Softball: Lady Clippers move above .500

Posted 5/1/24

The Amboy softball team enters the last three weeks of the regular season with an above .500 record as the Lady Clippers are 8-7 overall and 5-3 in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference.

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Softball: Lady Clippers move above .500

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The Amboy softball team enters the last three weeks of the regular season with an above .500 record as the Lady Clippers are 8-7 overall and 5-3 in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference.

On Tuesday, April 23, Amboy lost an 8-7 battle with conference foe Milledgeville on the road.

At the plate, junior Tyrah Vaessen went 2-of-5 with two singles for three RBI, sophomore Peyton Payne was 2-of-3 with two singles, sophomore Alyvia Whelchel was 2-of-4, and sophomore Ellie Mclaughlin hit a home run.

Mclaughlin was the losing pitcher.

Against Forreston on Monday, April 29, Amboy recorded a 12-1 win in five innings to move above .500.

Whelchel was the winning pitcher on six strikeouts, two hits, and four walks. Offensively, she was 1-of-2 with a single and five RBI.

Sophomore Kiera Karlson was 2-of-3 with a single, a double, and an RBI, Payne and junior Haleigh Stenzel tallied two RBI apiece, and sophomore Brittlyn Whitman hit a single and a double for two RBI.