Softball Recap: West Geauga Wolverines vs. Hawken Hawks
In what's become a running theme this season, West Geauga gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. Everything went their way against the Hawken Hawks as the West Geauga Wolverines made off with an 18-3 win. 18 seems to be a good number for West Geauga as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Shaylynn Rogaski was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Rogaski has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Rogaski was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Hannah Williams was a standout: she went 2-for-2 with five RBI, two runs, and a triple. Cara Day was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-4.
On Hawken's side, Helena Yanchar made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Aniela Skoczen, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
The win made it two in a row for West Geauga and bumps their season record up to 8-5. As for Hawken, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-8.
West Geauga will look to defend their home field on Monday against Beachwood at 4:30 p.m. One thing working in Beachwood's favor is that they have posted big run totals every time they've taken the field this season. As for Hawken, they will head out on the road to face off against Harvey at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.
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