TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabods split an MIAA doubleheader with Missouri Southern on Sunday on Patty Dick Field at Hummer Sports Park falling in game one 3-0 before scoring three runs in the fifth inning of game two in a 4-3 win. Washburn will return to Hummer Sports Park on Monday for a twin bill against Pittsburg State starting at 1 p.m.

Game 1 – Missouri Southern 3, Washburn 0
An unearned run in the top of the second and two more in the seventh for the 3-0 win for the Lions. Both teams recorded seven hits in the game but the Ichabods stranded 10 base runners in the opener.
Winter Henry had two hits in the first game while Samantha Stallbaumer, Brianna Fuchs, Savannah Moore, Sienna Hall and Maddie Stipsits each had solo hits. Raegen Hamm pitched 6 1/3 innings allowed two earned runs in the circle.

Game 2 – Washburn 4, Missouri Southern 3
After the Lions took advantage of an Ichabod error scoring an unearned run in the top of the first, the Ichabods tied the score in the bottom of the second tying the score after Taylor Kirk led off the inning with a double to right center and then scored on Winter Henry's single to center.
Washburn scored three times in the bottom of the fifth after Samantha Stallbaumer singled up the middle and moved to second on a single by Brianna Fuchs. Kirk reached on an error scoring Stallbaumer and after Henry was hit by a pitch, Maddie Stipsits' single to center scored both Kirk and Henry pushing Washburn to a 4-1 lead.
The Lions scored two more in the sixth cutting the lead to one, but Raegen Hamm tossed the final 1 2/3 innings for her first save of the season while Bailey Zuniga improved to 6-5 on the season picking up the win.
Stallbaumer and Stipsits each had two hits in the second game to led the Ichabod attack.