Lennox had an opportunity in their half of the first inning. Lennox pushed across a single run but Madison got out of a bases loaded jam with a double play to end the inning. 

Neither team scored until the bottom of the fourth when Lennox’s Mason Reischl scored following a sacrifice bunt from Gabe Veurink and a hit from Ramsel Williams.

The bunt proved to be an effective tool for Lennox as the team used the strategy throughout the tournament to score runs in tight situations. 

“We do a lot of bunting and don’t go to the cage without bunting first,” Spieler said. “Against Winner (first-round) we utilized that strategy and with all of our games being close we just used any strategy to manufacture runs.”

Madison’s Cale Johnson led off the top of the fifth inning with a single and Quincy Kurtz reached on a fielding error from Lennox. Johnson eventually scored off a Myles Scheider single as Madison took a 4-2 lead.

Lennox’s Veurink reached base on a one-out single. After Ramsey Williams flew out, Teagan Musser reached on a single with Veurink and Williams advancing to second and third base respectively. 

Griffin Boomgarden pinch hit for Jack Aasheim walked before Cole Spieler’s single drove in two runs and tied the game at 4-4.