(ST NORBERT COMMUNICATIONS) WAUWATOSA – St. Norbert College got its Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference schedule underway with a split of a doubleheader at Wisconsin Lutheran College, winning the opener 7-3 before dropping the nightcap 4-3 at Neumann Family Field.
St. Norbert (9-7, 1-1 NACC) jumped ahead in the opener when Grendel Sprong (pictured) drove in Elly Kirst with a sacrifice fly in the top of the first inning. The Warriors answered with a run in their half of the first but the Green Knights countered in the top of the second when Magdeline Hanmann’s double brought around pinch-runner Sophia Nieckula for a 2-1 lead.
The Green Knights broke open the game by adding a run in the fifth inning when Kirst scored on the back end of a double-steal attempt. St. Norbert plated three runs in the sixth inning on Allison Ardito’s sacrifice fly and Kirst’s RBI single that scored Morgan Jarvi and also brought around Hanmann on an error. After Wisconsin Lutheran scored once in the bottom of the sixth, the Green Knights got the run back in the seventh on an Ardito RBI single. The Warriors scored a consolation run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
St. Norbert banged out 11 hits in the opener, with Kirst going 4-for-4 with two runs scored. Ava Engwall was 3-for-3. Addison Maurer picked up the win, going six-plus innings allowing six hits with one earned run, one walk and three strikeouts.
In the nightcap, the Green Knights suffered a tough-luck loss when the Warriors scored two runs on three hits in the bottom of the seventh inning to salvage a split.
St. Norbert scored in the top of the first on Ardito’s RBI grounder. Wisconsin Lutheran scored a pair of unearned runs in the second inning, but the Green Knights knotted the game in the third inning on Ardito’s RBI double to bring around Molly Reichenberger. St. Norbert took a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning when Jarvi’s sacrifice fly scored Sprong.
The Green Knights had eight hits in the nightcap. Ardito was 2-for-3 with two runs batted in, while Sprong and Reichenberger were both 2-for-4. Addison Luebke took the loss, alloing seven hits with four walks and seven strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings pitched.
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