The Sevastopol Pioneers softball team came up just shy of salvaging one of their games in Peshtigo on Saturday. They lost both ends of their doubleheader, 9-6 and 5-4.

In game one, the Pioneers responded to an early 2-0 deficit with four runs in their half of the first inning thanks to knocks from Taylor Kochanski, Addison Schauske, and Adison Sawyer. The Bulldogs responded with three runs and an insurance run in the fifth inning to put the game away. The Pioneers put up single tallies in the sixth and seventh innings but came up short. Kochanski had four hits and RBI to lead the Pioneers, while Naomi Rikkola and Schauske each had three hits, combining to drive in three runs. Schauske took the loss from the circle, going the distance while allowing nine runs (5 ER) on nine hits.

In game two, the Pioneers led 4-1 going into the bottom of the seventh before being shocked by the Bulldogs, who put up four runs in the final frame to capture it in walk-off fashion. Kayla Ranly went 2-3 with two RBI to pace the Pioneers, while Rikkola and Schauske drove in the other runs. Schauske and Brynn Schartner joined Ranly in having two hits. Schauske had seven strikeouts in game two but ran out of gas in the seventh, where she gave up four runs on four hits, including the game-winning run on a passed ball.