TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabod softball team wrapped up the regular season splitting a doubleheader falling 4-2 in the opener before using a walk-off home run for a 3-1 winner in extra innings in game two. Washburn opens the MIAA Postseason Tournament on Wednesday at Lake Shawnee. Brackets will be released by the MIAA office after the completion of games on Sunday. Stay tuned to wusports.com for tournament updates.
 
Game 1 – ESU 4, WU 2
The Hornets scored in both the second and third innings taking a 2-0 lead before Washburn got on the board in the fourth inning.
 
In the fourth, Paige Robbins led off the inning with a single and Danielle Schlader followed that with a single of her own, Autymn Schreiner singled loading the bases for Kaylee Wagner. After an eight-pitch at bat, Wagner drew a walk scoring Robbins with the bases juiced cutting the lead in half at 2-1.
 
Mead then reached on a fielder's choice to left field as Schreiner was called out at third but Gracie Gallagher scored tying the score at 2-2.
 
In the sixth, the Hornets added two runs taking a 4-2 lead as the Ichabods left a combined three runners on in their at bats in the sixth and seventh as the Ichabods fell in the opener 4-2.
 
Schlader had two of the Ichabods' eight hits in the game. Ginter fell to 23-8 in the circle striking out six giving up six hits.
 
Game 2 – WU 3, ESU 1 (9 innings)
Kaylee Wagner's two-out, two-run homer to left pushed the Ichabods to a 3-1 win in the nightcap as the Ichabods earned the split in nine innings in game two with the Hornets. Wagner entered the game as a pinch hitter and took the 0-1 pitch over the left field fence scoring Schreiner as well who reached on a fielder's choice for the walk-off win.
 
The Hornets (33-21, 13-13 MIAA) took a 1-0 lead with a one-out single in the top of the fourth, but the Ichabods came back in the bottom of the inning tying the score at 1-1 on a sac fly by Ginter driving in Ellington Hogle who doubled to start the inning for the Ichabods.
 
In the bottom of the ninth, the Ichabods (36-14, 15-11 MIAA) began in the inning with a single to left by Ginter who was replaced for a pinch runner in Allison Hemsath. After a fielder's choice by Schreiner, Erin Boles entered as a pinch hitter and lined out to center field for the second out before Wagner ended the game with her third home run of the season.
 
Sadie Walker pitched all nine innings scattering five hits allowing one earned run to improve to 8-4 in the circle.