With their primary focus on the battle for supremacy in the Western Highlands conference, it is understandable that the Lady Wolverines might have taken their Monday, April 11 road trip just a bit lightly.
However, any notions Polk County might have had about coasting through their journey south of the border were quickly dispelled, as the ladies of Spartanburg Christian Academy made it clear from the outset that this would be no walk in the park for Polk.
“It was a difficult, hard-fought ball game,” said Polk head coach Jeff Wilson. “They played us lights out.”
The Lady Wolverines got the scoring started in the top of the first. With two outs, Alyssa Montgomery singled and then scored as Jamie Hrobak crushed a double to left center for an RBI. Shea Wheeler added to Polk’s lead in the second, doubling her way aboard, taking third on a ground out, and scoring on a wild pitch to put Polk up 2-0. Brittany Jones added another run to Polk’s tally in the fifth, as she reached first on an error, then quickly stole second, advanced to third on a ground out, and scored on another wild pitch, making it 3-0 Polk.

“I was really proud of our base running and our aggressiveness,” said Wilson, adding, “I felt that was the difference in the game today.”
After SCA managed to make a little noise in their half of the fifth, narrowing the gap to 3-1, the Lady Warriors mounted a serious challenge in the bottom of the sixth. After giving up a base hit and a run-scoring double to start the inning, Polk pitcher Hrobak found herself in a jam, with the tying run at third base and just one out. As she has all season long, the junior fireballer came up large, mowing down SCA’s number five and six hitters on strikeouts to end the inning with Polk leading 3-2.
Polk added an insurance run in the seventh, as Yancy Pace blasted a towering two out double that scored Shea Wheeler to give the Lady Wolverines the victory by a final score of 4-2.
Hrobak earned her 12th win of the season, striking out 10 Lady Warriors batters while walking just one.
With the non-conference win, the Lady Wolverines improve to 12-3 on the season and maintain a 6-2 record in the Western Highlands conference.