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Winner Saint Xavier (IL) SXU 2-2
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Waldorf WU 0-3
Winner
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU
2-2
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Final
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Waldorf WU
0-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU 3 2 0 0 0 6 11 10 0
Waldorf WU 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 1

W: Wesner, Hailey (1-0) L: R. Ridout (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Goodman & Wesner Power SXU Past Waldorf, 11-2

Sioux Center, Iowa – Sophomore pitcher Hailey Wesner (Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest) threw her first collegiate complete game in her first start of the 2025 season, while freshman infielder Danielle Goodman (Poplar Grove, Ill./North Boone) made her collegiate debut, cracking a three-run home run to help Saint Xavier University softball (2-2/0-0 CCAC) defeat Waldorf University (Iowa) 11-2 in six innings Sunday afternoon at the American State Bank Sports Complex in Sioux Center, Iowa. Wesner allowed just four hits over 6.0 innings with two earned runs given up, a walk and a career-high seven strikeouts. Goodman went 1-for-3 with a walk making the start at third base.
  • Junior outfielder Fiona Crane (Evergreen Park, Ill./Northern Illinois/Mother McAuley) tied the single-game program record with four stolen bases for the second time this season, while also going 1-for-2 with two runs and two walks.
  • Sophomore infielder Aubrey Wroble (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) was 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, an RBI and a run scored.
  • Junior outfielder Haley Matlock (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport) had two hits in three at-bats with two RBI and a pair of runs.
  • Junior infielder Mallory O'Connor (Bourbonnais, Ill./Olivet Nazarene/Bishop McNamara) also was 2-for-3 with two RBI.
  • Sophomore pinch-hitter Yalitza Lovan (Pleasant Hill, Iowa/Dowling Catholic) drove in a pair of runs along with a run scored.
  • Sophomore designated player Yalayzah Lovan (Pleasant Hill, Iowa/Dowling Catholic) had a hit in three trips to the plate with two runs, an RBI and a walk.
  • SXU took a 3-0 lead in the top of the 1st when Yalayzah Lovan drove in a run on a fielder's choice and O'Connor lined a two-run single.
  • In the top of the 2nd, Wroble picked up an RBI on a bunt single and she scored on Matlock's RBI base hit.
  • Waldorf smacked a two-run double to get on the board in the bottom of the 5th.
  • Saint Xavier responded with six runs in the next half inning. Matlock sliced an RBI single to left field, Yalitza Lovan laced a two-run base hit to center field and Goodman launched a three-run home run.
  • Wesner rolled three groundouts to end the game in the bottom of the 6th.
Saint Xavier (2-2/0-0 CCAC) participates in the Roosevelt University Dome Tournament starting on Saturday, February 15. The Cougars play Lawrence Tech University at 9:30 am, followed by a match-up with Aquinas College at 12:00 pm in Rosemont, Ill.
 
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