Abby/Colby softball co-op drops five straight games

It’s been a season of peaks and valleys for the Abbotsford/Colby softball co-op. After rattling off three straight wins, the co-op is off to another streak, only this one is of the losing variety.

The co-op has dropped five straight, losing contests to Gilman, Neillsville and Columbus Catholic, along with a nonconference road loss to Ashland that puts their record at 3-7.

The co-op’s losing streak started with a 8-3 loss in Gilman to the Pirates. Gilman rode the arm of Addison Warner, who struck the co-op out 14 times.

The Pirates took an early 5-0 lead at the bottom of the third, and never looked back. Emma Oelrich, Kya Viegut and Kylie Orth scored the co-op’s three runs. Orth led Abby/Colby with two hits. Viegut, Oelrich, Emma Peavey, Brooklyn Filtzkowski and Paige Klement all tallied one hit, all singles.

Things didn’t get better for the co-op on Tuesday, May 11. Abby/Colby was in Neillsville for a double-header. The Warriors defeated the co-op 12-2 and 28-0. The co-op scored two runs in the first game off a home run from Paige Klement that sent Filtzkowski home.

Viegut and Catie Clement accounted for two more hits, both singles. In the second game, a three inning bombardment, the co-op failed to generate any offense. Emma Oelrich had the only hit of the game, a double in the second inning.

The co-op fared better in its next game, a 18-7 loss on the road to the Ashland Oredockers on Thursday, May 11.

Orth, Oelrich and Peavey all scored two runs apiece. Catie Clement and Josie Higley had one run each. Viegut, Orth had one hit, Oelrich had two hits, Clement had one hit, a double, as did Higley. Peavey recorded three singles. Klement had one hit, a single.

Abby/Colby was neck and neck with Columbus Catholic on Friday. The co-op enjoyed a rare home game and honored its seniors, and they played their best game during this five game skid.

The Dons used a late surge in the sixth and seventh innings, scoring seven times to hang a 14-8 loss on the co-op. Viegut, Peavey, Oelrich, Graf and Clement all had one single. Filtzkowski had two hits, a double and a single. Orth had two hits, both singles.