Followell throws another No Hitter Against Alverno

MEQUON, Wis. – The bats were on fire and the CUW pitchers froze the Inferno once again on Sunday afternoon. The Falcons posted 12-0 and 9-0 victories to improve to 22-4 on the year and 12-0 in the NACC. The Falcons have won 13-straight games.

Junior Gina Followell (Romeoville, Ill.) did not allow a hit for the fourth time this week. She finishes the week with four no-hit performances and one perfect game. Followell had 12 strikeouts in the win.

Junior Taylor Kuske (Kaukauna, Wis.) started the party with a no-doubt home run in the bottom of the second inning. Sophomore Sydney Erdmann (Geneva, Ill.) then doubled to left center to score sophomore Ashley Zappa (Zion, Ill.) and sophomore Claudia Utz (Lockport, Ill.). Kelsey Bollon smacked a double to left field that scored Madison Wheat (Cowerta, Okla.). Senior Jenna Pozezinski (Lake Villa, Ill.) sent the ball out of the bark to send in Bollon. The second-inning scoring ended with a double to right field by junior Alyssa Vilkoski (Greenfield, Wis.) that scored Claudia Utz and Taylor Kuske.

Sydney Erdmann scored in the third inning on a wild pitch and Taylor Kuske sent Madison Wheat across home plate on a sacrifice fly. Claudia Utz closed the book on the game one scoring with a double to left field to send in sophomore Abby Kerrins (Cullom, Ill.).

Claudia Utz caught her fourth no-hit performance behind the plate.

Kelsey Bollon and Sydney Erdmann both had three hits in Concordia's 14-hit performance on Sunday.

The Falcons left off where they started in game one and tacked five runs on the scoreboard in the first inning of game two.

Madison Wheat sent the ball over the right-field fence to start things off. Claudia Utz knocked a triple to right field to land Taylor Kuske and Kelsey Bollon at home plate. Alyssa Vilkoski sent a rocket down the left-field line to score Utz. Junior Kristen Fontana (Hickory Hills, Ill.) then sent the ball back to the left-field corner on a double to score Vilkoski.

The Falcons went deep in the fifth inning to finish off the Inferno. Jenna Pozezinski blasted a two-run shot to score Kelsey Bollon and Claudia Utz turned off the scoreboard with a home run to put away Alverno.

Alyssa Vilkoski dominated once again in the circle and had eight strikeouts on only one hit.

Taylor Kuske and Claudia Utz both finished the second game with two hits.

CUW returns to play on Saturday in a battle for the top-spot in the north. No. 13 MSOE will travel to CUW on Saturday. CUW is the lone undefeated team in the NACC at 12-0. The 13^th-ranked Raiders are currently at 10-1.