Marian University softball (5-7, 0-0 NACC) didn’t allow a run in a sweep of Ripon with finals of 3-0 and 11-0 in five innings.
 

GAME 1

• Marian was able to open the scoring for game one in the top of the second when junior Riley Mankowski scored off of a single and an error from sophomore Mackenzie Christofferson.
• The tight 1-0 lead held until the sixth when a pinch-hit double from senior Kerena Wood drove in a pair of runs.
• This proved to be plenty as Marian posted its third shutout of the season.

GAME 2

• The Sabre bats came alive in game two opening the scoring with four runs in the second frame.
• Mankowski had the big hit of the inning driving in two runs with a single.
• Marian then scored seven runs between the fourth and fifth inning to induce the mercy rule.
• Junior Ariana Schliepp drove in a pair of runs to open a three-run fourth inning.
• Then to finish a four-run fifth inning senior Kendall Pliner brought home a pair of runs with a double.
• Marian is now 26-19 all-time against Ripon having won the last seven meetings.
• This is the first time Marian has shutout its open in both games of a doubleheader since 2023.

	Junior Riley Mankowski was 5-for-7 on the day with three runs driven in and three runs scored.
	Graduate student Cailie Pliner (1-5) tossed her first shutout of the season in game two.
	Sophomore Savanna Knuth went 4-for-7 at the plate with a run scored and a run driven in.