May 19, 2011 at 12:58 p.m.
Wood, Pointers shut down Dodgers
Wood struck out seven and walked four and gave up just the unearned run in the seventh.
That came around when Delaney Orr singled with one out and trotted home when Brooke Lee's fly to right was misplayed.
Jess Reamon was 2x3 with Steph Dalsing and Orr getting the other two hits.
Unearned runs were plentiful on the Pointer side as Dodgeville pitcher Carley Prochaska gave up eight runs and nine hits, but only three of the runs were earned as her team committed seven errors in the game.
After going quietly 1-2-3 in the first, the Pointers plated three runs in the second. Hannah Goninen was hit by a pitch, stole second and went to third on a safety by Cassidy Ottoway. They scored as both Tracy Steffes and Emily Wood reached on miscues in the infield.
Another run for the Pointers was added in the third on a triple by Caitlyn Qualley and Goninen's grounder to first.
They scored twice in the fifth after two were out. Ottoway singled, Goninen doubled and both scored as Morgan Pittz reached on an infield error.
Their final two runs came in sixth, again after two were out. Emily Wood singled, Jessica James singled and Paula Pittz forced Wood at third. Both James and Pittz scored on singles by Beth Wood and Qualley.
Qualley was 3x4 with Paula Pittz, Beth Wood, Goninen, Ottoway, Shelby Leonard and James each collecting one.
"We just plain played a poor game both offensively and defensively while Mineral Point played well both ways," said Dodger coach Gene Van Dyck.
"Carley threw well for the first 4 innings giving up only 1 ER on 3 hits with 2K's. This was in spite of our committing 6 errors over this time frame and most of them by the infield. Then over the last 2 innings she seemed to tire and gave up 5 hits and 4 runs while we committed only 1 more error. All of that aside we didn't hit the ball or score runs. Wood threw pretty well but certainly not as well as River Valley's McGuire the night before. Yet we had only 1 less K and 1 more hit while scoring 1 less run than against McGuire. We can't point out any one player that played well or more poorly than the other. It was a collective poor performance."
