HAYS, Kan. – The No. 24-ranked Washburn Ichabods won their 10th and 11th games in a row on Friday in a doubleheader sweep over Fort Hays State. Washburn returns home for its final weekend of regular season action at Gahnstrom Field on Friday and Saturday hosting Pittsburg State and then Missouri Southern the following day.
  
Game 1 – WU 13, FHSU 6
The Ichabods recorded a season-high 16 hits in the opener scoring in six of seven innings in a 13-6 win against the Tigers in the first game of the doubleheader.
The Ichabods (34-10, 15-5 MIAA) got on the board in their first at bat when Erin Boles led off the game with a single and then after a sacrifice bunt from Marrit Mead and a walk drawn by Jaycee Ginter, Kaylee Wagner sent Boles home with a single to left as the Ichabods took the early 1-0 lead.
In the second frame, Mariah Wheeler started things off with a single and then Gracie Gallagher entered as a pinch runner moving to second on a sac bunt by Autymn Schreiner. A single from Ellington Hogle followed by a stolen base from Hogle put runners and second and third. Boles collected a sac fly scoring Gallgher as the Ichabod lead went to 2-0.
 
The third inning saw the Ichabods score two runs capped by a two-runner homer by Wagner, her second of the season scoring Alexis Tanguma who singled as Washburn led 4-0. The Tigers scored three runs in the third inning on three hits, but Washburn came back with two more of its own in the fourth inning when Hogle led off the inning by getting hit and then oved to second when Boles picked up a hit to center. A sac bunt from Mead moved the runners up 60 feet and then Ginter's second walk of the game loaded the bases. Tanguma drove in two more runs with a single.
 
Washburn scored two more in the fifth on Mead's program-best 57th career double setting a school record scoring Bole and Wheeler as the Ichabods increased their lead to 8-3. After the Tigers (17-19, 3-11 MIAA) scored two runs of their own in the bottom of the fifth, Washburn put the game away scoring five runs on six hits with Madi Moore, Schreiner, Hogle, Ginter, and Tanguma all collecting RBI as Washburn lead 13-5. The Tigers scored one in the bottom of the sixth to avoid the run-rule but it was not enough as the Ichabods took the opener 13-6.
 
Sadie Walker improved to 19-5 in the circle throwing 116 pitches. Boles, Tanguma and Wagner all had three hits to lead Washburn and Tanguma and Wagner each drove three runs as well.
  
Game 2 – WU 2, FHSU 0
The Ichabods broke open a scoreless tie in the second inning after Fort Hays State had two errors in the frame. The first put Madi Moore on at first and then she scored when Schreiner reached on a fielding error by the Tigers as the Ichabods went up 1-0.
 
The Ichabods pushed the lead to 2-0 in the third inning when Boles led off the inning with a single and then moved to second on a sac bunt from Mead. After Ginter's single, Tanguma singled to right field scoring Boles as the Ichabods doubled their lead.
 
Neither team would score the rest of the game as the Ichabods picked up the sweep.
 
Ginter struck out six while walking only one improving to 15-5 on the season.