KEARNEY, Neb. -- The Washburn Ichabods won their 11th and 12th games in a row improving to 32-11 on the season and 14-2 in the MIAA with a doubleheader sweep over Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday. Washburn will return to Gahnstrom Field next Friday hosting Missouri Southern starting an eight-game home stretch.

Game 1 - WU 7, UNK 0
The Washburn Ichabods opened the twinbill with a 7-0 shutout win over the Lopers (19-18, 9-6 MIAA) as Jaycee Ginter moved to 21-3 on the season striking out 10 and Kimi Patterson led a 12-hit Ichabod attack with a career-high four hits.

Washburn scored its first run in the top of the second after Hadley Kerschen doubled and then came around to score on a single by Patterson.

The Ichabods put a solo run on the board in the fourth when Patterson singled and after a single by Maddie Stipsits, Marrit Mead drove in Patterson with a single to left.

In the fifth the Ichabods took advantage of a Loper error as Ginter reached on an error and then after Ashton Friend's single to left and a walk drawn by Kerschen, Ginter scored on a passed ball and Patterson's single to right scored Friend and Jenna Moore's sac fly scored Kerschen as the Ichabods pushed their lead to 5-0.

The Ichabods wrapped up the scoring in the first game scoring two more runs on RBI singles by pinch hitter Kaylee Wagner and Mead scoring Autymn Schreiner and Wagner.

Ginter struck out 10 in the game holding the Lopers to one hit, a single in the fourth inning facing one over the minimum in the win while not walking any Loper batters. 

In addition to Patterson's four hits, Mead and two and Kerschen scored a pair of runs.

Game 2 - WU 4, UNK 3
Washburn scored a run in the top of the first taking the early lead after Paige Robbins doubled and then scored on a double by Friend staking the Ichabods to the 1-0 lead.

Washburn sent two more runs home in the third inning going up 3-0 after Moore reached on a single and then scored on a two-run homer by Ginter.

The Lopers scored their first run of the day in the third inning and added another run in the fourth trimming the Ichabod lead to 3-2. 

In the fifth, Washburn pushed out to a two-run lead at 4-2 when Mead doubled to left and then scored when Robbins singled up the middle.

The Lopers scored a run in the bottom of the seventh and had the tying run at third after a triple and the winning run at first after a walk, by Ginter, who picked up her second save of the season pitching the final two innings, struck out the final Loper preserving the win.

Ashlie Thissen tossed two innings moving to 3-0 on the season and Ginter struck out five batters in two innings of work en route to the save.

Ginter drove in two of the four runs and Mead and Robbins each had two hits.