MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The Palmetto State was awfully kind to the Madison College softball team. The WolfPack concluded an 8-1 spring trip on Wednesday with a 12-2 win in five innings over Mohawk Valley Community College and a 5-0 shutout of Delaware Technical & Community College. Freshman Kendall Weik threw a two-hit shutout in the day's finale.

Game #1: Madison College 12, Mohawk Valley Community College 2 (5 innings)

A pair of five-run outbursts in the fourth and fifth innings allowed Madison College to put the season's tenth win to bed early. The WolfPack went ahead 1-0 in the first when Abbey Remington turned a lead off walk into a run thanks to a steal, a wild pitch, and run-scoring ground out by fellow freshman Ava Stahl. The lead grew to 2-0 in the top of the third as sophomore Mackenna Schultz lofted a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to center to drive in Rylee Rogers.

Mohawk Valley Community College (1-4) answered in the bottom half to even the score at 2-2 on a walk, a hit by pitch, and back-to-back RBI-singles. After a second walk in the inning, starter Ella Wyskochil was replaced by Brooke Steinhorst, who stranded the bases loaded with a strikeout and a ground out right back to the pitcher's circle.

The Madison College bats sprung to life in the fourth as four consecutive singles got the rally going. Madison Coubal was the last of that sequence, bringing in Tailer Bartelt and Karis Paulson with a ground ball through the left side. Another string of four straight base hits later in the inning incuded a two-RBI single from Stahl to score Coubal and Remington. Schultz capped off the inning with another hard ground ball that plated Stahl.

The fifth inning rally was much different, with the WolfPack taking advantage of three Hawks errors, as well as two hits and a walk. Stahl added another run batted in with a sac fly to center, and Bartelt drove a line drive to the wall in right for a run-scoring double to make it 12-2.

Remington, an outfielder from Elkhorn, Wisconsin, matched her career-high with three runs scored as part of a 2 for 3 effort with one RBI. Stahl drove in a career-best five runs and scored another despite going just 1 for 3. The freshman from Wautoma, Wisconsin, has hit safely in ten of the 12 games she has played in this season. Schultz also used her lone hit to generate three runs batted in and another scored.

Bartelt and Lillie Pluer both tallied two hits and a run scored, with Bartelt also bringing in a run.

Steinhorst (4-1) earned the win with her 2.2 innings of work that kept MVCC without a run or a hit. She walked one and struck out another in relief of Wyskochil, who was tagged for two earned runs on four hits and three walks. She did fan one batter over 2.1 innings.

Madison College lead all-time series with the Hawks by a 3-0 count.

Game #2: Madison College 5, Delaware Technical & Community College 0

The first-ever meeting between the WolfPack and Delaware Technical & Community College (4-3) belonged to first year pitcher Kendall Weik (4-1). The Fifield, Wisconsin, native, earned her fourth consecutive win by holding DTCC to just two hits and a pair of walks, while also striking out five in her seven innings in the circle. Weik retired the first eight batters she faced, and carried a no-hit bid into the sixth inning.

Madison College went ahead 1-0 in the first when Brooke Anderson's ground ball up the middle scored Ava Stahl. Still a one-run lead through four innings, déjà vu struck for the WolfPack as they made it a 2-0 differential with a RBI single from Anderson to drive in Stahl.

In the sixth inning, Stahl found herself on the business end of the equation, lining a single to left with Hannah Aldrich and Rylee Rogers racing in to score. The game's final run was produced in the seventh as Brooke Steinhorst crossed home on a ground out to second by Tailer Bartelt.

Stahl finished 1 for 3 with two walks, two runs scored, and two runs batted in. Anderson, a native of Plain, Wisconsin, had two hits and also drove in two runs. Karis Paulson joined Anderson with two hits.

Up Next:

Madison College (11-2) returns to the Midwest to resume Region 4 play on Friday, March 22 with a doubleheader at South Suburban College (3-10). The WolfPack is 11-5 with six consecutive wins over the Bulldogs, who were one of two teams to claim a Region 4 title and a NJCAA Division II Softball Tournament berth in 2023. First pitch in South Holland, Illinois, is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Watch and follow the games live via the GameChanger app.

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