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SPENCER – The Spencer softball team opened the new SPREC Field with a monumental victory, knocking off defending Cloverbelt Conference East Division champion Neillsville 3-1 on Tuesday.
The Rockets won their seventh straight game and maintained their lead in the Cloverbelt East, improving to 8-1 overall and in the conference. Neillsville falls to 5-5 and 5-4 in the Cloverbelt East.
Paige Johnson had a double and an RBI, Erika Taylor smoked a home run and Danica Johnson knocked in a run with a single to provide Spencer with all the scoring it would need.
Nicole Bruss tossed a two-hitter, striking out three and walking one in the complete-game victory for the Rockets.
“It was a night of firsts,” Spencer coach Jason Gorst said. “In my five years in Spencer it is the first time I witnessed a Spencer softball team beat Neillsville, Erika Taylor hit the first home run I have seen a Spencer girl hit, and we opened our new field up with a win.”
Alyssa Anding had a double and scored for Neillsville.
Spencer is off until Saturday when it hosts the Spencer Invitational.
Rockets 3, Warriors 1
Neillsville 100 000 0 – 1 2 1
Spencer 000 120 x – 3 4 2
WP: Nicole Bruss. LP: Courtney Poeschel.
SO: Poeschel 4; Bruss 3. BB: Poeschel 2; Bruss 1.
Top hitters: N, Steph O’Leary 1×3; Alyssa Anding 1×3, 2B, run. S, Danica Johnson 1×2, RBI; Paige Johnson 1×3, 2B, RBI; Erika Taylor 2×3, HR, RBI, run.
Records: Neillsville 5-5, 5-4 Cloverbelt East; Spencer 8-1 overall and Cloverbelt East.