Jefferson put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Evansville Blue Devils as the Jefferson Eagles made off with a 12-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Jefferson.
Breleigh Mengel made a big impact no matter where she played. She tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Mengel was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Hannah Werning, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Allie Hesse was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Jefferson has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Evansville, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-11-1.
Jefferson will head out on the road to take on Whitewater at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Jefferson's pitching crew has only allowed 1.5 runs per game this season, so Whitewater's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Evansville, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Brodhead at 5:00 p.m. Brodhead is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.2 runs per game this season.
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