SB
8
Northland NORTHLAN
9
Winner Minn.-Morris MINN.-MO
Northland NORTHLAN
8
Final
9
Minn.-Morris MINN.-MO
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Northland NORTHLAN 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 8 14 5
Minn.-Morris MINN.-MO 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 9 12 4

W: A. Theis () L: Preisler , Kayla ()

5
Winner Crown (Minn.) CROWN (M 0-0
3
Northland NORTHLAN 0-0
Winner
Crown (Minn.) CROWN (M
0-0
5
Final
3
Northland NORTHLAN
0-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Crown (Minn.) CROWN (M 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 5 9 1
Northland NORTHLAN 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 12 2

Game Recap: Softball |

Jills Drop a Pair of Close UMAC Games

ST. BONIFACIUS, Minn.--- The Northland College Softball team traveled to St. Bonifacius, MN this afternoon for a pair of UMAC conference games against Minnesota Morris and Crown College. The Jills dropped a heartbreaker in game one, falling to Morris in walk-off fashion 9-8 and let a lead slip away against Crown, falling 5-3 in game two. 

Game 1

The LumberJills opened the scoring with three runs vs. Morris as McKenna Freerksen hit a 2 rbi single, scoring Kaylee Harnack and Janna Bode. Later in the inning, Alison Murphy singled, scoring Elizabeth Peters to make it 3-0 for the Jills. Morris went on to score runs in the bottom of the first and second but the Jills responded with two runs in the third and another in the 4th as Hailey Minnema hit an rbi single, scoring Murphy and Freerksen to make the score 5-2 Jills. In the 4th, Ariana Wilson had a sac hit, scoring Harnack to extend their lead to 6-2. The Jills continued to find their groove in the top of the 6th inning as Freerksen once again had an rbi hit and Harnack later scored off of a wild pitch to extend the Jills lead to 8-2. Unfortunately in the bottom of the 6th inning, the bats from Morris came alive, scoring 5 runs. Morris scored two more in the bottom of the 7th to take the game 8-7 over the Jills. 

Freerksen and Murphy led the Jills at the plate in game one each going 3-4. 

Game 2

Ariana Wilson opened the scoring in game 2 against Crown with a sac hit, scoring Kaylee Harnack to give the Jills the early 1-0 lead. Crown tied the game in the top of the 3rd but the Jills re-took the lead with two runs in the bottom frame of the inning as Elizabeth Peters had a huge 2 rbi single, scoring Bode and Freerksen to make it 3-1 for the Jills. The Jills were able to keep the lead until the top of the 5th inning as Crown exploded for 5 runs to take their first lead of the game 5-3. Northland had runners in scoring position in the 5th, 6th and 7th innings but unfortunately couldn't bring any runs around, falling to Crown 5-3. 

Harnack, Freerksen, Wilson and Peters each collected two hits for the Jills. 

The Jills are back in action tomorrow (4/14) in St. Bonifacius as they take on North Central MN and Northwestern MN. Game one against North Central is set to start at 10am. 

Northland College is an NCAA Division III institution located in Ashland, WI. The LumberJacks and LumberJills sponsor 14 varsity sports and compete in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference, Midwest Lacrosse Conference and the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.