LITTLE RIVER, SO. CAROLINA - The undefeated start to the 2025 season came to a close Sunday as the Madison College softball team was shutout 8-0 by St. Charles Community College to snap their six-game win streak. The WolfPack rebounded with a lopsided 14-2 drubbing of Mohawk Valley Community College in the nightcap.

Game #1: St. Charles Community College 8, Madison College 0 (5 innings)

St. Charles Community College (12-8) took an early 1-0 lead against Brooke Steinhorst and the WolfPack, scoring on a run-producing ground out to Maya Dzick at third. It remained 1-0 until the top of the third when the Cougars added a five spot thanks. They generated three hits, took one walk, and took advantage of two errors and a wild pitch to make it 6-0.

After a walk and a single to start the sixth, coach Leo Kalinowski called on Kendall Weik to take over in the circle, and while she prevented any runs from scoring in that inning, the second year hurler gave up two runs in the fifth to allow for the run rule to take effect.

Offensively, Madison College was limited to just three hits and only saw one base runner reach second base. Freshman catcher Hayden Schabel was 2 for 2 with her second multi-hit game of the season, and Ava Stahl had the team's other hit.

Steinhorst (2-1) took the loss after giving up six runs with only two being earned in her three innings in the circle. She was tagged for five hits and issued walks, while also fanning two. Weik allowed two runs, two hits, and two walks in her two innings, which did included four strikeouts.

Sunday's game was the first meeting all-time between the two programs.


Game #2: Madison College 14, Mohawk Valley Community College 2

Madison College exploded for a season-high 14 runs and posted their third double-digit hit total of the season in the 12-run victory over the Hawks. After neither team scored for the first two innings, the WolfPack put up three runs in the third. Three straight walks loaded the bases for Tailer Bartelt, who singled in Jeneya Marquez Perez for the game's first run. Hanna Stremkowski came in to score on a ground out by Raegen Schwarz, and then Rylee Rogers raced home on a wild pitch for the 3-0 lead.

After Mohawk Valley Community College (0-1) plated a run in the bottom of the fourth, the Pack tacked on two more in the fifth. Schwarz followed a Bartelt double with a two-out triple to make it 4-1, and then scored when Bertina Dodge drove a single back up the middle. 

The WolfPack busted the game open in the sixth with four runs on four walks and three singles. Bartelt drew the innings third walk to force in Jenna Johnson. Stremkowski crossed home thanks to a passed ball. And Schwarz ripped a two-run single through the left side that scored Rogers adn Bartelt for a 9-1 differential.

Ahead 9-2 entering the seventh, Madison College poured it on with five more runs. Rogers, Bartelt, Schwarz, Cora Nelson, and Tristen Young each picked up a RBI in the frame, which featured four singles and four walks.

Schwarz finished with her first career three-hit game, giving her four multi-hit games so far this season, and drove in a career-high five runs to become the 18th player in program history to produce at least five RBI in a single game. The Appleton, Wisconsin, native also scored one run and drew a walk.

Bartelt, a sophomore infielder from Evansville, Wisconsin, established new career bests with three hits, three runs, and three runs batted in. Dodge went 2 for 5 with a RBI to complete an impressive 8 for 13 game at the plate for the three through five hitters in the lineup.

Rogers and Stremkowski each had a hit and three runs scored, with the former also bringing in a run. In all, WolfPack batters were walked 14 times.

Marquez Perez, a former Monona Grove HS athlete, scattered five hits and two runs, with just one being earned, over seven innings of work to improve to 2-0. She recorded one strike out.

Up Next: 

Madison College (7-1) was rained out of its two games on Monday, March 17 against Wake Technical Community College and #5 Louisburg College. They are currently slated to play Herkimer College (0-0) at 9:00 a.m. ET/8:00 a.m. CT, followed by an 11:00 a.m. ET/10:00 a.m. CT first pitch against Brunswick Community College (8-3). The WolfPack has never played the Generals, who are ranked #8 in the latest NJCAA Division III Poll, or the Dolphins in softball. Both games will stream live video and stats via the GameChanger app.

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