Regional softball: Monroe holds off Edgerton

Gazette staff

May 26, 2015

Runs came at a premium in Tuesday’s WIAA Division 2 regional softball opener in Monroe.

The Cheesemakers scored a pair of unearned runs in the third and held on despite giving up an unearned run in the seventh. They beat Edgerton 2-1 to set up a regional-semifinal showdown with Delavan-Darien in Delavan today.

An Edgerton error gave Monroe runners at first and third with two outs in the third. The Cheesemakers stole second and got on the scoreboard with an infield single by Brooke Adams. Adams stole second, and the Crimson Tide committed another blunder in attempting to throw her out, allowing Kaya Teasdale to score.

The 2-0 lead held up until the seventh. Megan McNett led off the inning with a double—the game’s only extra-base hit—and moved to third on a one-out groundout. McNett scored when Monroe committed an error on a grounder up the middle, but Edgerton could advance the potential game-tying runner no further.

Edgerton finished with an 11-12 record.

MONROE 2, EDGERTON 1

Edgerton 000 000 1—1 2 2

Monroe 002 000 x—2 8 1

Kleinschmidt and McNett; Dillon and Vetterli.

Leading hitters—Vetterli (Mon) 2x3. 2B—McNett (Edg). leadoff double in the second.

SO—Kleinschmidt 2, Dillon 5. BB—Dillon 1.

• Delavan-Darien 15, Clinton 0 (3)—The Comets jumped on the Cougars early, and the game was halted after three innings due to the 15-run rule.

Morgan DeLara and Brooke Boss each had three hits for Delavan-Darien, which will host Monroe in a regional semifinal today.

Pitcher Jenna Speth struck out seven, walked none and allowed just one hit. She was 2-for-2 at the plate.

DELAVAN-DARIEN 15, CLINTON (3)

Clinton 000—0 1 1

Delavan-Darien 537—15 14 0

Bell and Nimtz; Je. Speth and Gonzalez.

Leading hitters—Ja. Speth (DD) 2x2, Je. Speth (DD) 2x3, DeLara (DD) 3x3, Boss (DD) 3x3. 2B—Boss, McKinney (DD). 3B—DeLara.

SO—Bell 2, Speth 7. BB—Bell 2.

Division 3

• Lakeside Lutheran 8, Brodhead 7 (8)—The Cardinals saw a 7-1 lead evaporate in the sixth and seventh innings before losing in the eighth.

Payton Wright went 4-for-5, including a grand slam, for Brodhead.

Lakeside, which scored the winning run with back-to-back one-out doubles in the top of the eighth, advances to play top-seeded Poynette today.

Brodhead finished 8-12.

LAKESIDE LUTHERAN 8, BRODHEAD 7

Lakeside Lutheran 000 102 41—8 15 3

Brodhead 201 400 00—7 15 2

Doyle; Boegli, Steiner (7) and Gerlach.

Leading hitters—Doering (LL) 2x5, Rowoldt (LL) 3x5, Petry (LL) 2x3, Kohls (LL) 3x5, Stai (LL) 2x4, Hoffman (LL) 2x4, Pickel (B) 2x4, Wright (B) 4x5, Gerlach (B) 2x4, Goecks (B) 2x4. 2B—Petry, Kohls, Stai, Stade (LL), Wright. HR—Gerlach, Wright (GS).

SO—Doyle 5, Boegli 9, Steiner 2. BB—Doyle 3, Boegli 3.

• Several area games postponed—Multiple Division 2 regional quarterfinals were postponed Tuesday, switching up the schedule for the rest of the week.

Elkhorn will host East Troy, Whitewater hosts Lake Mills, Evansville hosts Big Foot and Jefferson travels to Watertown Luther Prep to make up games today.

In Division 3, Parkview’s game at Cambridge was postponed to today.

Those teams’ regional-semifinal games, scheduled for today, will be played Thursday, with regional finals still scheduled for Friday.