seven innings, no hits, four walks and struckout four. In the fifth, Lopez doubled down the right field line, advanced to third on wild pitch, before scoring on a triple by Ullman. Quaid singled up the middle scoring Ullman, to make it 2-0 which is all they needed. Oshkosh had seven total hits, Lopez and Ullman each had two.
The Titans are back in action with a double header against UW-Stevens Point April 29 at 2 p.m, then at UW-Plateville May 2 at 1 p.m.
