MILWAUKEE – The Alverno softball team was back on the road for the first time since its season-opening series at Aurora as the Inferno visited nationally-ranked MSOE on the MSOE Athletic Field on Monday afternoon. The Inferno fell in the opener by an 8-0 score, the second game was not contested at this time and no make-up has been announced at the time of this release.
 
The Inferno connected on three hits on the afternoon against the Raiders' lone pitcher as sophomore Izzy Torres connected on two hits, while senior Lauren Greif also had a single for the Inferno. With her 2-for-2 effort, Torres raised her season batting average to .333, while Greif is now hitting .259 on the year.
 
Senior Kaitlynn Schmick pitcher her second complete game of the year as she struck out three batters to raise her season total to 28.
 
In the top of the first, sophomore Zimri Lemonds worked a one-out walk on a 3-2 pitch, but the Raiders were able to get out of the inning unscathed. Schmick set MSOE down in order in the bottom of the first on a fly ball and a pair of groundouts.
 
Torres led off the second with a single, but the next three batters were retired to end the top of the second. The Raiders scratched a run across in the bottom of the second, before adding four runs in the bottom of the third.
 
Another leadoff singled by Torres in the top of the fourth was unable to generate offense, as the next three Inferno were retired. MSOE tacked on three more in the bottom of the fourth to take an eight-run lead, before the Inferno went down in order in the top of the fifth as the Raiders picked up the 8-0 win.
 
Up Next
Alverno (1-11, 0-3 NACC North) will look to get back on track this weekend, when the team plays a weekend slate against the Lakeland Muskies. Alverno will visit the Muskies on April 10, before hosting Lakeland on Sunday, March 11. The live stats and live video links for the weekend series, as well as the spectator policies for both sites are listed on the softball schedule page on Athletics.Alverno.edu.