DE PERE - St. Norbert College returned to the diamond for the first time in 17 days and fashioned a non-conference doubleheader sweep of Lawrence University by scores of 7-1 and 10-5 at Miron Construction Field at Mel Nicks Sports Complex.
The Green Knights banged out 20 hits in the two games. St. Norbert had eight hits in the opener and mustered 12 in the nightcap.
In the opener, St. Norbert rode the arm of
Ellie Olsen, who carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning. Olsen did not allow an earned run, walked one and struck out seven in the complete-game victory.
St. Norbert scored twice in the second inning on an
Alyssa Sikora solo home run and a
Camryn Baenen RBI single to score pinch-runner
Lily Frisch. In the third, the Green Knights had a two-out rally to score three runs.
Sarah Koltermann singled and Sikora followed with a walk.
Taylor Ullman then stroked a deep three-run home run to put St. Norbert ahead 5-0.
Lawrence would get a run back in the sixth on two hits and two St. Norbert errors, but left the bases loaded. St. Norbert got a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the inning when a run scored on an outfield error and another on an
Abby Primus single.
Koltermann and Baenen were both 2-for-3.
In the nightcap, St. Norbert rallied 4-3 fifth-inning deficit with two runs in the fifth and five runs in the sixth inning.
Baenen's one-out single in the second put the Green Knights ahead 1-0, but the Vikings scored three times in the top of the third for a 3-1 edge. St. Norbert would respond with two runs in its half of the third, with two runs scoring on an error. Lawrence scored once in the fifth inning but the Green Knights would wrest the lead back for good with RBI singles from
Morgan Moxon and
Lilly Haase.
St. Norbert broke the game open with five runs on four hits in the sixth.
Kayla Bahr scored on a wild pitch, followed by RBI singles from
Christina Paleka, Haase and Baenen. The final run scored on a misplay following Baenen's infield hit.
Moxon and Haase were both 2-for-3 with two runs batted in. Baenen was 2-for-4 with two runs batted in, while Ullman was 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
Morgyn Zielke earned the win in relief, allowing five hits and two runs in five innings. She struck out six while not walking a hitter.
