Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Clermont, Fla. -- The UW-Whitewater softball team picked up a pair of wins on Friday at Legends Way. The Warhawks opened the day with a 7-4 win over Simpson before securing an 8-6 win over Ithaca. 

UWW will wrap up its 2026 Florida slate with two more Saturday at 10 and 12:15 ET back at Legends Way. 

The Storm opened the scoring with a single run in the second. The Warhawks responded in the bottom of the frame plating three runs with two outs. Rachel Radish (Merton, Wis./Arrowhead) laid down a nifty surprise bunt that caught the defense off guard for a single. Liv Ybarra (Chicago, Ill./Taft) and JJ Jakosalem (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Buffalo Grove) notched back-to-back singles to bring in the first run. Kaitlyn Weidemann (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) drew a four-pitch walk and Baley Berndt (Wausau, Wis./East) capitalized with a pinch hit, two-RBI single through the right side to give UWW the lead. 

UW-Whitewater extended the margin to 7-1 in the fourth with four hits on four runs. 

Simpson added a run in the fifth and a pair in the sixth to narrow the gap to 7-4 but the Warhawk defense held for the win. 

Radish paced the offense with a 3-3 game while Jakosalem added a pair of hits for the Warhawks. 

Josie Hammen (Combined Locks, Wis./Kimberly) picked up the win in 5.1 innings of work. Brtooke Hock closed out the game in the final 1.2 innings. 

In game two, UW-Whitewater plated runs in five of seven innings, holding off a late threat from Ithaca for the win. 

The Warhawks struck first as Radish drew a bases loaded walk for a 1-0 lead. The Bombers tied it up in the bottom of the inning and then claimed the lead with a pair in the second. 

The top of the third saw two Warhawks touch home on an Ybarra RBI groundout and Weidemann RBI back knock. UWW extended the advantage to three in the fourth as Grace Grabowy (Arlington Heights, Ill./John Hersey) and Emma Giese (Kenosha, Wis./Indian Trail) put the ball in play to allow runners to score. 

Ithaca came back with one in the fourth but Taylor Koehler (Wauconda, Ill./Wauconda) had the response with a RBI double to right center to make it 7-4. 

The Bombers narrowed the gap to one with a pair of runs in the fifth before Ybarra capped the scoring in the sixth with a groundout that had Belle Lapacek (Downers Grove, Ill./South) coming in to score for the 8-6 final. 

IC threatened in the bottom of the seventh with back-to-back one-out singles but Brooke Hock (Green Bay, Wis./Preble) sent the next Bomber back to the dugout on a backwards K. She forced a soft liner that was easily hauled in by Radish at first for the final out of the game. 

Bella Eggert (Carol Stream, Ill./Glenbard North), Maggie Ward (Downers Grove, Ill./North) and Dani Peshia (Newark, Ill./Newark Community) combined for six of the Warhawks' nine hits in game two. In the circle, Olivia Perez (Bridgeview, Ill./Argo Community) registered her first collegiate win with two innings in relief. Hock came in for the final three to pick up the save.