Ten-run second inning pushes Fond du Lac past Appleton West softball

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FOND DU LAC – Fond du Lac scored 10 times in the second inning and went on to defeat Appleton West 14-4 in both teams’ regular-season and Fox Valley Association softball finale Monday at Fond du Lac High School.

Breahna Mentick had three hits and two RBI for the Cardinals (16-10, 11-7 FVA).

Appleton West (2-18, 1-17 FVA) was held to three hits. Aubrey Detert scored three of the Terrors’ four runs, and Morgan Baehman and Chloe Didreckson drove in runs in the loss.

Appleton West will play a WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal at Kimberly at Sunset Park on Tuesday.

Cardinals 14, Terrors 4
Appleton West   102   01   –   4   3   5
Fond du Lac   4(10)0   0x   –   14   14   2
WP: Ally Osier. LP: Hattie Moscinski.
SO: Moscinski (1 2/3 inn.) 0, Madison Buchinger (2 1/3 inn.) 1; Mckenna Thome (2 inn.) 2, Osier (3 inn.) 7. BB: Moscinski 2, Buchinger 0; Thome 2, Osier 7.
Top hitters: AW, Aubrey Detert 3 runs. F, Tristyn Ernst 2×3, 3 runs; Mackenna Shultis 2×2, 2B, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Mallory Thorpe 2B, 2 runs, RBI; Breahna Mentink 3×4, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Thome 2×3, 2 RBI; Osier 2×3.
Records: Appleton West 2-18, 1-17 Fox Valley Association; Fond du Lac 16-10, 11-7 Fox Valley Association.