WAVERLY, Iowa-- Wartburg (19-11 overall, 7-3 IIAC) hosts No. 10 Coe (27-6, 9-3) Saturday at 1 p.m. The softball class of 2017 will be recognized between games. The Knights enter the weekend on a five-game winning streak, while the Kohawks have won their last three-straight.

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The Series
Coe owns the lead in the all-time series at 41-34.

Wartburg
Junior Mara Forsyth (Charles City) leads the team in batting average (.436), RBIs (50), and home runs (11).

Sophomore Kailee O'Brien (Altoona) is second on the team in batting average at .406, while senior Taylor Smola (Stevens Point, Wis.) is second on the team in RBIs (27) and home runs (7).

Senior Kimberly Wedeking (Clarksville) leads the pitchers with a 3.55 ERA, 12 wins, and 13 complete games

Career Record Watch
Wedeking now holds the No. 3 spot on the program's career-leader list in complete games (44), is sixth in strikeouts (209), eighth in innings pitched (359.2) and ninth in wins (32).

Forsyth is now fourth in career home runs (21) and Smola is seventh (13).

Coe
Maddie Ryan leads the Kohawks with her .371 average. Allie O'Brien follows at .362, and Haley Jones is close behind at .361. Maliah Fligg leads the pitching staff with a 1.38 ERA and is 14-2.

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

The Knights rank 20th in stolen bases per game (2.52), 28th in home runs per game (0.67), 41st in slugging percentage (.473), 44th in doubles per game (1.81), and 50th in scoring (6.37).

Individually, three Knights rank in the top 100 of eight different categories. Forsyth ranks 4th in RBIs/game (1.56), 5^th in home runs (10), 6th in home runs per game (0.37), 10th in slugging percentage (.893), 41st in total bases (75), 43rd in runs per game (1.19),

Wedeking ranks 57th in victories (11) and sophomore Liz Roby Miklus (Ankeny) ranks 74th in stolen bases (0.63).