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Wartburg Doubleheader Against Nebraska Wesleyan Changed

WAVERLY, Iowa-- Wartburg (17-11 overall, 5-3 IIAC) hosts Nebraska Wesleyan (16-12, 3-5) Monday at 4 p.m.

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The Series
The all-time series lead is tied at 1-1, but the programs have not met since 1994.

Wartburg
Junior Mara Forsyth (Charles City) leads the team in batting average (.414), RBIs (43), and home runs (10).

Sophomore Kailee O'Brien (Altoona) is second on the team in batting average at .394, while senior Taylor Smola (Stevens Point, Wis.) is second on the team in RBIs (27) and home runs (6).

Senior Kimberly Wedeking (Clarksville) leads the pitchers with a 3.77 ERA, 11 wins, and 12 complete games.

Career Record Watch
Wedeking now holds the No. 4 spot on the program's career-leader list in complete games (43) and is sixth in strikeouts (205). Forsyth is now fourth in career home runs (20).

Nebraska Wesleyan
Morgan Shipley leads the Prairie Wolves with a .422 batting average. LeighAnn Novotny has the team-best ERA at 2.17 with 63 strikeouts.

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

The Knights rank 22nd in stolen bases per game (2.50), 31st in doubles per game (1.88), 38th in home runs per game (0.65), 44th in slugging percentage (0.473), 56th in scoring (6.35), 84th in on base percentage (0.388), and 93rd in batting average (0.319).

Individually, three Knights rank in the top 100 of nine different categories. Forsyth ranks 6th in home runs (9), 7th in runs batted in per game (1.54), 8th in RBIs (40), 13th in home runs per game (0.35), 19th in slugging percentage (0.864), 39th in total bases (70), and 79th in runs per game (1.12).

Wedeking ranks 44th in victories (10), and 59th in home runs (4). Sophomore Liz Roby Miklus (Ankeny) ranks 71st in stolen bases (0.65).
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