PITTSBURG, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod softball team was swept in an MIAA doubleheader falling 13-0 in five innings and 12-3 in six innings on Saturday. Washburn returns to action on April 1 when they will play host to Central Missouri.
Game 1 - Pittsburg State 13, Washburn 0The Ichabods allowed nine unearned runs courtesy of four errors in a 13-0 loss in the opener.
Washburn's lone hit came in the third inning when
Ashley Ruder doubled to left center.
Gorillas pitcher Emmie Robertson struck out 10 improving to 15-4 on the season.
Samantha Carson pitched the first inning allowing three earned runs and
Ashley Wills tossed the final three innings giving up one earned run of the nine Pitt State scored.
Game 2 - Pittsburg State 12, Washburn 3The Gorillas broke openn a scoreless game in the bottom of the third with four runs before adding five in the fifth and three more in the sixth leading to the 12-3 win.
Washburn scored all three in the fourth inning on a 2-RBI single by
Marina Quimby.
Ashley Ruder also drove in a run in the inning.
Haylee Marsteller and
Taylor Zimmerman each had two hits as the Ichabods (14-16, 4-8 MIAA) finished with eight overall.
Quimby took the loss in the cirle for the Ichabods.