MARSHALL — Keyanna Rank homered and Lakeside’s softball team picked up its fourth victory this season over a ranked foe, topping ninth-ranked Marshall 5-1 on the road in nonconference play on Wednesday, May 1.
“We picked up another win tonight against a solid Marshall team,” Lakeside softball coach Matt Doering said. “The girls are just working hard and doing the simple things well over the last stretch of games. It’s an exciting stretch of softball. Keyanna’s home run was the big spark for us.”
Rank’s two-run blast to right field came with one out in the third inning on a first pitch to give the Warriors, who have won four straight, a 2-0 lead.
Lakeside (8-6) got four consecutive singles by Emma Smulders, Kieghtan Rank, Abby Meis and Keyanna Rank to open the fifth. Meis and Keyanna Rank’s hits to right field plated single runs to make it 4-1. Emma Wunderlich capped the rally with a run-scoring single of her own.
Kieghtan Rank pitched the distance to earn the decision, allowing a run on two hits with five strikeouts, no walks.
LAKESIDE 5, MARSHALL 1
Lakeside 002 030 0 — 5 7 0
Marshall 001 000 0 — 1 2 3
Leading hitters — LL: Meis 2x4, Ke. Rank 2x4 (HR); M: Stuntebeck (2B).
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — LL: Ki. Rank W; 7-2-1-1-0-5; M: Weisensel L; 5-7-5-5-1-10, Brodbeck 2-0-0-0-0-1.
TUESDAY’S RESULTLODI — Lakeside Lutheran’s softball upended sixth-ranked Lodi 6-2 in Capitol North play on Tuesday, April 30.
The Warriors (7-6, 2-4 in conference) struck first as winning pitcher Kieghtan Rank reached on an error. Her courtesy runner Lora Kasper came around on Abby Meis’ RBI single.
Lodi scored on a run in the first on Bailey Stark’s RBI single before Marah Lane hit a solo homer in the second.
Lakeside took over from there, using a three-run rally in the third to take the lead for good, 4-2. Meis doubled to put a pair of runners in scoring position for Keyanna Rank, who lined a two-run triple to right field. Her courtesy runner Paige Lester scored on Emma Wunderlich’s ground out.
“Timely hitting in the first four innings got us a lead and we played well defensively again to get the win over a surging Lodi team,” Lakeside softball coach Matt Doering said. “Four different hitters had two hits, including Keyanna Rank who had a double and triple.”
Kieghtan Rank retired 10 straight Lodi hitters to end the game. She went the distance, allowing two earned on five hits with six strikeouts, no walks.
“Kieghtan scattered five hits and struck out six to keep the game in control,” Doering said. “We have a mini streak going and will look to keep playing well with two more games this week.”
LAKESIDE 6, LODI 2
Lakeside 103 200 0 — 6 9 0
Lodi 110 000 0 — 2 5 4
Leading hitters — LL: Meis 2x4 (2B), Ke. Rank 2x4 (2B, 3B), Killmon 2x4, Muchka 2x4; LO: Krumpen 2x3, Lane 2x3 (HR).
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — LL: Ki. Rank W; 7-5-2-2-0-6, LO: Stark L; 7-9-6-4-4-8.
MONDAY’S RESULTJACKSON — Emma Smulders doubled in the go-ahead runs in the sixth inning and Abby Meis homered as Lakeside Lutheran’s softball team upended host Kettle Moraine Lutheran 4-2 on Monday, May 6.
Meis led off the fifth inning with a blast to left field on a 1-1 pitch that gave the Warriors (9-7) a 2-1 advantage.
After KML scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the fifth, Smulders doubled home Kourtney Zech and Molly Muchka, both of whom singled earlier in the frame, on a base knock to left field that made it 4-2.
Lakeside starter Kieghtan Rank struck out 14, including the side in the seventh, and walked none in a complete-game seven-hitter to earn the decision. One of the two runs she allowed were earned.
“It was another nice win,” Lakeside softball coach Matt Doering said. “We left a number of runners on base, but our defense and pitching were sound throughout the game.
“Emma had a big hit for us in the sixth and we never let them answer. Kieghtan had another solid outing and she scattered their hits.”
LAKESIDE 4, KETTLE MORAINE LUTH. 2
Lakeside 100 012 0 — 4 5 1
Kettle Moraine Luth. 100 010 0 — 2 7 0
Leading hitters — LL: Smulders (2B), Meis (HR); KML: Luehring 2x4, Ehlke (2B).
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — LL: Ki. Rank W; 7-7-2-1-0-14; KML: Winkelman 2-0-1-1-4-2, Hovorka L; 5-5-3-3-3-4-1.
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