Softball Earns Saturday Split

Leber tosses another CG in nightcap

by Nathan Baliva

MONMOUTH, Ill. (04/09/2023) — The Monmouth College softball team split a Midwest Conference doubleheader on Saturday against Lawrence. The games were moved to Green Bay and the Scots (8-14, 2-4) dropped the opener 11-3 and won the nightcap 7-2

Lawrence took a 2-0 lead against Lizzie Durfee (Arlington, Washington) in the first inning. The Scots answered in the second as Kendall Lewis (Cambridge, Illinois) and Biancha Luna (Monmouth, Illinois) had back-to-back doubles.

Lawrence took a 4-1 lead and the Scots answered in the third. Vanessa Wright (Villa Grove, Illinois) singled to right and scored on a double by MyKenzie Kloess (Dupo, Illinois).

Kloess delivered a sacrifice fly after Calista Warmowski (Spring Grove, Illinois) tripled in the fifth. Lawrence finished off the game with six runs in the fifth to win 11-3 on the mercy rule.

Durfee (1-7) took the loss allowing four runs on seven hits over two innings. Addison Steward (Danvers, Illinois) allowed seven runs total, but only one earned, in 2 innings of work as she struck out three.

In game two, the Scots got going in the second. Kloess led off with a triple and she scored on a single by Lillian Hucke (Aledo, Illinois). Abby Leber (Tremont, Illinois) helped her own cause with a 2-run double for a 3-0 lead and Warmowski's single gave Monmouth a 4-0 advantage.

Leber kept the Vikings off the board and Monmouth added on in the fourth. With the bases loaded, Wright's groundout plated Madelyn Belville (Rushville, Illinois) and Warmowski scored on a wild pitch for a 6-0 lead. An error added a seventh run as Belville scored

Leber (5-5) threw her third straight complete game to earn the win. She allowed just two unearned runs in the sixth inning while striking out nine Vikings.

MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Leber moves into a tie for 10th on the Scots career list with 17 winsShe also moves into a tie for 11th on the Scots career appearances list for pitchers with 47 gamesThe complete game was the 22ndHucke had four hits in game twoKloess and Warmowski had hits in both gamesThe Scots are 21-11 all-time against Lawrence and had won eight in a row against the Vikings dating back to 2016 before the game one lossMonmouth is 17-3 against LU since the start of the 2008 seasonThe Scots will play a non-conference DH at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, iowa on Wednesday with a 2 p.m. start.