TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabod softball team swept its second-straight doubleheader picking up two wins over Quincy on Monday at Gahnstrom Field. The Ichabods are scheduled to host the Hotel Topeka at City Center this weekend. Be sure to check wusports.com for any potential schedule changes with the weather.
 
Game 1 – WU 7, Quincy 2
The Ichabods jumped to a 5-0 lead in their first at bat over the Hawks. After Marrit Mead led off the game with a walk, Autymn Schreiner singled to right and then Hadley Kerschen drove in Mead with a double to left. A double by Ashton Friend scored Schreiner and Kerschen. Jaden LaBarge then came to bat and hit a homer to left as Washburn took the 5-0 lead.
 
Quincy scored in the top of the fourth, but the Ichabods came back with two of their own taking advantage of a two Hawk miscues as Mead and Schreiner picked up RBI in the frame as Washburn went up 7-1.
 
Quincy added a solo run in the top of the seventh off an Ichabod error but were still shy in the run column as Washburn picked up the 7-2 win.
 
Jaycee Ginter struck out a career-high 12 batters allowing seven hits and one earned run. Offensively Friend led the seven-hit attack with two hits while driving in two. LaBarge also had two RBI as six of the nine batters in the line up had at least one hit.
 
Game 2 – Washburn 7, Quincy 6
After the Hawks (0-7) scored three runs in the top of the first inning, the Ichabods came back with five of their own to take a 5-3 lead after the first frame. Mead singled to lead the game off and then stole second base. Schreiner singled and Kerschen walked and Friend reached on a fielder's choice. After LaBarge walked, Ginter tripled down the first base line finishing up the scoring.
 
In the fourth, the Hawks tied the score with a pair of runs in the top inning, but the Ichabods took a 6-5 lead after five innings when Friend singled and then came around to score on a double by Jenna Moore.
 
Washburn (7-6) pushed its lead to 7-5 when Rylee Seymour had a pinch-hit home run leading off the sixth inning. In the seventh, the Hawks score one run on a pair of singles and a walk but Ginter, who also picked up the win in game two improving to 6-1 on the season in the circle, struck out the final three batters securing the win.
 
Ginter finished with four strikeouts in three innings of work in relief holding the Hawks to three hits and one earned run.
 
Mead and Schreiner each had two hits and Friend scored two runs while Ginter drove in three.