WAVERLY, Iowa—The Wartburg softball team (6-16 overall ) travels to Cedar Rapids to open Iowa Conference play against Coe (20-2) for a doubleheader Saturday at 2 p.m. and then travels to Rock Island, Ill. Sunday to face host-Augustana (11-5) and UW-OshKosh (10-4).
Coe received the No. 3 ranking in the recent edition of the NFCA Top 25 poll.
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Live stats will be available for the Coe doubleheader.
A Look at the Teams:
Coe:
Ashley Hood leads her squad with a .441 average and has had three doubles, one triple and 12 RBIs.
Ashlee Simon leads the pitchers with her 0.68 ERA and has 132 strikeouts in 62 innings of work.
Augustana:
Seven players are averaging above .300 and are paced by Courtney Ledezma’s .392 average.
Sarah Hintz leads the pitchers with her 1.38 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 45.2 innings in the circle.
UW-OshKosh:
Hillary Trebiatowski leads the Titans with her .429 average.
Courtney Wautier leads the starting pitchers with her 1.67 ERA in 42 innings of work.
Wartburg:
Freshman Katie Canney (Adel) leads the team with her .400 batting average and has a team-best seven doubles, three triples and 19 RBIs.
Senior Lynn Heitkamp (Galena, Ill.) is the next leading hitter (.338) and has six doubles, one triple and 14 RBIs.
Newcomer Hayley Woszczynski (Alton, Ill.) leads the pitching core with her 3.02 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 55.2 innings pitched.