CLERMONT, Fla. -- The University of Chicago softball team opened its 2012 campaign with a win and a loss Saturday in Clermont, Fla. After falling to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville 5-4 in their first game, the Maroons defeated Concordia University Wisconsin 4-3 in extra innings.

Game Summary vs. Wis.-Platteville

• Nathalie Schattner's three-run home run in the top of the first inning gave the Pioneers (1-1) the early lead.
  
  
• Freshman LF Raechel Cloud (Wilmette, Ill./ New Trier) got the Maroons on the board with a two-run single in the fourth, but a two-run base hit off the bat of Colleen Lowe in the top of the fifth increased UW-Platteville's lead to 5-2.
  
  
• Chicago scored twice in the bottom of the sixth and had the tying run on first with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but UW-Platteville hurler Melissa Anderson retired the final two Chicago batters to preserve the win.

Highlights & Notes vs. Wis.-Platteville

• Anderson (1-0) did not allow an earned run over seven innings. She fanned five without allowing a walk.
  
  
• Senior RHP Sarah Neuhaus (Berkeley, Calif./ Berkeley) took the loss (0-1) for the Maroons. She allowed five runs (four earned) over 4.2 innings of work.
  
  
• The only player for either team with multiple hits, Chicago sophomore CF Kaitlyn Carpenter (Des Moines, Iowa/ East) went 2-for-3 with an RBI.

Game Summary vs. Concordia Wisconsin

• Cloud gave the Maroons (1-1) the early advantage with a two-run triple in the top of the second inning, but the Falcons (2-4) evened the score with a pair of unearned runs in the fifth.
  
  
• Both teams scored on wild pitches in the eighth inning.
  
  
• Senior 2B Julia Schneider's (Edgewater, N.J./ Dwight-Englewood) one-out single in the ninth plated Carpenter with the go-ahead run.

Highlights & Notes vs. Concordia Wisconsin

• Junior RHP Kim Cygan (Lake Barrington, Ill./ Barrington) (1-0) scattered three hits and struck out 11 en route to the complete-game victory.
  
  
• Jamie Schuh (1-1) went the distance for Concordia Wisconsin. She allowed eight hits and six walks while fanning three.
  
  
• Schneider went 3-for-5, while Carpenter went 2-for-5.
  
  
• The win marked the 250th career victory for Head Coach Ruth Kmak.

Up Next

• The Maroons face Fontbonne University and Western Connecticut State University Sunday.