MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Grace Pustina tossed a complete game shutout in game two and Tatum Duff went the distance in game one as the Edgewood College softball team earned a NACC sweep over Alverno College on Monday. The Eagles won the opener 14-3 before posting a 4-0 win in game two. Game one ended in the fifth inning via the eight-run rule.
EDGEWOOD COLLEGE 14, ALVERNO COLLEGE 3 – 5 INNINGS (GAME ONE)
- Duff earned her fifth win of the season, striking out four batters. It was her fifth complete game of the season.
- Edgewood College (16-12, 7-5 NACC) opened the game with a two run first inning, courtesy of a two RBI Gracie Halfman single to center field. Alverno College (3-19, 1-15 NACC) responded with a two-run bottom half of the inning to tie the game.
- In the bottom of the third frame, the Inferno took a 3-2 lead via a home run. The Eagles quickly bounced back, scoring eight runs in the top of the fourth frame and taking a 10-3 lead. A pair of doubles from Natalie Fields and Olivia Hebert scored two runs to take the lead back from the Inferno. Grace Ott tacked on a two RBI single to make the score 6-3, before a three run home run from Alyse Maurer put the game a 9-3. Jenna Sanchez would come across to score the Eagles tenth run because of an Alverno fielding error.
- The Eagles tacked on four runs in the fifth inning to ensure the run-rule victory.
- Edgewood College collected 17 hits and recorded 13 RBI in the conference victory.
- Hebert and Halfman both recorded four hits in the Eagles victory. Hebert knocked an impressive three doubles. Sanchez recorded three hits and knocked two doubles.
EDGEWOOD COLLEGE 4, ALVERNO COLLEGE 0 (GAME TWO)
- The Eagles continued to show off their power at the plate in game two, recording 14 hits in the nightcap. Fields led the way with three hits and an RBI. Hebert, Ott, Halfman, and Sanchez each recorded two hits. Sanchez added a double to her tally.
- Edgewood College did all of its damage in the third and fourth innings. All four runs came across to score on RBI singles.
- Pustina was solid in the circle for the Eagles, striking out two batters and scattering just two hits. She recorded the complete game shutout, just her first of the season and the third for the Eagles. Pustina did not allow a walk in the nightcap.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Grace Ott becomes the career-leader in most double plays turned in Edgewood College softball history. Her 31st career double play turned came in game one, which puts her past Jessica Stephens (2004-07).
- Hebert's three doubles from game one ties the program single game record for doubles in a game. Haylee Kasuboski (March 1, 2020) and Jamie Kurt (April 18, 2007) are the only other Eagles to achieve this mark.
- Eight doubles in the opener goes down as the most in a single game in program history.
- Fields improved both her hitting streak (11) and reached base streak (14) in the sweep.
UP NEXT
- Edgewood College will head to Illinois to face Benedictine University on Saturday. Doubleheader action from Lisle is set to begin at 12:00 p.m.
