UW-Whitewater upped its season mark to 13-3 with a pair of wins, 7-6 and 12-4, at Stagg Field at the University of Chicago Wednesday.

box score game one
box score game two

Whitewater scored an unearned run in the first inning of game one, but Chicago came back with five runs, three on a home run by freshman outfielder Jennifer Simile. 

Whitewater got one of the runs back in the fourth on a lead-off homer by sophomore leftfielder Lauren Cruz (Des Plaines, IL/Maine West).  The Warhawks tied the game with four runs in the sixth on just two hits, making the most of a walk, a wild pitch and two errors.

The winning run, in the top of the seventh, came on a double by junior second baseman #Ashley Smith (Elgin, IL/St. Edward Catholic)#, a sacrifice to move Smith to third, and a Cruz single.  Freshman lefthander Jessica Stang (Minnetonka, MN/Minnetonka), 3-1, picked up the win with three innings of hitless relief. 

Both teams opened quickly in game two, with the score 3-3 after one inning.  Once again it was Cruz who provided the key hit, a two run home run.  Sophomore shortstop Amanda LeBeau (Worth, IL/Richards) provided the go ahead run with a solo shot in the second, and sophomore DH Nikole Schulty (Woodstock, IL/Woodstock) plated two with a homer in the top of the third.  Chicago pulled within two, 6-4, with a run in the bottom of the third, but UW-W put it out of reach with six in the top of the fifth.  UW-W had seven hits in  the inning, the biggest a grand slam by freshman third baseman #Lauren Rankins (Marengo, IL/Marengo)#.

Dianna Frisbie (Juneau/Dodgeland) went the first three inning and Nikole Schulty (Woodstock, IL/Woodstock) two innings (the game was stopped after five by the eight-run advantage rule).  Frisbie allowed seven hits, three earned runs, walked one and struck out three to improve to 3-0.

The University of Chicago is 7-11 this season.

UW-W will play at UW-La Crosse Saturday, April 12.  The next home game for the Warhawks will be Thursday, April 17 with UW-Oshkosh at 2:00.  UW-W home games are being played at the Lawcon Field, north of Wells Hall and east of Williams Center on campus while van Steenderen Field is being re-built.

For additional information
WIAC softball site
UW-W coach Brenda Volk