TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Northeastern State hit a pair of late-inning home runs helping lead the RiverHawks to a doubleheader sweep over the Ichabods falling 6-5 and 9-6 in 11 innings. Washburn will finally open its home slate continuing MIAA play hosting Missouri Southern on Friday followed by a doubleheader with Pittsburg State on Saturday at the Washburn Softball Complex.
 
Game 1 – Northeastern State 6, Washburn 5
The Ichabods took a 4-0 lead after their first at bat when Megan Stegman connected on a grand slam scoring Jordan Erickson, Dakota Sanders and Erica Harper putting Washburn up early. The RiverHawks came back in the bottom of the first inning with three of their own cutting the Washburn lead back to 4-3.
 
The RiverHawks scored two in the fifth inning taking a 5-4 lead before a solo home run by Savannah Moore tied the score at 5-all, but Northeastern State's Jess Schuler had a pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the sixth to put the RiverHawks up 6-5 and the Ichabods went down in order in the seventh as Washburn came up one run short.
 
Moore and Erickson each had two hits in the game and Stegman recorded four RBI. Samantha Carson took the loss in the circle for the Ichabods allowing two earned runs. Kelsee Henry started the game and went 4 1/3 innings striking out three.
 
Game 2 – Northeastern State 9, Washburn 6 (11 innings)
For the second straight game, Washburn scored four runs in its first at bat as Taylor Kemp started the scoring by drawing a bases loaded walk scoring Megan Stegman who also walked. Lexie Myers singled to left driving in Savannah Moore who singled in the inning and then Dakota Sanders drove in two more sending Kemp and Erica Harper home.
 
In the bottom of the first, the RiverHawks cut the lead in half scoring two runs in the inning. Neither team would score again until the RiverHawks picked up two more runs in the fourth tying the score at 4-4.
 
The teams would go scoreless from that point until Erica Harper's single to left in the top of the 10^th inning scored Stegman who was placed on second using the international tiebreaker and then moved to third on a single by Moore.
 
The RIverHawks then rallied to score a run knotting the score at 5-5.
 
After Kemp was placed on second to start the 11^th, Carson's double to center scored Kemp as the Ichabods jumped back in front 6-5.However the RiverHawks scored four unearned runs in the bottom of the 11th with a three-run walkoff home run for the game-winner as Washburn falls to 10-15 overall and 0-4 in the MIAA.

Savannah Moore had three hits to lead the Ichabods' 10-hit attack and Stegman scored two runs and Harper added two hits. Sanders drove in two.

Ashley Wills struck out five scattering four hits over 8 1/3 innings pitched before giving away to Carson who pitched the final 2 1/3 innings allowing no earned runs giving up three hits.

Jordan Erickson tied a school record with six at bats in the game becoming the 30th person in school history to have six bats.

Savannah Moore had five hits in the doubleheader in seven at bats for a .714 batting average with a home run and Megan Stegman had 4 RBI scoring three runs.