{"id":35326,"date":"2026-07-29T22:30:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/?p=35326"},"modified":"2026-07-29T22:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:30:55","slug":"night-mares-sweep-habaneros-in-madison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/2026\/07\/29\/night-mares-sweep-habaneros-in-madison\/","title":{"rendered":"Night Mares Sweep Habaneros in Madison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>MADISON, WIS \u2013 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Mankato Habaneros dropped both games of Wednesday&#8217;s doubleheader against the Madison Night Mares, falling 12-0 in six innings before closing the night with a 6-2 loss at Warner Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Madison took control early in game one, scoring five runs in the opening inning before adding two in the third, one in the fifth and four more in the sixth. The Night Mares finished with 14 hits, including three home runs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kylinn Stangl (University of Minnesota) recorded Mankato&#8217;s lone hit in the opener, while Ava Parent (University of Wisconsin) stole her 11th base of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Habaneros bounced back with a stronger effort in game two but couldn&#8217;t overcome a six-run third inning by Madison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trailing 6-0 in the fourth, Mankato got on the board when Katy Olive (Miami University &#8211; OH) drove in Ava Parent (University of Wisconsin) and Marleigh Louvar (University of St. Thomas) with a two-run single to cut the deficit to four. However, the Habaneros were unable to get any closer over the final three innings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parent paced the offense in the nightcap, going 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored, while Olive collected both RBIs. Indigo Fish (Winona State University) and Kylinn Stangl (University of Minnesota) each added a hit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Valerie VanZant (University of Minnesota &#8211; Crookston) tossed a complete game in the circle, allowing six runs, four earned, on seven hits across six innings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Habaneros will look to bounce back in the next game of the series against the Night Mares on Thursday at 1:05 pm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">###<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leveraging the 32-year success of the Northwoods League, the first for-profit Summer Collegiate Baseball League, Northwoods League Softball (NWLS) is the first for-profit Women\u2019s Summer Collegiate Softball League that began play in the Upper Midwest in the summer of 2024.\u00a0 The purpose of the League will be to develop players for their college, Olympic and future professional play.\u00a0 Teams will be promoted similar to minor league baseball teams, playing games in front of fans in a fun, friendly, family-oriented environment.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADISON, WIS \u2013 The Mankato Habaneros dropped both games of Wednesday&#8217;s doubleheader against the Madison Night Mares, falling 12-0 in  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":35234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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