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"B" Freeman, Serena Phan and Emma Niemeier all delivered key hits as the Dodgeville softball team edged Lancaster 4-3 in eight innings last week in SWC action.
Lancaster took a 1-0 lead in the first on three walks and a single.
Dodger Raven Mortimer hit one out of the park to tie it in the second. The Arrows held a 2-1 lead in the third when they plated a run on two singles, a hit by pitch and a walk.
The Dodgers tied it in the fifth on Freeman's pinch single, Korra Wasley's walk and Phan's rbi single. single,
The Arrows took the lead in the top of the eighth on a single, an error and a passed ball.
That set the stage for Niemeier's two rbi single with two out in the bottom of that frame. She drove in Lindsey Murphy, who had walked, and Trilby Chitwood, who reached on a single.
Murphy struck out 10 and walked eight while alowing three earned runs on five hits.
"On offense we left runners in scoring position six out of the eight innings, however 'B', Trilby and Emma really came up big when we needed it," said Dodger coach Gene Van Dyck.
"Defensively we were really solid again with every position contributing. Trilby threw out two would-be base stealers to limit them to only one run in the first,"he added.
"Murphy caused us big trouble with eight walks, but she helped with 10 strikeouts. Over the last four innings se really started pitching and limiting them to one run, two hits and two walks."