Four late runs pushed Grafton past the Vikings on the softball diamond on Monday, as Wisco's season ended in the regional semifinals with a 7-3 loss to the Blackhawks at Kulwicki Park.

The visitors struck first, scoring on a dropped third strike in the top of the 1st. Kylie Bilitz had the answer for Wisco in the bottom of the 2nd, singling to center to score Leah Pinnow with the tying run. A two-run error--one of four costly miscues for the Vikings--put Grafton back on top in the 3rd, but a pair of RBIs from Eden Rader (one in the 3rd, one in the 4th) knotted the game at 3 apiece.

The Blackhawks would pull ahead for good in the 5th inning, when a double, a passed ball, and an RBI groundout gave them a 4-3 advantage. A triple and RBI single the same inning stretched the lead to 5-3, and Grafton tacked on two more runs in their half of the 6th. The Vikings put runners in scoring position in both the 5th and the 7th but were unable to capitalize.

Rader paced the offense at the plate with a 3-4, 2-RBI day. Emily Buch and Katie Meyer each picked up a pair of hits. Senior Leah Pinnow was 1-3 with a run scored and fellow senior Melissa Tonn struck out 6 in her final appearance in the circle. The season saw the Vikings finish above .500 and post their highest win total in recent memory. The team finished at 11-9.

After being held to just one run and one hit on Thursday, the Wisco bats returned in force on Friday, as the Viking softball team pounded Milwaukee Lutheran by a score of 17-3 in five innings.

Emily Buch led the team with a strong showing at the plate and in the circle. She went 2-2 with a pair of triples and 4 RBI, along with 2 walks and 4 runs scored. She also fired 3 innings of no-hit ball, striking out 8 against just 1 walk. 

Madison Reid also drove in 4 runs and Tabitha Fromm plated three. Kaliska Klusmeyer got experience in the circle and struck out 3 batters over the final 2 innings.

The Vikings close out the regular season on Monday when they travel to Brown Deer for a 4:30 PM game.

Seventh-ranked New Berlin West proved too much for Wisco on Thursday, holding the Vikings to just one hit in a 5-1 loss.

West took advantage of a pair of errors in the bottom of the 1st inning and scored two unearned runs. Lauren Braatz walked to lead off the top of the 2nd inning for the Vikings and moved to second base on Tabitha Fromm's bunt single. After Chloe Koschnitzke was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Kylie Bilitz drove in Braatz with an RBI groundout to trim the lead to 2-1. But Wisco would manage just one baserunner the rest of the way. 

The team will look to bounce back on June 4 when they travel to Milwaukee Lutheran for a 4:30 PM game.

Leah Pinnow's double in the bottom of the 8th inning scored Melissa Tonn from second base and delivered a dramatic 1-0 victory in extra innings for the Wisco softball team.

Greendale came into the contest tied with New Berlin West atop the Woodland West Conference standings. But Tonn shut the Panthers down, striking out 7 and allowing just 4 hits and 1 walk in a complete game effort.

Meanwhile, the Vikings were putting runners on base but couldn't cash in. The team stranded a pair of runners in the 3rd and the 4th, and loaded the bases with one out in the 6th, but back-to-back strikeouts send them away empty handed. In all, Wisco knocked out 7 hits in the first 7 innings, but could not break through until extras. Tonn led off the bottom of the 8th with a double, and Pinnow laced the first pitch she saw to right field to bring her home with the winning run. 

Wisco will travel to conference-leading (and seventh-ranked) New Berlin West on June 3 for a 4:30 PM game.

After dropping the first two games of the week, the Wisco softball team bounced back in a big way on Wednesday afternoon, with Melissa Tonn and Emily Buch combining to no-hit Cudahy in an 8-2 win at Rainbow Park.

Tonn set the Packers down in order for first two innings, striking out a pair and departing with a 6-0 lead. Buch took over in the circle after that and recorded all but three of her outs via strikeout, finishing with a career-high 12 Ks in five innings of work. Cudahy scored two runs in the 6th on a bases-loaded walk and an error, but Buch worked a 1-2-3 7th inning, getting the last batter on a grounder back to the circle to seal the no-hitter.

On the offensive side, Eden Rader went 3-4 at the plate with a triple and 3 RBI to pace the team. Katie Meyer and Tonn also drove in runs and the Vikings took advantage of four Cudahy errors to plate three more.

The Vikings have a few days off before returning to action in June. They host Greendale at Rainbow Park on Tuesday, June 1.

The West Allis Central Bulldogs pulled away from the Wisco softball team on Tuesday afternoon, scoring five times in the 5th inning to break open a tight game and win 8-1 at Rainbow Park. Four errors proved costly to the Vikings' efforts, as only one of Central's eight runs was earned.

After the Bulldogs pushed across an unearned run in the top of the 2nd, Emily Buch had the answer for Wisco, doubling in Tabitha Fromm to tie the game. But offense would be hard to come by for the Vikings after that - the team managed just two hits the rest of the way. Meanwhile two errors and two home runs helped Central blow the game open with a five-run 5th. 

The Vikings will look to bounce back on Wednesday, when they host Cudahy at Rainbow Park.

The Wisco softball team suffered a 5-3 loss at Whitnall on Monday afternoon. After building a 3-0 lead through an inning and a half, the Vikings got just one hit over the final 5 innings while the Falcons picked up 7 hits and turned them into 5 runs.

Melissa Tonn singled in Eden Rader with the game's first run. Emily Buch brought home two runs with a double in the 2nd inning. But Kylie Bilitz's bunt single to lead off the 7th was the only offense Wisco could muster the rest of the way. Meanwhile, the Falcons scored once in the 2nd and three times in the 4th to take a lead they would not relinquish.

The Vikings host West Allis Central at Rainbow Park on Tuesday. 

The skies eventually opened up, but it was the Viking softball team that rained down runs, as they triumphed 9-1 at New Berlin Eisenhower in a game that was called after 5 innings because of rain.

Another hot start by the offense ensured a win, the team's sixth victory in seven games. Wisco cashed in on a bases loaded, nobody out situation in the top of the 1st inning, with a two-run single by Melissa Tonn and a bases-loaded walk by Lauren Braatz gave them a 3-0 advantage. Emily Buch homered to lead off the 2nd, and the runs piled up from there. The Vikings plated one run on an error, two more on an RBI double by Tabitha Fromm, and one last run on a sac fly from Chloe Koschnitzke to take an 8-0 lead after two innings and effectively seal the game.

Tonn went 3-4 at the plate and drove in 2 runs, in addition to allowing just 3 hits and striking out 4 in the circle. Buch was 2-3 with a walk while Fromm and Braatz drove in 2 runs apiece.

The Vikings travel to Whitnall on Monday, May 24.

Another strong offensive effort powered the Wisco softball team to its fifth victory in six games, this one a 10-4 win over Pius XI at Rainbow Park on Thursday afternoon.

Melissa Tonn helped her own cause by driving in the game's first run, a single to score Emily Buch in the top of the 1st. The floodgates opened in the 2nd, as Kylie Bilitz, Buch, Eden Rader, and Katie Meyer all drove in runs - with one more scoring on a passed ball - to put the Vikings up 6-0. The Popes scored twice in the 3rd, but the offense had the answer in the bottom half of the inning. Buch smacked a solo home run to center field, which Rader and Meyer followed up with back-to-back doubles to make it 8-2. A two-run single from Tabitha Fromm in the bottom of the 6th provided the final margin.

Tonn picked up the win in the circle, striking out 8 in a complete-game effort while also knocking out three hits at the plate. Buch and Meyer continued to swing hot bats; each of them enjoyed multi-hit games while driving in a pair. And Fromm and Chloe Koschnitzke picked up two hits apiece as the Vikings showed depth throughout the batting order.

Wisco travels to New Berlin Eisenhower on May 21. They will take on the Lions at 4:30 PM.

The Wisco softball team fell behind early at Rainbow Park. They didn't stay down for long. After falling behind 1-0 in the 1st, the team put up a baker's dozen over the next three innings en route to a 13-3 victory over Greenfield in 5 innings. 

Kylie Bilitz got things started in the bottom of the 2nd with a two-run single to give the Vikings a lead they would not relinquish. Katie Meyer and Melissa Tonn drove in runs, and Wisco got another run in on an error and led 5-1 after two innings.

Greenfield scored twice in the 3rd to narrow the lead to 5-3, but Meyer put an end to any thoughts of a comeback in the bottom half of the inning. After two singles and a walk loaded the bases with two outs, the sophomore crushed a 3-1 pitch over the fence in left field for a grand slam that made the score 9-3, Vikings. The team tacked on four more runs in the 4th inning to go up by 10, and Tonn shut the door in the top half of the 5th to bring the game to an end.

Meyer finished 2-3 at the plate with 5 RBI. Bilitz drove in a pair and scored three runs. And Tonn went the distance, striking out 5 and allowing just 2 earned runs in 5 innings of work.

Wisco hosts Pius XI at Rainbow Park on Thursday, May 20.

The New Berlin West softball team proved worthy of its ranking on Saturday, as the #4 Vikings shut down the Wisco softball team, 10-0 in five innings, at Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Five errors hurt the Wisco cause - only 3 of West's 10 runs were earned. Offensively, the team managed just 3 hits. 

The Vikings will look to bounce back on Monday, when they travel to Pewaukee for a 4:30 game.

Everyone got in on the action on Friday afternoon, as the Wisco softball team routed Shorewood 17-1, in a five-inning game.

A massive first inning was all the Vikings would need on offense. The team sent 17 batters to the plate and banged out 13 hits while scoring 13 runs. Melissa Tonn, Eden Rader, Leah Pinnow, and Emily Buch all doubled twice during the inning and drove in 8 of the team's runs.

Buch was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with 2 RBI. Lauren Braatz went 3-4 and drove in a pair. Tonn and Kylie Bilitz led the team in RBI with 3 apiece. Eight different Vikings enjoyed multi-hit games.

Tonn went 1.1 innings on the mound before being relieved by Buch, who closed things out by allowing just 1 hit and 1 run while striking out 7 over 3.2 innings.

The Vikings host New Berlin West at WLC on Saturday, May 15.

The Viking softball team claimed its second straight win on the diamond, defeating Greendale 8-2 on the road Wednesday afternoon.

Wisco jumped on the Panthers for two runs in the top of the 1st, scoring on Melissa Tonn's RBI double and bringing in another thanks to an outfield error. They stretched the lead in the 3rd, plating 4 runs thanks to Leah Pinnow, Emily Buch, Chloe Koschnitzke, and Kylie Bilitz. The team added single tallies in the 6th and 7th on an error and another RBI from Bilitz. Melissa Tonn shut down the Greendale offense, holding them scoreless until the final inning.

Buch paced a 13-hit attack with a 4-for-4 day at the plate. Meyer, Pinnow, and Koschnitzke each added a pair of hits, with Meyer scoring a team-high 3 runs. Tonn struck out 4 and allowed just 2 runs in her complete game effort.

The 4-3 Vikings travel to Shorewood on Friday, May 14.

The Wisco softball team jumped all over Pewaukee on Wednesday afternoon, scoring 6 runs in their first at bat en route to a 10-0 win in 5 innings.

Chloe Koschnitzke struck the big blow in the first, coming up with a two-out, bases-clearing triple to make it 6-0 Vikings. She finished with a pair of hits, one of four Vikings to enjoy a multi-hit game. Eden Rader drove in a pair of runs as part of a 2-4 day, Katie Meyer picked up two hits and stole home in the 1st, and Melissa Tonn singled twice and drove in two runs. She also shut the Pirates down in the circle, allowing just 1 hit and striking out 5 in a complete-game effort.

The win evens the team's record at 3-3. Wisco travels to Greendale on Wednesday, May 12.

Despite the rain, the Wisco softball team was able to complete its game with West Allis Central on Monday afternoon. The Bulldogs were victorious by a score of 8-7.

A box score for the game was not immediately available. The team travels to Pewaukee on Wednesday, May 5.

The Wisco softball team fell to conference foe New Berlin Eisenhower on Friday by a score of 7-4.

A box score for the game was not immediately available. The team takes on West Allis Central on Monday, May 3.

The Wisco softball team claimed its second straight win on Friday night, knocking off Pius XI by a score of 3-2 at Kulwicki Park.

A strong defensive effort pushed the Vikings to victory. The team is now 2-0 in Woodland West Conference play.

The Vikings host New Berlin Eisenhower on May 1st at Rainbow Park. First pitch is set for 11 AM.

The Wisco offense showed up in a big way on Wednesday afternoon, as the Vikings defeated conference foe Pewaukee 17-7 in 6 innings to earn their first victory of the year.

The host Vikings smacked 21 hits on the day, highlighted by a team-high 4 hits from Katie Meyer. Eden Rader struck the big blow with a three-run home run - part of her team-leading 5 RBI in the game - which Meyer followed up with a solo shot to help stake Wisco to a lead they would not relinquish.

Melissa Tonn picked up the victory on the mound. She struck out 8 in a complete-game effort.

The Vikings take on Pius XI on Friday afternoon at Kulwicki Park.

The Wisco softball team traveled to South Milwaukee for the 2021 season opener. They were defeated 7-1 by the host Rockets on a frigid afternoon.

Defense made the difference in this one. The Vikings made good contact and had the ball in play quite often, but the South Milwaukee defense was able to take care of business and limit the visitors to one run. Melissa Tonn struck out 5 in her first outing of the season, but the Wisco defense committed 7 errors, which allowed the Rockets to break through with 7 runs.

The Vikings will get back at it on April 28 when they host Pewaukee at Rainbow Park. First pitch is scheduled for 4:30 PM.