Rhinelander, WI — RHINELANDER, WI – The Bay College Norse Softball Team (2-0) kicked off their season with a pair of wins in the Hodag Dome in Rhinelander, WI. They shut out the Milwaukee Area Tech Stormers (0-1) by a final score of 9-0 and used a big fifth inning to roll past the Gogebic Community College Samsons (0-1) by a final score of 17-8. In the first game of the season two Bay pitchers would combine for a two-hit shutout. Rachael Winkel started and went four innings, allowing two hits and three hits while striking out eight. Karlie Patron finished it off, walking one and striking out one in the final two innings. The Norse put up runs early as Winkle drove in two with a single in the first. They added to it in the second, as Sarah Wynn doubled in two more runs and scored on Patron's single to left. The Norse added a pair of runs in the fourth and the sixth to bring the game to an end after six. The top four hitters in the lineup each collected three hits in four at bats for Bay. Jenna Tardiff scored three times and stole a base, Wynn doubled twice, scored three times and had two RBI, Winkel had four RBI with her double and two runs scored, and Patron drove in three runs as well.