TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabods used a pair of strong pitching performances en route to a doubleheader sweep over Northwest Missouri on Friday at Gahnstrom Field winning 3-1 and 6-0. The Ichabods will wrap up the weekend hosting Missouri Western starting at noon.
 
Game 1 – WU 3, NWMSU 1
The Bearcats took the early lead in the top of the third after a single and triple breaking the scoreless tie. Washburn knotted the score in the fourth taking advantage of a pair of Bearcat errors. Alexis Tanguma started things off with a single and after Gracie Gallagher entered as a pinch runner, Jaycee Ginter's sac but moved Gallagher to second. After Autymn Schreiner reached on a throwing error, Jaden LaBarge also reached on a throwing error scoring Gallagher tying the score.
 
In the fifth, the Ichabods' Erin Boles reached with a single to left and then moved to second after the Bearcats' (16-18, 5-5 MIAA) third error of the game. After Tanguma reached on a single to deep shortstop, Ginter drove in Boles with a sac fly as the Ichabods went up 2-1.
 
Washburn (28-10, 9-5 MIAA) added another run in the sixth wrapping up the scoring when Madi Moore connected on a two-out double to left center and then after Mariah Wheeler's ground rule double down the left field line that scored Moore.
 
Sadie Walker went the distance in the opener striking out five allowing seven hits and the one earned run.
 
Boles, Tanguma and Moore had each had two hits s the Ichabods finished with seven overall.
 
Game 2 – WU 6, NWMSU 0
After Ichabod starting pitcher Jaycee Ginter struck out the Bearcats in their first at bat of the nightcap, Washburn used a walk by Boles and a single by Tanguma setting the stage for a 3-run homer from Ginter helping her own cause staking the Ichabods to a 3-0 lead.
 
Both teams would go scoreless until the Ichabods added three more in the fifth inning as Tanguma started the inning with a single to center and after Gallagher entered as a pinch runner and a walk drawn by Ginter, Danielle Schlader had a pinch hit single scoring Gallagher. Madi Moore then singled scoring Zoey Quinn who entered as a pinch runner for Schlader. Kinlei drew a pinch hit walk and after Hogle's RBI fielder's choice scored Quinn, the Ichabods moved their lead to 6-0.
 
In the sixth and seventh innings, Ginter struck out three more giving her 12 for the game throwing 80 pitches with 61 for strikes scattering three hits.
 
Ginter had 3 RBI in the game scoring two runs drawing two walks raising her batting average to .457 on the season. Tanguma and Hogle each had two hits in the win.