STEVENS POINT SOFTBALL SHUTS OUT EAU CLAIRE MEMORIAL TO WIN DIVISION 1 REGIONAL SEMIFINAL
Zaleski Sports
PLOVER – The Stevens Point softball team opened postseason play by putting up multiple runs in all four of its at-bats and rolling to a 15-0 win over Eau Claire Memorial in a WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal Tuesday at Woyak Field.
Stevens Point (22-5), the No. 3 seed in the Division 1 Sectional 1 bracket, will take on Wisconsin Valley Conference rival Wisconsin Rapids (18-5), the No. 6 seed, in a regional final Thursday at 5 p.m. at Woyak Field. Stevens Point won both conference matchups with the Raiders this season, winning 4-2 on April 21 and 4-3 on May 12.
SPASH scored three times in the first and third innings, four times in the second and added five more in the fourth to finish off the win via the 10-run rule.
Emma Raikowski had a home run and three RBI, and Katelyn Klismith, Maddy Miklesh and Zoe Fink each had three hits in the victory for the Panthers. Fink drove in three runs, and Miklesh had a double, a triple and two RBI.
Maren Sauvageau and Delilah Abundiz combined on the two-hit shutout for Stevens Point.
SPASH moves on to a regional final Thursday against Wisconsin Rapids. The game will be broadcast live at zaleskisports.com.
Panthers 15, Old Abes 0
Eau Claire Memorial 000 00 - 0 2 1
Stevens Point 343 5x - 15 15 1
WP: Maren Sauvageau. LP: Jada Allen.
SO: Allen (2/3 inn.) 0, Mikayla Beglinger (1 1/3 inn.) 0, Ella Gunderson (1 inn.) 0, Mikaela Benike (1 inn.) 0; Sauvageau (4 inn.) 4, Delilah Abundiz (1 inn.) 1. BB: Allen 2, Beglinger 0, Gunderson 2, Benike 0; Sauvageau 0, Abundiz 0.
Top hitters: ECM, Erin Holzinger 2B. SP, Katelyn Klismith 3x4, 3 runs; Maddy Miklesh 3x3, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI; Brooke Swiecki 1x3, 2 runs, RBI; Zoe Fink 3x3, 3 RBI; Brayley Lake 1x3, 2 RBI; Kyla O’Neal 2x3, RBI; Emma Raikowski HR, 3 RBI; Morgan Groshek 3 runs.
Records: Eau Claire Memorial 2-17; Stevens Point 22-5.