Viqueens recover with wins over EM/Bedford
MALVERN — The Stanton Viqueens responded to their Southwest Valley loss by winning two straight games to close out the week.
The most recent win came Friday night in Malvern when Stanton defeated East Mills 21-8.
Stanton (6-7 overall, 4-1 conference) scored nine runs in two different innings, including the seventh, to get the win.
The Viqueens put nine on the board in the second inning, which set the tone. East Mills responded with four in the third, but they would trail for the remainder of the game.
Chelsea Weis stepped up and shone bright for Stanton, going 5-for-6 with three runs and five more batted in.
Devin Druivenga also shone bright with her 3-for-4 night, which included four runs, two walks and an RBI.
Mallorie Wookey scored three runs as she went 2-for-5 with three runs and an RBI. Also going 2-for-5 with three runs was catcher Lauren Stephens, who also drove in two additional runs.
Nicole Graham scored a run, but also went 2-for-5.
Heidi Vanderholm, Jody Vanderholm and Logan Wagg each had a hit and scored two runs in the win.
Kylee Johnson got the win for Stanton, giving up eight runs (five earned) on 11 hits and striking out four in seven innings of work.
Stanton 8, Bedford 7
The Viqueens rallied back to score two in the top of the seventh to get the win over the Bulldogs Thursday in Bedford.
Stanton entered the final inning trailing 7-6. The Viqueens, fresh off a 10-run loss to Southwest Valley the previous night, got off to a rough start when they gave up five runs in the second.
Stanton got on the board in the fifth inning by scoring five runs to tie the game 5-5. Bedford re-took the lead two more times before Stanton won it in the final inning.
Vanderholm had the big game for Stanton by going 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI. Weis meanwhile was 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.
Stephens and Druivenga were 1-for-3, while Nicole Graham was 1-for-2 and Wagg went 1-for-4.
The Viqueens also played at the Shenandoah tournament Saturday. Their only win was 22-2 over East Mills in three innings. The Viqueens scored 14 runs in the third inning to put the game out of reach.
Stanton was scheduled to make up its game against Essex Monday. Results weren’t available as of press time.
The Viqueens will be home again Thursday when they host Fremont-Mills.
Stanton has lost two meetings to Fremont-Mills this season. The first meeting was 6-4 June 5 in Tabor. The two met again the next day back in Tabor as part of the Fremont-Mills softball tournament. The Knights won that game 10-2.
Stanton wraps up the week Friday when they match up with Nishnabotna again