The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater softball team rebounded from an opening-game loss Wednesday afternoon with a 5-1 triumph over UW-Platteville in the second game of a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at van Steenderen Softball Complex.
 
The Warhawks (20-10 overall, 7-3 WIAC) committed five errors in a 13-8 setback in the opener.
 
UW-Whitewater is tied for second place in the conference standings heading into the final weekend of competition.
 
In Game 2, junior infielder Meg Cohrs (Elburn, Ill./Kaneland) finished 2-for-4 with four runs batted in to lead the offense as UW-Whitewater tallied three runs in the bottom of the third and didn't look back.
 
Senior pitcher Julia Camardo (Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove) tossed a complete-game, five-hitter, striking out seven without walking a batter. She improved to 8-6 on the year with the victory.
 
In the Warhawks' three-run third, sophomore right fielder Kaiden Jackson (Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg) knocked a base hit through the left side to put the team on the board. Cohrs smashed a two-out, two-run double to right center to make it a three-run lead.
 
After the Pioneers (15-17, 5-5) plated a run in the top of the fifth, Cohrs came through with two outs again in the bottom of the six, recording a base hit back up the middle for two more runs.
 
Camardo was perfect through four innings before allowing her first baserunner in the game with nobody out in the fifth. She stranded two runners each in the fifth and sixth before finishing the game with a 1-2-3 seventh.
 
In a back-and-forth first game, the lead changed four times over the first 5 1/2 innings. UW-Platteville took the lead for good with a five-run sixth inning.
 
Senior centerfielder Caitlin Catino (Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove) finished 2-for-4 with one run scored and four RBI, plating three with a two-out, bases-loaded double in the fifth. Cohrs and junior catcher Nicole Neitzel (Verona, Wis./Verona Area) registered two hits, one run scored and one RBI apiece.
 
Junior pitcher Dani Biesiada (Lisle, Ill./Naperville North) took the loss in relief, her second of the year.
 
UW-Whitewater plays its final non-conference games of the regular season Thursday with a doubleheader at regionally ranked Carthage. First pitch in Kenosha is slated for 3 p.m.