BARNEVELD - Monticello sophomore Sam DeVoe took a changeup and belted it for a double off Barneveld's Kristen Udelhofen, giving the Ponies a thrilling 1-0 win over the Eagles in the ninth inning Monday, April 29.
Monticello sophomore Alyssa Kubly led off the ninth with a single. Junior Marissa Berg laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Kubly into scoring position. DeVoe then delivered a game-winning hit that helped the Ponies (9-3, 3-1 Six Rivers East) avenge a loss to Barneveld from a week ago.
"It was nice, considering that is how they beat us at our place," Monticello coach Duane Garrison said. "I told the girls we were going to play some small ball. We laid down four sacrifice bunts and we had the one big hit."
Udelhofen pitched nine innings and gave up one run on five hits to the Ponies. She struck out eight and walked one. Monticello's Claire Bruns was equally up to the challenge. She pitched a four-hit shutout in nine innings. She struck out four and walked one.
"(Bruns) threw probably her best game of the year," Garrison said.
Kubly went 2-for-4 to lead the Ponies. The other hits for Monticello came from Jordan Garrison and Courtney Leuzinger.
Pecatonica 9, Black Hawk 8
BLANCHARDVILLE - Molly Hendrickson hit a shot deep in the hole to shortstop in the eighth inning that pushed across the game-winning run, to give Pecatonica a nail-biting 9-8 win Monday, April 29.
Black Hawk senior pitcher Abby Schiferl walked Pecatonica's Cora Demler. Pecatonica's Erin Kleppe singled. Pecatonica senior Michelle Francois had a game-tying RBI double. That set the stage for Hendrickson, who knocked in the game-winning run on a fielder's choice when the Vikings beat a play at third base. Francois went 4-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI.
"It was an exciting win for the girls," Pecatonica coach Chuck Meyer said. "They played well when they had to. They made good decisions when they had to."
Black Hawk took an 8-7 lead in the top of the eighth on Brodie Abney's RBI single.
Demler earned the win on the mound for the Vikings. She pitched 2 2/3 innings and gave up four runs on five hits. She struck out one and walked one. Pecatonica junior Julia Meyer was the starting pitcher and went 5 1/3 innings. She gave up four runs on six hits. She struck out three and walked one.
Pecatonica senior Emma Marion went 3-for-5 and Kleppe as well as Brooke Johnson were each 2-for-4. Hendrickson finished 2-for-5 for the Vikings.
Black Hawk was led by Abney who went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Black Hawk senior Kelly Neuenschwander and junior Jen Wellnitz each finished 2-for-4. Black Hawk freshman Tatum Jackson drove in two runs on a double in the six-run sixth.
Schiferl pitched 7 1/3 innings and gave up nine runs on 15 hits. She struck out three and walked three.
Monticello sophomore Alyssa Kubly led off the ninth with a single. Junior Marissa Berg laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Kubly into scoring position. DeVoe then delivered a game-winning hit that helped the Ponies (9-3, 3-1 Six Rivers East) avenge a loss to Barneveld from a week ago.
"It was nice, considering that is how they beat us at our place," Monticello coach Duane Garrison said. "I told the girls we were going to play some small ball. We laid down four sacrifice bunts and we had the one big hit."
Udelhofen pitched nine innings and gave up one run on five hits to the Ponies. She struck out eight and walked one. Monticello's Claire Bruns was equally up to the challenge. She pitched a four-hit shutout in nine innings. She struck out four and walked one.
"(Bruns) threw probably her best game of the year," Garrison said.
Kubly went 2-for-4 to lead the Ponies. The other hits for Monticello came from Jordan Garrison and Courtney Leuzinger.
Pecatonica 9, Black Hawk 8
BLANCHARDVILLE - Molly Hendrickson hit a shot deep in the hole to shortstop in the eighth inning that pushed across the game-winning run, to give Pecatonica a nail-biting 9-8 win Monday, April 29.
Black Hawk senior pitcher Abby Schiferl walked Pecatonica's Cora Demler. Pecatonica's Erin Kleppe singled. Pecatonica senior Michelle Francois had a game-tying RBI double. That set the stage for Hendrickson, who knocked in the game-winning run on a fielder's choice when the Vikings beat a play at third base. Francois went 4-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI.
"It was an exciting win for the girls," Pecatonica coach Chuck Meyer said. "They played well when they had to. They made good decisions when they had to."
Black Hawk took an 8-7 lead in the top of the eighth on Brodie Abney's RBI single.
Demler earned the win on the mound for the Vikings. She pitched 2 2/3 innings and gave up four runs on five hits. She struck out one and walked one. Pecatonica junior Julia Meyer was the starting pitcher and went 5 1/3 innings. She gave up four runs on six hits. She struck out three and walked one.
Pecatonica senior Emma Marion went 3-for-5 and Kleppe as well as Brooke Johnson were each 2-for-4. Hendrickson finished 2-for-5 for the Vikings.
Black Hawk was led by Abney who went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Black Hawk senior Kelly Neuenschwander and junior Jen Wellnitz each finished 2-for-4. Black Hawk freshman Tatum Jackson drove in two runs on a double in the six-run sixth.
Schiferl pitched 7 1/3 innings and gave up nine runs on 15 hits. She struck out three and walked three.
