May 7, 2015 at 1:13 p.m.
Dodgers whip Lady Hillmen
The Dodgers scored twice in the first, five times in the fourth, seven times in the fifth and once in the sixth.
The first seven Dodgers reached base in the fifth.
Hannah Sigg singled in Kelsey Prochaska, who had singled to end the game in six.
Ashley Chitwood, Allison Dough-erty and Samantha Crowley each had three hits on the day. Samantha Crowley scored three runs.
Kara Crowley, Paige Lee, and Prochaska each had two hits with one of Lee's being a big two bagger in the seven run fifth. Kara Crowley and Prochaska each scored three times.
Prochaska took a turn on the mound and went the distance. She struck out three without a walk and gave up six runs (5 earned) on 11 hits.
Platteville led 5-2 going into the bottom of the fourth, but could only manage one more tally off of Prochaska - that coming in the fifth.
Sierra Brecke was 3x3 with a solo home run (5th) and Brittany Christman had three singles in three trips.
Lexi Budden doubled with Erin Bowden, Tessa Ostendorf and Abby Wein all having singles.
K.D. Hoyer went four innings with three strikeouts and three walks. She gave up 11 runs (8 earned) on 11 hits.
Brecke finished, yielding five runs (4 earned) on six hits. She fanned a pair and walked four.
"Platteville has been pretty hard on us the past 2 1/2 years and had just beat us 12-3 a couple of weeks ago, bu we're not the same team we were then," Van Dyck pointed out.
"Our defense is playing really well in both the outfield and infield and Kelsey is throwing the ball pretty well," he added.
"The big thing is our hitting really is coming around and this was one of the most dominating offensive performances I've seen by us in years. We had 17 hits in 5 1/3 innnings and to top it off all the hits were really tagged," he concluded.
Tuesday the Dodgers ran into River Valley's Kylie Hoffman, who nearly no-hit them last time the two teams squared off.
She struck out 11 without a walk, but his time the Dodgers got to her for seven hits and two runs, but fell 6-2.
Kara Crowley singled in the third, advanced on a sacrifice by her sister Samantha and trotted home on the first of three Kelsey Prohaska hits.
Prochaska doubled in the fifth and scored on a single by Paige Lee.
Ashley Chitwood and Alicia Benson also had singles.
Prochaska worked four innings on the mound allowing four runs on six hits while striking out two and walking three.
Nicole Jones went two frames yielding two runs (1 earned) on three hits without a walk or strikeout.
Jenna Jacobson, Brieanna Alt, Hoffman and Taylor Eberle each had two hits for RV. Alyssa Esser had one.
River Valley's big inning was the third when they plated three runs.
Eberle and Hoffman had doubles and Alt and Jacobson both a single with Talor Briehl and Genthe both being issued free passes.
Jacobson's two bagger drove in Ally Schlutter in the fourth. Hoffman rapped a solo home run in the fifth and an error scored Esser, who had doubled in the sixth.
"We played a pretty decent game just not good enough," Van Dyck said. "We hit the ball hard but Hoffman struck out 11 of us. They only outhit us 9-7, but we walked three and six of their seven hits were for extra bases. Defensively it was a pretty clean game."
