•  The Washburn Ichabod softball is back in Topeka for four games after an 11-game road trip as they will take on Central Missouri on Friday and Southwest Baptist the following day at the Washburn Softball Complex.
•  The Ichabods are coming off a doubleheader sweep by Pittsburg State last time out after taking one of two games from Missouri Southern the day before.
•  Overall the Ichabods have won six of their last 10 games.
•  Central Missouri is 20-14 overall and 9-3 in MIAA play and Southwest Baptist enters the weekend 13-23 and 5-7 in MIAA play and will take on Emporia State before facing the Ichabods on Saturday.•  Senior second baseman Taylor Zimmerman leads the Ichabods with a .348 batting average and has 31 hits this season which is third on the team and a team-high seven home runs … her 20 RBI is second on the team and her .640 slugging percentage is second on the squad … she was named the NFCA National Player of the Week following the weekend games with Lindenwood and Lincoln.
•  Sophomore infielder Cassidy Merriman is second on the team with a .347 batting average and her 35 hits leads the Ichabods … she also leads the team with 22 runs scored, 25 RBI and 35 hits … her .644 slugging percentage and her .400 on base percentage is second on the team …  this season she has nine multi-RBI games and had her streak of reaching base snapped at 26 games at Pittsburg State.
•  Freshman Ashley Ruder is batting .333 this season and has 21 hits with two doubles and 6 RBI.
•  Senior infielder Marina Quimby is fourth on the team with a .314 batting average and her 32 hits is second and her 16 runs scored is third on the team … she needs two runs scored to reach 100 for her career starting 154 of 159 career games.
•  Senior outfielder Haylee Marsteller is fifth on the team with a .310 batting average and she has 26 hits with 15 runs scored and three home runs.
•  Freshman infielder Erin Keeney is batting .298 with 28 hits which is fourth on the team … her 14 runs scored is tied for fifth and her 14 RBI is fifth on the team … Keeney leads the team with 11 multi-hit games.
•  Junior pitcher Samantha Carson leads the team with a 2.51 earned run average in 103 1/3 innings pitched going 7-7 in the circle … in relief she has pitched 14 1/3 innings with a 2.44 earned run average striking out eight allowing five earned runs recording a 3-0 record and a save.
•   Haylee Marsteller drove in her 50th run of her career at the regional crossover … … her 63 walks are fifth on the Ichabod career chart.
•   Cassidy Merriman's 18 career home runs 11th all-time at Washburn and she needs three more to move into the top 10 all-time … Taylor Zimmerman's 17 career home runs are 12th at Washburn.
•   The Ichabods are 11-4 when leading after four innings, 7-4 when leading after five innings and 6-1 when leading after six innings.
•   Washburn have been outscored by their opponents 145 to 131 this season and have outscored 20 to 15 in the first inning and 24 to 10 in the sixth inning … Washburn is outscoring opponents  21 to 14 in the seventh inning and 16 to 8 in extra innings.
•   Samanatha Carson's 10 innings pitched against Newman was the most since Samantha Farris pitched 10 against Truman on April 8, 2009.
 Central Missouri
•  Central Missouri is 20-14 overall and 9-3 in the MIAA.
•  Lauren Mabe leads the team with a .350 batting average and four home runs and Emily Robinson is hitting .333.
•  Jordan Johnson is 6-4 in the circle with a 2.81 earned run average with two shutouts and seven complete games.
•  The Jennies reached the NCAA Division II College World Series last season.
•  The Jennies lead the all-time series with the Ichabods 47-39 and the two schools have split the last two doubleheaders played.
 
Southwest Baptist
•  The Bearcats are 13-23 this season and 5-7 in MIAA entering the weekend.
•  SBU will take on ESU prior to facing the Ichabods on Saturday.
•  Rachel Ray leads the team with a .365 batting average … Dana Graves leads the team with 25 RBI and 35 hits batting .337.
•  Kacey Ayers is 9-12 in the circle with a 2.67 earned run average in 18 starts with 18 complete games adding three saves.
 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.
Game 1 - Pittsburg State 13, Washburn 0
The 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 3
The Gorillas broke open 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 circle for the Ichabods.
 • was named the Washburn Ichabod head softball coach on Aug. 3, 2011 after spending four seasons at Metro State in Denver, Colo., with the final season coming as the head coach.
• is 93-120 in her fifth season on the bench at Washburn and overall Becerra has recorded a 127-138 mark in her sixth year as a head coach.
• in her lone season as the head coach at Metro State, Becerra led the Roadrunners the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season championship while advancing to the NCAA regional tournament for the third-straight season finishing with a 34-18 record.
• has coached 20 Ichabods to all-MIAA honors.
• has had 54 Ichabods named to the MIAA's Academic Honor Roll.
 • The Ichabods are 1108-825-1 in their 47th year of softball.
• The Ichabods have made three NCAA Tournament appearances (1999, 2006, 2008).
• Washburn won the 2002 regular season MIAA title.                     •  The Ichabods are back on the road at Nebraska-Kearney on April 8 and Fort Hays State April 9 before playing their final eight regular season games at home starting with Central Oklahoma on April 13.