WAVELRY, Iowa --- Softball (22-8, 7-1) shut out Buena Vista (6-19, 0-2) across both games in today's senior day doubleheader, winning game one 8-0 in five innings before taking game two 18-0 in another five-inning contest.
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Both
Hannah Hoefer and
Katelyn Klever pitched complete games for the Knights, with the first-year duo each dealing one-hit shutouts against the Beavers.
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16 different Knights registered a hit between both games, including first career hits for
Sophie Stanic,
Madi Petersen and
Madde Buskohl. 19 different Knights saw action in-route to a season-high 18 runs in game two of the series.
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Game Summary
- Game One
- Second Inning
- Through two innings of play, Addy Wells recorded Wartburg's lone hit and the Beavers remained hitless to keep the score 0-0 headed to the third inning
- Third Inning
- Following a one-two-three inning from Hoefer and the Wartburg defense, the Knights used three hits in the bottom half to take a 1-0 lead
- Wells singled and stole second base which led her to take third base on a throwing error to set up a sacrifice out from Jenna Wiebenga
- Bella Mulder doubled and Liz Kruckenberg singled to follow, but the Knights were unable to bring any more runs across to keep the score at 1-0 headed to the fourth
- Fourth Inning
- The Beavers recorded their first hit of the game in the fourth inning before Wartburg blew the game wide open with a five run bottom of the fourth from six hits and one error
- Alexis Larson led the inning off with a double before back-to-back bunt singles from Ally Happ and Carley Bredar brought Larson home for a run
- Wells bunted for her third hit of the day to load the bases for Wiebenga, who singled down the left field line to bring two more runs across and make the score 4-0
- Wells scored on a fielding error before Stephanie Kiefer singled to score Wiebenga and push the Wartburg lead to 6-0
- Fifth Inning
- The Knights closed the game in the fifth inning with a three-up and three-down top of the fifth before bringing the needed two runs across before BVU recorded an out
- Happ and Bredar each singled to begin the bottom of the fifth before a Reagan Hassel single up the middle scored Happ
- Following a double steal and Wells reaching base, Wiebenga ended the game with a single up the middle that brought home Bredar and closed an 8-0 win
- Game Two
- First Inning
- Following a hitless top of the first for the Wartburg defense and Klever in the circle, the Knights unloaded nine runs from nine hits and one error in the bottom half of the opening inning
- Following singles from Bredar and Hassel, Wells continued to swing a hot bat and singled to bring home Bredar and put the Knights in front 1-0
- Both Mulder and Klever recorded RBI singles to push the lead to 3-0
- A Kruckenberg two RBI triple cleared the bases and made the score 5-0
- Bredar recorded her second hit of the inning to bring in one run and then Happ scored on a wild pitch to keep the inning rolling
- Mulder's second RBI single of the inning gave Wartburg a 9-0 lead headed to the second inning
- Second Inning
- BVU recorded its first hit in the top of the second, but was unable to bring any runs across
- Fourth Inning
- The Knights put up a monster nine-run inning in the bottom of the fourth from seven total hits and one error that gave Wartburg an 18-0 lead
- Buskohl led the inning off with a single before Stanic stepped to the plate and delivered a pinch-hit home run to left center field
- Kaylee Mescher walked and then Rylie Metz smashed a home run to left center field to add another two runs to the Knights' total
- Teegan Clemmons and Petersen each doubled to put runners on second and third before Haile Frost stepped to the plate and worked a walk to load the bases
- Buskohl stepped back up to the plate and hit a two-RBI single that pushed Wartburg's lead to 15-0
- Elle Ruble reached base due to a fielding error that allowed two more Wartburg runners to score
- Stanic closed the Wartburg scoring with an RBI double to the left field gap
- Fifth Inning
- Klever closed the game with two strikeouts in the top of the fifth to secure a 18-0 win for the Knights
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Top Performers
- Game One
- Hannah Hoefer
- 5.0 IP
- Shutout Win
- Complete Game
- Five strikeouts
- One hit allowed
- One walk allowed
- Jenna Wiebenga
- 2/3 at the plate
- Four RBI
- Addy Wells
- 3/4 at the plate
- Two runs scored
- Stolen base
- Carley Bredar
- 2/4 at the plate
- Two RBI
- Two runs scored
- Stolen base
- Game Two
- Wartburg's team offense
- 17 hits from 12 different Knights
- Five multi-hit games
- Four walks drawn
- 15 total RBI
- Stanic led the team with three, while four others recorded two
- Two HR's: Stanic and Metz
- One triple: Kruckenberg
- Three doubles: Clemmons, Petersen and Stanic
- Katelyn Klever
- 5.0 IP
- Shutout Win
- Complete Game
- Five strikeouts
- One hit allowed
- One walk allowed
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Notes/Streaks
- The Knights have now won six-straight matchups
- The last four wins for Wartburg have come by the eight-run rule
- Outscoring the Beavers 57-3 in the last four games (three shutouts)
- Wartburg is now 45-49 all-time against BVU
- 16 different Knights recorded at least one hit out of Wartburg's 31 total hits between both games
- Hoefer is now 9-3 in decisions
- Fourth complete game this season
- Fourth game with five or more K's
- One hit allowed through five innings is a career best for Hoefer
- Klever is now 8-3 in decisions
- Third complete game this season
- Fourth game with five or more K's
- One hit allowed through five innings is a career best for Klever
- First career hits for Stanic (HR, 2B), Petersen (2B) and Buskohl (1B x2)
- First RBI for Stanic (three) and Buskohl (two)
- Third career HR for Metz
- Third triple this season for Kruckenberg (tied for team high)
- 19 different players saw action in game two of the series
- Wartburg's updated season leaders:
- RBI: Mulder (35), Wiebenga (33), Hassel (31)
- Hits: Hassel (45), Bredar (40), Mulder (36)
- HR: Hassel (four), Mulder (four), Wiebenga (three), Wells (three)
- 3B: Larson (three), Kruckenberg (three), Hassel (two), Klever (two)
- 2B: Mulder (nine), Wiebenga (eight), Larson (seven), Hassel (seven)
- Stolen Bases: Happ (24), Hassel (23), Bredar (21)
- The Knights stole eight total bases today
- Bredar and Hassel led the team with two each
- Four players had mutli-hit games in game one followed by five in game two
- 11 total pinch hitters in game two
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Next Time Out
The Knights head into their bye week and will be in action next Tuesday, Apr. 21 on the road against No. 21 Central College.
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