Freshman Kelsey Jenkins drove in a pair of runs with a double in the third inning, but that wasn’t enough Sunday afternoon as the University of Wisconsin softball team lost 3-2 to Rutgers in its season finale in Piscataway, New Jersey.
Junior pitcher Taylor-Paige Stewart allowed five hits over six innings for UW, but a pair of home runs made the difference.
Rutgers’ Jackie Bates hit a two-run shot to tie the game in the bottom of the fourth inning, and Rebecca Hall’s solo homer in the seventh ended UW’s season on a sour note.
Former Madison Edgewood athlete Megan Tancill went 3-for-3 in her final game for the Badgers.