WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg softball team hosts Iowa Conference opponent, Central, in a doubleheader Saturday at 11 a.m. This twinbill is also the Strikeout Cancer Day.

The Dutch were tied for eighth in the latest edition of the NFCA Top 25 poll.

A Look at the Teams:
Central:
The Dutch enter today’s game on a six-game winning streak.

Annie Sarcone leads her team with a .465 average and has a team-best 28 RBIs.

Mallory Schulenbe leads the pitchers with her 0.90 ERA in 54.1 innings pitched and has 47 strikeouts.

Wartburg:
Freshman Katie Canney (Adel) has a team-high .387 batting average. Senior Lynn Heitkamp (Galena, Ill.) follows with her .354.

Newcomer Hayley Woszczynski (Alton, Ill.) leads the starting pitching core with her 3.87 ERA and has a team-best 44 K’s on the season.