PAYNESVILLE -- Paynesville collected 11 hits to beat New London-Spicer 8-1 in West Central North Conference softball Monday.
The Bulldogs (10-3, 11-3) scored six runs in the first two innings, including four in the second. Laura Schaefer highlighted the frame with a two-run double.
Paynesville had 11 hits off two NLS pitchers.
Whitney Woehler pitched six shutout innings for the win. She allowed two hits, struck out four and didn't issue a walk. Cassie Goltz pitched the seventh inning and was touched for one hits and one run.
Taylor Thompsen had all three of the hits for the Wildcats (3-7, 3-8). She doubled twice and drove in the team's only run in the seventh.
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Jennifer Paul, Kaci Lund and Jasmine Kalkbrenner had two hits each for Paynesville.
Paynesville 8, NLS 1
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Paynesville 241 001 x -- 8 11 1
HITTING - New London-Spicer: Taylor Thompsen 3-for-4, 2 2b's, rbi ... Paynesville: Jennifer Paul 2-for-4, 2 runs, rbi; Laura Schaefer 1-for-4, 2 runs, 2b, 2 rbi; Chelsey Hansen 1-for-4, rbi; Keely Meagher 1-for-4, 2 rbi; Jessica Klein 1-for-4; Kaci Lund 2-for-4; Whitney Woehler 1-for-3; Jasmine Kalkbrenner 2-for-4
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- New London-Spicer: Bridget Bergeson (L) 4Zc-9-7-5-0-3, Lauren Rustad 1Xc-2-1-0-0-0 ... Paynesville: Whitney Woehler (L) 6-2-0-0-0-4, Cassie Goltz 1-1-1-1-1-0