CLERMONT, Fla. — The Wittenberg softball team continued its 10-game spring break trip Thursday with a 3-0 loss to Emmanuel and a 4-3 win over Nebraska Wesleyan in its penultimate day in Florida.

The Basics

• Records: Wittenberg (7-5 overall), Emmanuel (3-3 overall), Nebraska Wesleyan (7-4 overall)
• Venue: Legends Way Ballfields - Clermont, Fla.

Stat Leaders - vs. Emmanuel

• Senior Hanna Ecker (Heath, Ohio/Heath) led the Wittenberg offense with two hits.
• Sophomore Meghan McCans (Arcanum, Ohio/Arcanum), freshmen Rebekah Giel (Amelia, Ohio/West Clermont), Caylee Roe (Piqua, Ohio/Piqua) and Syd Little (Miamisburg, Ohio/Miamisburg) and junior Harper Crews (Ypsilanti, Mich./Lincoln) had one hit each.
• Junior Samantha Zungri (Canal Winchester, Ohio/Canal Winchester) pitched 3.1 innings in relief of sophomore starter Julia Hall (Powell, Ohio/Bishop Watterson). Zungri allowed one run on four hits and one walk while striking out four.
• Sophomore Lilly James (Troy, Ohio/Troy) pitched the final 1.2 innings and gave up just one hit while striking out two.
• Abigail Farr led the Emmanuel offense with three hits.
• Madison Marks pitched all seven innings for Emmanuel, allowing seven hits and one walk while striking out eight in the shutout.

Game 1 - Emmanuel 3, Wittenberg 0

• Emmanuel opened the scoring with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second inning after loading the bases with no outs. The Saints later scored on an RBI walk and RBI sac fly.
• In the top of the third, the Tigers put runners on first and third with two outs but were unable to score.
• Wittenberg got runners on first and second with back-to-back two-out singles from Giel and Roe in the top of the fourth but was unable to bring them home.
• The Saints plated their final run in the bottom of the fourth via a fielder's choice.
• Both teams finished with seven hits, and Wittenberg committed one error to Emmanuel's none.

Stat Leaders - vs. Nebraska Wesleyan

• McCans and senior Julia Burch (Dublin, Ohio/Jerome) had two hits each for the Tigers.
• Graduate student Samantha Casteel (Loveland, Ohio/Little Miami) added a hit and an RBI.
• Burch and Casteel both hit doubles in the game.
• Ecker and Roe tallied one RBI each.
• Senior Kira van Ravensberg (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista) got the pitching start for the Tigers and earned the win to improve to 3-2 on the season. She allowed three runs (two earned) on seven hits and one walk while striking out one.
• James earned her second save of the season after pitching a scoreless top of the seventh inning.
• Hanna Roth led the NWU offense with two hits, including a double.

Game 2 - Wittenberg 4, Nebraska Wesleyan 3

• NWU opened the scoring with a run in each of the first and fourth innings for a 2-0 lead.
• Wittenberg tied the score in the bottom of the fourth on RBIs from Ecker and Roe.
• NWU retook the lead at 3-2 on an RBI fielder's choice in the top of the fifth.
• Castell tied the score on a one-out RBI double in the bottom of the fifth, and Casteel later scored on a passed ball with two outs to put the Tigers up 4-3.
• After NWU led off the top of the seventh with a double, the Tigers brought James into the pitching circle in relief of van Ravensberg.
• James hit the first batter she faced, and a sac bunt advanced the runners to second and third, but she induced a popout and a flyout to end the game and secure the victory for the Tigers.
• Both teams recorded seven hits in the game, and Wittenberg committed one error to NWU's none.

Records & Milestones

• Wittenberg is now 4-2 all-time against Emmanuel. This marked the first all-time meeting between Wittenberg and Nebraska Wesleyan.
• Burch has 121 hits and 26 steals in her career. She ranks 10th all-time at Wittenberg in steals and is nine hits shy of breaking into the program's all-time top 10 in that category.
• Ecker needs three hits to reach 100 for her career. She also has 56 RBIs in her career, which is 22 shy of joining the program's all-time top 10 in that category.
• McCans has 12 steals this season and 20 in her career. She is four shy of joining the program's all-time top 10 list for single-season steals and five shy of joining the program's all-time top 10 list for career steals.
• In the circle, van Ravensberg has 23 career wins, which ranks ninth in program history. She also has 97 career strikeouts, which is nine shy of breaking into the program's all-time top 10 in that category.

Up Next

• The Tigers return to action on Friday to close out their spring break schedule with matchups against Elms at 1:30 p.m. and Alfred at 4 p.m. in The Spring Games.