OSHKOSH, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire softball team fell to No. 18 UW-Oshkosh in both games of a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) doubleheader on Sunday. The Titans won 5-1 in Game 1 before taking the second game 3-0.
The Blugolds closed out the regular season with 27-13 record overall and a 7-7 mark in the WIAC. They earned the No. 3 seed for the WIAC Tournament later this week.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Titans (34-6, 10-4) took an early lead in the first game of the day by plating three runs in the second inning, all off a pair of run-scoring singles.
- Paige Lathrop (Jr. - South Milwaukee, Wis.) pulled a run back for the Blugolds in the fifth with an RBI single. That was the only time the Blugolds pushed a run across the plate across the two games though.
- UW-Oshkosh scored twice more in the sixth to close out its victory.
- Lauren Trottier (So. - Burlington, Wis./Elkhorn) pitched four innings in Game 1. She allowed three runs and struck out one.
- The Titans held the Blugolds to one hit in a shutout victory in Game 2. Lathrop tallied that hit in the first inning.
- A two-RBI double in the second inning gave UW-Oshkosh the lead, and the Titans added another run in the fourth.
- Kira Schubert (So. - Eau Claire, Wis./North) started in the circle and worked 3.2 innings. She allowed two earned runs and struck out one. Trottier pitched 2.1 scoreless innings in relief.
UP NEXT
The Blugolds begin the postseason with the opening day of the WIAC Tournament on Friday, May 9. They take on sixth-seeded UW-Stevens Point in the second game of the tournament at 2:30 p.m. in Whitewater. The conference tournament will be in a single-elimination format this season.
The winner of the game between the Blugolds and Pointers will take on second-seeded UW-Oshkosh on Saturday, May 10.
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