LITTLE RIVER, SO. CAR. - The Madison College softball team played a tripleheader of games Tuesday to wrap up their annual South Carolina Spring Trip, and claimed wins in two of the three games. The WolfPack rolled to a 14-0 run-ruled shutout of Oakton College in its first Region 4 game of the season, and then earned a second straight win in five innings with a 16-3 decision over Onondaga Community College. The day's final game resulted in a 9-2 setback against State Fair Community College. The ten-game trip resulted in a 6-4 record for the Pack.

Game #1: Madison College 14, Oakton College 0 (5 innings)

Madison College jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the opening half inning as freshman Sadie Svendsen drove in Cassie Coffey and Kelsey Meverden with a two-out, two-run single to right. A double by catcher Hayden Schabel brought Svendsen home, and second year first baseman Bertina Dodge delivered a single to left that scored Schabel.

The differential exploded to 9-0 in the third inning on six hits and a walk. Svendsen opened with a single and then scored on yet another double by Schabel. Three batters later, sophomore Emily Bopes lined a single to left to plate Schabel. Following a pitching change, Shelby Brooks dropped down a run-scoring bunt single, Bopes scored on a passed ball, and Coffey raced around the bases for an inside the park home run to complete the five-run third.

The final five runs came in the fourth thanks to three hits, two errors, and a walk. With the bases loaded, the Owls committed an error on a ball hit by Dodge, resulting in two runs scoring. A wild pitch plated a third run before a second error on a ground ball by Bopes made it 13-0. A productive ground out by Coffey drove in Bopes for the final tally of the game.

Righthander Lauryn Etienne struck out a career-high ten batters en route to her first win of the season, and third of her career. The native of Oregon, Wisconsin, held Oakton to four hits in tossing a five-inning shutout.

Svendsen, a shortstop from Huntley, Illinois, posted a career-high four hits, scored three runs, and drove in two more. 

Schabel and Coffey each went 2 for 3 with a walk, two runs batted in, and two runs scored. Brooks also had two hits and a run driven in.

Dodge finished with a hit, a walk, three RBI, and two runs, while Bopes racked up two runs scored and two batted in on one hit.

Madison College is 2-0 all-time against Oakton College.

Game #1: Madison College 16, Onondaga Community College 3 (5 innings)

The WolfPack set a season high for hits and runs as they rolled to a third straight win. Trailing 1-0 in the first inning, Cassie Coffey tripled to center field to tie the game as Cathryn Zegadlo raced in to score. A single from Torin Slaughter in the subsequent at bat plated Coffey for a 2-1 lead. The Pack eventually loaded the bases with two outs, and proceeded to scored two runs on a hit batter and a passed ball. Bailey Mester, a freshman rightfielder, lined the second triple of the inning to bring in Dalana Trumpy and Addalyn Henderson to cap the six-run inning.

Madison College extended the lead to 10-1 in the second inning, which started with three consecutive extra base hits. Kelsey Meverden and Coffey hit back-to-back triples, followed by a Slaughter double for a seven-run lead. Sophie Golembiewski picked up a run batted in with a productive ground out that scored Slaughter, and Mester singled up the middle to bring in Aubrey Juga. 

After the Lazers got a run back in the top of the third, the WolfPack continued to pile on with five more. Golembiewski and Henderson each singled in a run, Juga scored on a wild pitch, and Mester picked up two RBI with a single to right. Golembiewski added one more run batted in in the fourth inning to complete the scoring.

Coffey, a Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, native, set a new WolfPack record with three triples in a game. She also established new career bests with a 4 for 4 effort at the plate and four runs scored, which ties for the second most runs scored in a game in program history.

Mester drove in a career-high five runs and was 3 for 3 hitting. Golembiewski and Slaughter each had two hits, with the former driving in three runs and scoring another, and the latter crossing home three times and picking up two RBI. Juga also scored three runs.

In the circle, freshman Ella Knoble (1-0) worked three innings and limited OCC to three runs, one of which was earned, on a hit and five walks. She struck out two before giving way to fellow first year Gretta Lewis tossed two scoreless innings with two hits allowed and one strikeout.

The WolfPack is 2-1 all-time against the Lazers.



Game #1: State Fair Community College 9, Madison College 2

The final game of the day - and trip - saw the WolfPack strike first with a run-scoring double by sophomore Raegen Schwarz in the first inning. The roadrunners countered with two runs in the home half, but Madison College tied it up in the second with a two-out single by Sadie Svendsen to bring in Hanna Stremkowski.

The game remained tied until the fourth inning when SFCC scored two runs on a triple. They added five runs in the fifth to assume a 9-2 advantage. 

Svendsen and Studzinski both registered two hits in the game, with Svendsen scoring a run. Schwarz had a hit and a RBI, while Stremkowski had a hit and a run scored.

Sophie Golembiewski (2-1) suffered her first loss of the season as she allowed seven runs, six of which were earned, on ten hits and a walk. She did strike out one batter. Kelsey Meverden pitched two innings, resulting in an earned run on two runs scored, four walks, one hit, and a K.



Up Next: 

Madison College (6-4) is off until traveling to Kishwaukee College (9-3) on Wednesday, March 25. The WolfPack boasts a 26-15 lead in the all-time series and have won 25 straight against the Kougars. First pitch of the doubleheader in Malta, Illinois, is set for 3:00 p.m., with live stats and video available via the GameChanger app.

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