Series sweep

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Audrey Fleischmann would later come around to score in the inning to give the co-op a 17-2 lead.

While Owen-Withee closed the gap slightly by adding five runs in the bottom half of the frame and then picking up another in the third, a six-run effort for the visitors in the fifth sealed the deal. Nevaeh Treankler drove in Lucia Perez to start off the scoring for the co-op and she later came around to score on another single from Bargender. With two more hit batters and a pair of walks, the Colby/ Abby club was able to drive in four more runs in the inning.

Schreiber handled the first two innings on the mound for the co-op, going three innings while surrendering eight runs on six hits and three walks. Only five of those runs were earned and she struck out one batter. Bargender came in to finish off the game for Colby/Abby, not allowing a hit in her two shutout innings of work. She struck out three batters and walked two.

Bargender also collected two of the co-op’s four hits, going 2-for-3 with four runs scored, two walks and an RBI. Treankler and Schreiber had the other two hits for the coop, both scoring three times each. Perez and Jennifer Monroy both had stolen bases.

Owen-Withee, 15-0

The co-op followed up their first win of the season with another as Tatum Bargender and the Colby/Abby defense completely shut down the Blackhawks in their second game of Tuesday’s double-header, blanking Owen-Withee 15-0.

It was one of Bargender’s best statistical pitching performances of the season. The senior went all four innings for the co-op, striking out five batters while allowing just two hits and one walk over the course of the contest. Thirtythree of her 44 pitches were strikes, leading to very few free bases for the opposing Blackhawks’ squad. The defense played well enough behind her, committing just two errors.

Colby/Abby’s lineup was once again able to take advantage of the lack of accuracy from the Owen-Withee pitching staff. They drew seven walks and had six batters hit by pitches to supplement their six hits.

All four of the co-op’s runs in the first inning were able to score after wild pitches got away from the Blackhawks’ catcher, with Nevaeh Treankler, Elizabeth Perez, Audrey Fleischmann and Bargender all coming around to score in the inning. Lucia Perez was able to add a fifth run in the bottom of the second after an error by Owen-Withee allowed her to reach safely before eventually coming home on yet another wild pitch.

Colby/Abby broke the game open in the third. Maria Saso picked up the co-op’s first RBI of the game when she drove in Ella Schreiber on a single. The lineup continued to roll from there, racking up nine runs over the course of the inning. A key single from Schreiber cleared the bases following an error by the Blackhawks defense and she would eventually come around to score the final run of the inning on an RBI groundout from Kierslyn Orth. Colby/Abby was able to collect three hits and two walks in the inning.

Lucia Perez tacked on the co-op’s 15th run of the contest in the bottom of the fourth, scoring on a wild pitch after Treankler was able to advance her on a single.

Six Colby/Abby batters came up with a hit in the victory, with Treankler, Bargender, Schreiber, Orth, Saso and Elizabeth Perez all collecting one each. Lucia Perez led the team with three runs scored.