EMPORIA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabods fell 5-4 in the resumption of a halted game at Emporia State in eight innings as they wrapped up the regular season with a 36-14 record going 17-9 in the MIAA. The Ichabods will be the No. 4 seed in the upcoming MIAA Tournament where they will face Northwest Missouri at 1:30 pm on May 2 in Edmond, Okla.
                               
The game with ESU was resumed from the bottom of the sixth inning with the Hornets holding a 4-3 lead. Ichabod pitcher Jaycee Ginter needed only six pitches to set the Hornets down. Leading off the top of the seventh, Marrit Mead tied the score at 4-4 with a home run to left field. Again Ginter retired the Hornets in order in the bottom of the seventh sending the game to the eighth.
 
In the eighth, Jaden LaBarge started the inning with a double and then moved to third on a sac bunt from Erin Boles. After Madi Moore drew a walk putting runners on first and second with one out, Moore was thrown out stealing second base and then LaBarge was cutdown at the plate ending the Ichabod threat.
 
The Hornets scored the go-ahead with two outs in the inning with a single ending the game with a 5-4 win.
 
Starting the game on Saturday, the Hornets took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first and in the second inning, Boles drove in a run and then sac fly by Moore pushed Washburn's lead to 2-1.
 
In the third, Autymn Schreiner's single scored LaBarge as the lead increased the lead to 3-1. The Hornets came back with three runs taking a 4-3 lead before the rains came.
 
LaBarge finished with three of Washburn's 10 hits in the game while Boles and Schreiner each had two. Ginter struck out six in the loss falling to 16-7 on the season.