Saturday, May 2
Madison, WI
12:00 PM
Wisconsin Badgers
30-17, 0
10
vs
5
Rutgers
26-27, 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 | 13 | 2 |
Photo by: Nolan Kromke
Badgers secure series victory over Rutgers
May 02, 2026 | Softball
UW reaches 30-win mark for second straight season
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin softball team continued its hot stretch on the offensive end, tallying four home runs at Goodman Diamond on Saturday afternoon in a 10-5 victory over Rutgers.Â
Sophomore Kendra Lewis broke out in a big way from the left side of the plate, going 3-for-3 with a pair of home runs—racking up a team-best four RBI en route to UW's sixth conference series win of the year.Â
The first five batters of the game reached base for the Badgers (30-17, 14-9 B1G), as senior Emily Bojan led off the game with a home run. After a double from junior Hilary Blomberg and a walk from redshirt freshman Jaclyn Showalter, Lewis launched a three-run blast to make it 4-0.Â
UW went on to tally one more run in the process, as freshman pinch runner Sydney Spear utilized her speed to score a wild pitch.Â
The Badgers added a run apiece in both the second and third inning, as sophomore Hannah Conger barreled a double to left field. The Scarlet Knights (26-27, 5-18) answered with a run of their own in the third, as Wisconsin took a 7-1 advantage in the fourth.Â
The Scarlet Knights earned three runs in the top half of the fourth, and one more in the fifth frame via a solo home run from Siera Hoekstra—cutting the deficit to 7-5.Â
In the sixth, UW provided one final punch—plating three more runs with the help of the long ball. Showalter hit her second home run in as many days, driving in two. After a pitching change, Lewis wasted no time and barreled her second deep shot of the game—joining Blomberg as the only Badger to hit two in a game this year.Â
With a 10-5 advantage, Lewis closed out Rutgers in the circle and notched UW's third consecutive Big Ten series win.Â
Batting Cleanup:
Sophomore Kendra Lewis broke out in a big way from the left side of the plate, going 3-for-3 with a pair of home runs—racking up a team-best four RBI en route to UW's sixth conference series win of the year.Â
The first five batters of the game reached base for the Badgers (30-17, 14-9 B1G), as senior Emily Bojan led off the game with a home run. After a double from junior Hilary Blomberg and a walk from redshirt freshman Jaclyn Showalter, Lewis launched a three-run blast to make it 4-0.Â
UW went on to tally one more run in the process, as freshman pinch runner Sydney Spear utilized her speed to score a wild pitch.Â
The Badgers added a run apiece in both the second and third inning, as sophomore Hannah Conger barreled a double to left field. The Scarlet Knights (26-27, 5-18) answered with a run of their own in the third, as Wisconsin took a 7-1 advantage in the fourth.Â
The Scarlet Knights earned three runs in the top half of the fourth, and one more in the fifth frame via a solo home run from Siera Hoekstra—cutting the deficit to 7-5.Â
In the sixth, UW provided one final punch—plating three more runs with the help of the long ball. Showalter hit her second home run in as many days, driving in two. After a pitching change, Lewis wasted no time and barreled her second deep shot of the game—joining Blomberg as the only Badger to hit two in a game this year.Â
With a 10-5 advantage, Lewis closed out Rutgers in the circle and notched UW's third consecutive Big Ten series win.Â
Batting Cleanup:
- Wisconsin reached the 30-win mark for the second consecutive season, doing so in head coach Yvette Healy's tenure for the ninth time in 15 years, excluding the COVID season.Â
- The Badgers have now won six Big Ten series this year, good for the most in program history—surpassing the five they won three times previously.Â
- Wisconsin's offense has accumulated 30 hits in the past two games, tallying 13 in today's action.Â
- UW launched back-to-back home runs for the first time this year, as Jaclyn Showalter and Kendra Lewis did so in the sixth inning—becoming the first to do so since Ellie Hubbard and Brooke Kuffel accomplished the feat in 2024 against Maine.
- The Badgers hit four home runs on Saturday afternoon, good for the most in a game this year. The last time UW hit four or more HRs in a game was last season in the series opener versus Illinois on March 14, where they produced five.Â
- Kendra Lewis finished a flawless 3-for-3 with four RBI and two runs scored, joining Hilary Blomberg as the only other Badger to hit two home runs in a game this year. The sophomore set a season-best for RBI in a game as well.Â
- Jaclyn Showalter continued her hot stretch at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a home run and a pair of RBI. The Hartland, Wis. native is 8-for-11 (.727 BA) over her last three games, racking up 11 RBI and four extra base hits in the process.Â
- Emily Bojan blasted her sixth HR of the year, kicking off the game with a deep shot to left field.Â
- Hannah Conger came up clutch from the bottom of the order, earning a 2-for-3 performance with a double and an RBI. The shortstop is up to eight multi-hit games this year.Â
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lewis, Kendra (5-4)
L: Kelsey Hoekstra (7-7)
Batting:
2B: Riley Hwang 1
HR: Siera Hoekstra 1
RBI: Sam Rohwer 1 ; Riley Hwang 1 ; Siera Hoekstra 1 ; Bailey Briggs 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mia Mitchell 1 ; Siera Hoekstra 1 ; Charleigh Schuettler 1 ; Hailey Stripling 1 ; Jayla Fuller 1
HBP: Hailey Stripling 1 ; Jayla Fuller 1
Batting:
2B: Bojan, Emily 1 ; Blomberg, Hilary 1 ; Lucey, Danielle 1 ; Crane, Rylie 1 ; Conger, Hannah 1
HR: Bojan, Emily 1 ; Showalter, Jaclyn 1 ; Lewis, Kendra 2
RBI: Bojan, Emily 1 ; Showalter, Jaclyn 2 ; Lewis, Kendra 4 ; Whidden, Kaylie 1 ; Conger, Hannah 1
SH: Lucey, Danielle 1
SF: Whidden, Kaylie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bojan, Emily 2 ; Blomberg, Hilary 1 ; King, Emma 1 ; Showalter, Jaclyn 1 ; Parent, Ava 1 ; Lewis, Kendra 2 ; Spear, Sydney 1 ; Lucey, Danielle 1
SB: Conger, Hannah 1
Game Leaders
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R
1
H
2
RBI
2
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
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