Laconia won the game that counted most.
After failing to beat Lomira across two regular-season games, the Spartans beat the Lions 3-2 on Thursday evening to clinch a WIAA Regional Championship.
Lily Schultz drove in what ended up being the winning run in the top of the fifth inning when she grounded into a fielder's choice, which scored pinch-runner Allison Wiercinski.
Wiercinski scored twice as a courtesy runner for pitcher Addison Maurer.
The Spartans (18-8) scored twice in the first inning. Maurer hit an RBI single and senior Callista Vande Berg followed it up with an RBI double.
Maurer kept the Lomira (20-7) bats quiet, allowing six hits and giving up just a single earned run in the complete-game win.
The Lions' pitching duo of Haleigh Caspary and Nora Buske gave up just five hits but combined to walk 10 batters. Buske picked up the loss.
Box Score:
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | R H E
Laconia 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 3 5 1
Lomira 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 | 2 6 1
Laconia:
Emma Bohn - R, 2BB
Addison Maurer - 2x4, RBI
Aubrey Maurer - 0x3, 3BB
Callista Vande Berg - 1x3, RBI, BB
Lily Schultz - 0x2 - RBI, 2BB
Addison Maurer (W) - 7.0IP, 6H, 2R, 1ER, BB, 4K
Lomira:
Trista Gassner - 1x4, R
Savanna Frea - 1x3, RBI
Breanna Frea - 1x3, R
Haleigh Caspary - 2.0 IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 4BB, K
Nora Buske (L) - 5.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 6BB, 4K
St. Mary's Springs gave up single runs in the fourth and fifth inning to Algoma.
That was enough for the Wolves to earn the 2-1 win and clinch the regional title against the Ledgers.
Springs, which has struggled with errors all season, made two errors in the game. The second of those led to the Wolves' second run of the game in the fifth inning.
Ledger pitcher Gracie Konkol gave up just four hits in six innings of work. She also drove in Maddy Wahl in the second inning with a sacrifice fly.
Springs (11-13) had their best chance in the first inning when they loaded the bases with a single and two walks but failed to score.
Box Score:
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | R H E
Springs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1 4 2
Algoma 0 0 0 1 1 0 x | 2 4 1
Springs:
Gracie Konkol - 2x2, RBI
Maddy Wahl - 1x3, R
Gracie Konkol (L) - 6.0 IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER, 3K
NFDL at Mayville was rescheduled for today at 4 p.m. at Ziegler Park.
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