WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg softball team (20-12 overall, 8-4 IIAC) travels to face No. 4 Luther (33-3, 11-1) Wednesday at 3 p.m.
The Series
The Knights hold the all-time series lead at 37-33.
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Luther
Anna Strien leads the team with a .559 batting average and Ashley Burrows follows at .416. Annie Versnik leads the starting pitching staff with a 0.96 ERA, is 16-1 in 95.0 innings pitched with 33 strikeouts.
Wartburg
Junior Mara Forsyth (Charles City) leads the team in batting average (.440), RBIs (55), and home runs (13).
Sophomore Kailee O'Brien (Altoona) is second on the team in batting average at .411, while senior Taylor Smola (Stevens Point, Wis.) is second on the team in RBIs (28) and home runs (7).
Senior Kimberly Wedeking (Clarksville) leads the pitchers with a 3.48 ERA, 13 wins, and 14 complete games
Career Record Watch
Wedeking now holds the No. 2 spot on the program's career-leader list in complete games (45), is sixth in strikeouts (211), eighth in innings pitched (367.0) and in wins (33).
Forsyth is now third in career home runs (23) and Smola is seventh (13).
National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of eight NCAA stat categories. The Knights are eighth in stolen bases/game ( 2.97), 15th in home runs/game (0.77), 28th in slugging percentage (0.492), 32nd in scoring (6.70), 47th in doubles/game (1.77), 73rd in on base percentage (0.390), 78th in batting average (0.326) and 91st in triples/game (0.30),
Individually, four players rank in the top 100 of nine different categories. Forsyth is first in RBIs/game (1.67) ranks second in RBIs (50) and slugging percentage (0.936), fourth in home runs/game (0.37) and home runs (11), 15th in total bases (88) and 30th in runs/game ( 1.20).
Smola is 59th in home runs (7) and 75th in home runs/game ( 0.20).
Wedeking ranks 52nd in victories (12) and 97th in home runs (5). Sophomore Liz Roby Miklus (Ankeny) ranks 74th in stolen bases (0.73) and 82nd in triples (3).
