The Bryant & Stratton College - Wisconsin softball team following its third consecutive NJCAA Region 4 title
The Bryant & Stratton College - Wisconsin softball team following its third consecutive NJCAA Region 4 title (Photo Credit: Bryant & Stratton College Athletics)
May 9, 2026

Bobcats capture NJCAA Region 4 District B title

Sixth-Inning explosion powers Bobcats past Braves

Box Score

MOLINE, Ill. - Bryant & Stratton College (WI) softball broke open a tight game with an explosive sixth inning, defeating Black Hawk College 13-5 on Saturday.

Black Hawk struck first in the second inning on a solo home run, but Bryant & Stratton answered in the fourth when Jenna Beaudin launched a game-tying solo homer to center.

 

 

The Bobcats grabbed the lead in the fifth after Jayda Karls drew a bases-loaded walk and Julia Prochnow delivered bases clearing double to make it 5-1.

 

 

But Black Hawk battled back in the sixth with a pair of home runs, including a game-tying home run, before B&SC's late offensive surge sealed the win. Entering the bottom of the sixth, the Bobcats erupted for eight runs to pull away. Olivia Fietz drove in a run on a fielder's choice before an error brought home two more. Jayda Karls followed with a two-run single, and Bella Umentum capped the inning with a three-run double to center field.

 

 

 Kylie Stark earned the victory in the circle, allowing three runs on seven hits over six innings.

Notes:

  • Umentum and Prochnow each collected two hits
  • Beaudin, Umentum, Karls, and Prochnow all drove in three runs
  • The Bobcats drew nine walks

 

"It's such an honor to represent Region 4 at the World Series and we've been lucky enough to do so multiple times," Head Softball Coach Dean Herman said. "But three in a row is just crazy. It really shows the buy in from our young women when they first get to campus and shows how the sophomores take the freshmen under their wings. And our staff works tirelessly for almost 10 months of the year getting the most out of our athletes. I couldn't ask for a better group of coaches. It really is a TEAM effort."