EM wins high scoring affair

by Samuel Ripp

ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound softball team was at home on Monday, May 2 and went home happy with a 9-8 victory over Plum City.

Elk Mound bounced back nicely after getting shut out against Baldwin-Woodville by scoring nine runs in the victory on Monday. The game however did not get off to a great start for the Lady Mounders as they gave up five early runs in the top of the first inning.

Plum City batted around in the first, but Elk Mound found a way to claw back in the bottom half of the inning. The Lady Mounders scored four runs on four hits to only be down one after a full inning. It was sophomore Allison Lindquist with the big bat in the inning with a two run double and later came around to score. Elk Mound would snag their first lead of the game in the third inning with two more runs coming home to score with another RBI coming from Lindquist. Plum City would tie the game up in the top of the fourth inning by scoring one.

Elk Mound would take the lead for good in the fifth inning thanks to two solo home runs by junior Karie Jo Nigon and Lindquist. The Lady Mounders would tack on one more insurance run in the bottom of the sixth inning, which ended up being a huge run and it was a sac fly by Nigon, bringing home junior Lauren Scharlau.

Plum City would make the game interesting in the top of the seventh by scoring two and make it a one run game, but the Lady Mounders got a ground out to end the game.

Senior Abbey Olsen threw a complete game and picked up the win despite giving up eight runs. She gave up eleven hits, but had nine strikeouts on the afternoon.

The Lady Mounders collected thirteen hits on the afternoon, providing a lot of runs to back Olsen up on the mound. Collecting hits for Elk Mound were: Scharlau with two, Nigon with three, junior Emily Ausman with two, Lindquist with three, senior Jade Sorenson, freshman Abby Curry, and Elizabeth Bauer.

With the nine runs, eight RBIs were handed to Elk Mound and adding to their season totals were Nigon with two, Ausman, Lindquist with four, and Sorenson.

The Lady Mounders will look to keep improving as the season is in the second part of the schedule.