WARRENSBURG, Mo. – The Washburn Ichabods shook off a first-game loss to take game two to turn the "if" game into the necessary game on Saturday with the winner advancing to the MIAA Tournament semifinals in Edmond, Okla. Saturday's game is scheduled for 2 p.m. but with rain in the forecast check wusports.com for any updates. The Ichabods were the only series of the four in the MIAA quarterfinals to go to the third game as No. 1 seed Central Oklahoma, No. 3 Missouri Southern and No. 4 Rogers State all swept their opening series opponents.

Game 2 – WU 3, UCM 1
The Ichabods, the No. 7 seed in the MIAA Tournament, as they have many times before this season, jumped out to the early lead scoring a run in the third as Paige Robbins drove in Brianna Fuchs who walked as Washburn (28-17) went out to the 1-0 lead.

No. 2 seed Central Missouri (32-12) scored an unearned run in the bottom of the sixth tying the score at 1-1 as the Jennies left the bases loaded.

In the seventh, the Ichabods scored two runs with two outs starting with a single by Kimi Patterson and then after a single by Fuchs and another one by Jenna Moore that drove in Patterson tying the score, Robbins picked up her second RBI of the game driving in Fuchs as the Ichabods went up 3-1.

In the seventh, UCM loaded the bases, but a flyout by the Jennies ended the game tying the series at 1-1.
Bri Francis, Patterson, Fuchs, Moore and Robbins all had hits for the Ichabods. Jaycee Ginter struck out three allowing only the one run scattering eight hits improving to 14-4 in the circle throwing 125 pitches.
 
Game 1 – UCM 7, WU 0
The Jennies broke open a scoreless game scoring five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning sending 10 batters to the plate and then added two unearned runs in the sixth to take the 7-0 win.

Washburn was limited to four hits in the game as Marrit Mead had a double and Brianna Fuchs recorded a triple with Jaycee Ginter and Kimi Patterson adding singles.

Raegen Hamm tossed 4 1/3 innings striking out two.