TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabods kept a pair of streaks going as they improved to 22-0 at Gahnstrom Field and won their 15^th and 16^th games in a row overall in a doubleheader sweep over Pittsburg State. Washburn will wrap up the home slate next weekend hosting Northeastern State on Friday and Rogers State on Saturday with the Ichabod seniors being honored between games against the Hillcats. The weekend will also pit the second-place Ichabods (18-2 MIAA) with Rogers State (15-2) who are in third in the MIAA standings.
 
Game 1 – WU 5, PSU 0
The Ichabods broke open a scoreless game with two runs in the third. Hadley Kerschen led off the inning with a single and Paige Robbins singled as well. After Jaycee Ginter singled to left, Ashton Friend drew a bases-loaded walk and Jaden LaBarge's sac fly put the Ichabods up 2-0.
 
The following inning Washburn added two more sending nine to the plate. Maddie Stipsits started things off with a single down the left field line and Kerschen's single was followed by an RBI single by Marrit Mead. Robbins collected a single and Friend again drew a free pass with the bases juiced as Washburn went up 4-0. LaBarge followed suit with a walk of her own adding to Washburn's score as the Ichabods went up 5-0.
 
Neither team scored the rest of the way as the Ichabods pounded out 11 hits in the win.
 
Ginter had three hits to lead the Ichabod attack and Robbins and Kerschen each had two. Friend and LaBarge both had two RBI.
 
In the circle, Ginter pushed her record to 23-3 tying the Ichabod single-season mark for wins in a season with Vickie Fund from 1989. Ginter scattered five hits and struck out five in the win.
 
Game 2 – WU 12, PSU 6
The Ichabods fell behind 2-0 after Pitt State (22-21, 4-14 MIAA) took advantage on a pair of Washburn errors score two unearned runs. Washburn (36-11, 18-2 MIAA) scored an unearned run in the bottom of the first when Ashton Friend singled to right scoring Ginter who reached on an error.
 
In the bottom of the second, the Ichabods sent nine to bat for the second time on the day scoring six runs. A double by Kimi Patterson led off the inning and after a single by Kaylee Wagner, Autymn Schreiner walked and Kerschen's single scored Patterson. A single by Mead drove in Wager loading the bases and Robbins' connected on a triple down the left field line clearing the bases as Washburn went up 7-2.
 
Washburn stretched the lead to 8-2 on a solo home run by Patterson and another solo run in the fourth on an RBI double by LaBarge that scored Ginter after getting hit by a pitch. Another run in the fifth on an RBI single by LaBarge scored Robbins and then Washburn wrapped up the scoring in the sixth with two unearned runs when Wanger singled and Mead drew a walk. After a Gorilla error, Ginter drove in two with a single to right sending Washburn to the 12-6 win.
 
Friend had three of Washburn's 15 hit. Mead, Robbins, LaBarge, Patterson and Wagner each had two hits. Robbins tied a career-high with 3 RBI while Ginter had three and LaBarge had two RBI.
 
Raegen Hamm moved to 9-6 in the circle tossing 5 1/3 innings in relief striking out four.
 
On the day, Friend, Ginter and Robbins each had four hits and 3 RBI each. LaBarge drove in four. Schreiner on Friday broke the Ichabod single season record by being hit by a pitch for the 13^th time. Washburn also broke the single season scoring record collecting its 310^th run of the season breaking the previous mark of 295 in 2015 and also snapped the RBI single season record with their 287^th of the season passing a 20-year record of 277 set in 2002.