TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabod softball team split an MIAA doubleheader with No. 5-ranked Central Oklahoma rallying from a six-run deficit in the nightcap for the come from behind win. Washburn will wrap up the regular season on April 26 hosting Emporia State.
 
Game 1 – UCO 3, WU 2
In the opener, the Ichabods took the early lead scoring a solo run in their first at bat when Alexis Tanguma doubled down the line scoring Ellington Hogle who walked to lead off the inning.

UCO knotted the score in the fourth with a solo run. In the fifth, UCO took the lead taking advantage of two Ichabod errors scoring two unearned runs as the Bronchos went up 3-2.

In the sixth and seventh innings, Washburn stranded two in each inning but could not push across a run coming up one-run shy.
Washburn outhit the Bronchos 9 to 8 in the opener as Tanguma collected three this and Hogle and Jaden LaBarge each had two.

Sadie Walker struck out six Bronchos giving up one earned run.

Game 2 – WU 10, UCO 7
The Ichabods rallied from a 6-0 hole in the first inning to secure the program's 20^th, 30-win season and sixth under Ichabod head coach Brenda Holaday, in a 10-7 win hitting three home runs in the win.

After falling behind the afore mentioned 6-0 as the Bronchos (41-8, 18-4 MIAA) sent 12 batters to plate, the Ichabods came back with two runs of their own as LaBarge picked up a 2-out single scoring both Hogle and Makenzie Sais who singled to start the inning.

Neither team scored until the third when UCO added a run taking a 7-2 lead.

Washburn cut the lead to 7-6 when LaBarge cleared the bases with a grand slam to center scoring Ashlyn Gaughan, Kaylee Wagner and Erin Boles.
In the fourth, Washburn (30-19, 12-10 MIAA) took the lead at 8-7 after a 2-run homer from Wagner taking advantage of a Broncho error and in its next at bat, Washburn added two more insurance runs building a 10-7 lead when Kate Dolan collected her first collegiate home run with an opposite field shot with two outs on a 1-2 pitch.

Walker replaced Jenna Sprague who picked up the win, pitching two scoreless innings of relief for her third save of the season while Sprague improved to 8-6 in the circle after tossing 4 2/3 innings. Walker struck out two in the relief effort.

The Ichabods outhit the Bronchos 13 to 10 in the second game as Hogle led the Ichabod attack with three hits and Tanguma, Wagner, Boles and LaBarge each had two. LaBarge tallied a career-high-tying 6 RBI while Wagner and Dolan each drove in two each.

The win in the nightcap was the first by the Ichabods over UCO since a 5-1 win over the Bronchos on April 20, 2019 in Edmond snapping an 11-game losing streak in the process.