WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg softball team (10-4 overall) travels to St. Louis to play in Washington University-St. Louis' weekend tournament. The Knights will play Webster (12-4) Saturday at 11 a.m. and host-WashU (8-4) at 1:15 p.m.
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Webster
Kayla Day is the leading hitter with her .485 average. Four players join her above .300: Abby Burroughs (.389), Kat Johnson (.351), Taylor White (.326) and Kat Sullens (.320).
WashU
Hannah Mehrle leads the Bears with a .523 average. Amy Walsh and Kenzie James join her above .500 at .515 and .500, respectively.
Wartburg
Sophomore Kailee O'Brien (Altoona) leads the team with her .511 average and Mara Forsyth (Charles City) follows at .442. Forsyth has a team-high 22 RBIs.
Senior Kimberly Wedeking (Clarksville) leads the pitching staff with her 3.10 ERA, is 7-2 in 52.1 innings pitched with 36 strikeouts. She also has a nine-game hitting streak entering the weekend.
National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 10 NCAA stat categories.
The Knights rank 13
th in stolen bases per game (3.00), 40
th in on base percentage (0.410), 41
st in scoring (6.93), 41
st in slugging percentage (0.474), 44
th in hit batters (0.929), 47
th in home runs per game (0.50), 55
th in doubles per game (1.79), 61
st in batting average (0.333), 61
st in triples per game (0.36), and 74
th in WL percentage (0.714).
Individually, three Knights rank in the top 100 of 12 different categories. Junior Mara Forsyth (Charles City, Iowa) ranks 25
th in runs batted in per game (1.57), 28
th in RBIs (22), and 92
nd in slugging percentage (0.767).
Senior Kimberly Wedeking (Clarksville, Iowa) ranks 21
st in victories (7), 88
th in shutouts (1), and 99
th in strikeouts (36).
Senior Taylor Smola (Stevens Point, Wis) ranks 44
th in home runs (3), and 81
st in home runs per game (0.21).