Xavier softball earns comeback win at New London

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NEW LONDON – Xavier rallied from a three-run deficit with seven unanswered runs and defeated New London 9-5 in a Bay Conference softball game Tuesday at Memorial Park.

New London took a 5-2 lead with a five-run third inning before the Hawks scored twice in the fourth and went ahead with a three-run fifth.

Elsa Dvoracek, Addison Hervey, Kaila Stammer and Mary Kendall all had two hits in the win for the Hawks, who are now 5-3 overall and 3-2 in the Bay Conference.

Morgan Staszak picked up the win for the Hawks, throwing 4 1/3 innings of shutout relief.

Xavier will play another Bay Conference game at Menasha on Thursday beginning at 4:30 p.m.

Hawks 9, Bulldogs 5
Xavier   200   230   2   –   9   10   0
New London   005   000   0   –   5   11   5
WP: Morgan Staszak. LP: Ellie Winkelman.
SO: Addison Hervey (2 2/3 inn.) 2, Staszak (4 1/3 inn.) 1; Winkelman 8. BB: Hervey 3, Staszak 2; Winkelman 1.
Top hitters: X, Elsa Dvoracek 2×4, run; Hervey 2×4, 3B, 2 runs, RBI; Kaila Stammer 2×4, 2 runs, RBI; Mary Kendall 2×4, 2 runs, RBI. NL, Erin O’Donoghue 3×3; Winkelman 2B; Aubree Schmude 2×4, HR, 2 RBI.
Records: Xavier 5-3, 3-2 Bay Conference; New London 1-5, 1-3 Bay Conference.