BENTONVILLE, Ark. – The Washburn Ichabod softball team wrapped up a 5-1 weekend with a pair of wins at the 8-State Classic topping Rogers State 11-2 in five innings followed by a 6-0 win over host Arkansas-Monticello. Washburn returns to action on Saturday at MidAmerica Nazarene with another doubleheader at Maryville (Mo.) in St. Louis on Sunday.
Game 1 – Washburn 11, Rogers State 2 (5 innings)
Washburn fell behind 2-0 after the Wildcats' first at bat and the lead would stand until the Ichabods scored five runs with three bases loaded walks drawn by
Erica Harper,
Taylor Kemp and
Megan Stegman and a 2-RBI single by
Samantha Carson.
Washburn scored another five runs in the fourth highlighted by a 2-RBI double by Carson scoring Kemp and Stegman.
Savannah Moore also drove in a run with a double in the frame.
The Ichabods wrapped up the scoring on an RBI double by Harper scoring
Jordan Erickson who led off the inning with a double.
Ashley Wills improved to 3-0 scattering five hits and two earned runs.
Game 2 – Washburn 6, Arkansas-Monticello 0
Kelsee Henry tossed a two-hit complete game shutout striking out three not allowing a hit until the sixth inning in a 6-0 Washburn win. Henry retired 15 of the first 16 batters she faced in the game.
Washburn (7-10) scored two in the first on a 2-RBI double by
Taylor Kemp scoring
Jordan Erickson and
Savannah Moore who reached in the inning.
Neither team scored until the Ichabods platted four in the top of the seventh. After a single by
Ashley Ruder and a double by Erickson,
Savannah Moore drove in the pair with a double of her own and
Erica Harper recorded a double and then scored on a sac fly by Kemp.
Megan Stegman was 3 for 4 and Kemp drove in three runs in the win and Moore had two hits with 2 RBI and two runs scored.