WAVERLY, Iowa-- Wartburg (8-4) travels to face Wheaton (2-8) Saturday at 1 p.m. in a doubleheader. The Thunder look to halt a three-game losing streak and will host Aurora in a twinbill Thursday afternoon before the Knights come to town.

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The Series
This marks the inaugural meeting between the programs.

Wartburg
Sophomore Kailee O'Brien (Altoona) leads the team at the plate (.500) and is second with four doubles. Senior Kimberly Wedeking (Clarksville) leads the pitching staff with a 3.57 ERA, is 6-2 with 28 strikeouts.

Wheaton
Hannah Clark is the team's leading hitter at .371, which includes a team-best four triples.

Kendall Kehres leads the pitching staff in the circle with a 1.93 ERA with 14 strikeouts.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 10 NCAA stat categories.

The Knights rank 12^th in stolen bases per game (3.00), 36^th in on base percentage (0.417), 37^th in slugging percentage (0.484), 38^th in scoring (7.17), 46^th in home runs per game (0.50), 48^th in triples per game (0.42), 49^th in hit batters (2), 49^th in doubles per game (1.92), 53^rd in batting average (0.335), and 83^rd in WL percentage (0.667).
Individually, eight Knights rank in the top 100 of 15 different categories. Junior Mara Forsyth (Charles City, Iowa) ranks 10^th in sacrifice flies (2), 17^th in RBIs (21), 30^th in runs batted in per game (1.75), 66^th in slugging percentage (0.861), 68^th in total bases (31), 71^st in home runs (2), 75^th in doubles per game (0.50), 89^th in home runs per game (0.17), and 93^rd in triples (1).

Senior Kimberly Wedeking (Clarksville, Iowa) ranks 1^st in hit batters (1), 15^th in victories (6), 51^st in shutouts (1), 71^st in home runs (2), 89^th in home runs per game (0.17), and 91^st in strikeouts (28). Sophomore Liz Roby Miklus (Ankeny, Iowa) ranks 93^rd in triples (1). Sophomore Kailee O'Brien (Altoona, Iowa) ranks 80^th in hits (20), and 93^rd in triples (1).

Sophomore Brenna Gray (Waterloo, Iowa) ranks 1^st in hit batters (1), and 93^rd in triples (1). Junior Erica Countryman (Plainfield, Il) ranks 93^rd in triples (1). Senior Taylor Smola (Stevens Point, Wis) ranks 71^st in home runs (2), 73^rd in sacrifice flies (1), and 89^th in home runs per game (0.17). Sophomore Madison Rentschler (Marion, Iowa) ranks 96^th in hit by pitch per game (0.30).