CLAREMORE, Okla. – The Washburn Ichabods fell 8-0 in the opener to No. 8-ranked Rogers State coming back in the second game picking up a 4-1 win over the Hillcats. Washburn will return to Gahnstrom Field hosting Emporia State on April 29 in its final home games of the season starting at 1 p.m.
 
Game 1 – #8 RSU 6, WU 0
The Washburn Ichabods were limited to three hits as Danielle Schlader came up with two of those as the Ichabods fell 6-0 in the opener to the Hillcats.
 
Rogers State scored runs in each inning but the fourth as they improved to 38-8 in the first game.
 
Schlader had hits in the second and the fourth and Jaden LaBarge had the third and final hit for the Ichabods in the seventh.
 
Sheyenne Cheek fell to 5-2 throwing 132 pitches striking out three.
 
Game 2 – WU 4, #8 RSU 1
After the Hillcats took a 1-0 lead after their first at-bat on an unearned run, the Ichabods came back with a run of their own to tie the score. Jaycee Ginter started the inning with a single and then came around to score on a double down the line by Hadley Kerschen.
 
In the third, the Ichabods (35-13, 14-10 MIAA) took a 2-1 lead when Schlader picked up an RBI single scoring Ellington Hogle who singled leading off the inning. The fourth inning Washburn pushed its lead to 4-1 taking advantage of a Hillcat miscue when Kimi Patterson scored when LaBarge reached on a fielding error and then Schlader again connected on a 0-0 pitch count with a single up the middle scoring Mead to walked in the inning.
 
The score remained the same through the fifth and sixth innings. In the seventh, the Hillcats (38-9, 15-7 MIAA) loaded the bases with no outs, but Ginter, who moved to 23-7 in the circle pitched out of the jam with a flyout, a fielder's choice at home and a ground out to end the game finishing Rogers State's five game winning streak.
 
Schlader and Ginter both had two of Washburn's eight hits with Schlader driving in two.