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SPENCER – Colby/Abbotsford scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to outlast Spencer 13-10 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division softball slugfest on Friday at Spencer High School.
Colby/Abbotsford led 8-3 after scoring three runs in the top of the fifth, only to see Spencer close to within a run with four in the bottom of the inning.
The Hornets scored twice in the sixth before Spencer tied it with a three-run frame.
Colby/Abbotsford (4-4 overall and Cloverbelt East) was able to pull away in the top of the seventh and pitcher Tatum Bargender finished off the victory with a scoreless bottom of the inning.
Halie VanLuven and Bargender each had three hits and three RBI, Alea Graff had a double, a home run and three RBI, and Harrison Schmitt had two hits and two RBI for Colby/Abbotsford.
Samantha Soback, Kaelyn Schreiner and Jaci Cook all had two hits for Spencer, with Schreiner driving in three runs. The Rockets are now 0-6 and 0-3 in the Cloverbelt East.
Spencer will travel to Owen-Withee for a conference doubleheader on Tuesday. Colby/Abbotsford will not return to action until Thursday, May 5, at Marshfield Columbus Catholic.
Hornets 13, Rockets 10
Colby/Abbotsford 004 132 3 – 13 15 3
Spencer 200 143 0 – 10 9 4
WP: Tatum Bargender. LP: Madison Knecht.
SO: Bargender 9; Knecht 5. BB: Bargender 6; Knecht 2.
Top hitters: CA, Halie VanLuven 3×5, 3 RBI; Kya Viegut 2×5, 2 runs; Bargender 3×5, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 runs; Alea Graff 2×5, 2B, HR, 2 runs, 3 RBI; Harrison Schmitt 2×4, 2 RBI; McKinley Klabon 2 runs; Neveah Treankler 2 runs. S, Knect 2 runs; Heavyn Kind 2 runs; Samantha Soback 2×3, 2 RBI; Kaelyn Schreiner 2×2, 3 RBI; Jaci Cook 2×3, 2 runs, 2 RBI.
Records: Colby/Abbotsford 4-4 overall and Cloverbelt Conference East Division; Spencer 0-6, 0-3 Cloverbelt East.