{"id":35815,"date":"2025-06-24T02:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wausau-ignite\/?p=35815"},"modified":"2025-06-24T02:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:03:00","slug":"wausau-comes-back-down-six-to-secure-first-road-victory-in-team-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wausau-ignite\/2025\/06\/24\/wausau-comes-back-down-six-to-secure-first-road-victory-in-team-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Wausau Comes Back Down Six to Secure First Road Victory in Team History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wausau, WI- The Wausau Ignite secured their first road victory in team history against the La Crosse Steam on Monday, 11-10.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conditions were damp in La Crosse, as constant showers throughout the day had taken a toll on the field. The Steam didn\u2019t let the cloudy skies get to them early, as they jumped ahead in the bottom of the first with an Avary Makarewicz three-run homer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An inning later, Jackie Larson doubled to right with two outs to drive home Abbie Stigler, moving La Crosse\u2019s lead up to four.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ignite cut the deficit in half in the top of the third with a Mia Johnson (UW-Parkside) two-RBI single, her 13th and 14th of the year. She has 16 after Monday\u2019s game, the most on the team and tied for fourth-most in the Northwoods League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Riley Schwisow (Northwestern State) tacked on another run in the fourth with a sacrifice fly to center, making it a one-run ballgame. Just as Wausau was about to close the gap, La Crosse put up a five-run frame in the fourth to go back up big, 9-3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Johnson contributed again in the fifth with a two-run double, and the Ignite added another run unearned to bring the lead down to three again. They kept it going in the sixth thanks to a Quinn Marnocha (South Dakota State) RBI-triple and a muffed catch in centerfield that brought home a few more to take the lead late, 10-9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schwisow made two excellent plays at second base in the sixth, first with a fantastic diving snag and then with a last-second flip to first base for the final out of the inning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ignite secured an insurance run in the seventh with a Megan Mcginnis (St. Mary\u2019s, MN) RBI-double, which proved to be vital as Wausau escaped with a one-run win after a late La Crosse push in the bottom of the frame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maren Sauvageau (North Iowa Area CC) earned her second win of the year, striking out two and only allowing a hit and one earned run in three innings of work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ignite will take Tuesday off before facing Mankato for a two-game series at home on Wednesday, June 25th. First pitch is slated for 6:35 pm CT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">###<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leveraging the 31-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 beginning 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>Wausau, WI- The Wausau Ignite secured their first road victory in team history against the La Crosse Steam on Monday,  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":35816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[43,19,15,51,45,21],"class_list":["post-35815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news","category-update-ticker","tag-northwoods-league-softball","tag-nwl-softball","tag-softball","tag-wausau","tag-wausau-ignite","tag-wausau-wisconsin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wausau Comes Back Down Six to Secure First Road Victory in Team History - Wausau Ignite<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The WAUSAU IGNITE are the newest team in Northwoods League Softball, the first for-profit Women\u2019s Summer Collegiate Softball League. 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