DUBUQUE, Iowa - The No. 15-ranked Wartburg College softball team defeated Loras College 9-0 Sunday afternoon to earn the series sweep over the Duhawks.
During the Knights' final American Rivers Conference road series, they outscored the Duhawks 30-3 and extended their winning streak to six games.
The Orange & Black tallied its eighth shutout of the season in the series finale at Loras while senior first baseman
Kaci Sherwood hit her 15th home run of the season, breaking Wartburg softball single-season record. Her 15th of the year passes Mara Forsyth's previously held record of 14 in 2017.
Starting pitcher
Tarah Wehde pitched a five-inning shutout, allowing four Duhawk base hits while improving her record to 6-2 on the year.
Wartburg tallied nine runs off eight hits, scoring runs in each of the first four innings en route to securing the victory on the eight-run rule.
A sacrifice fly from
Olivia Brecht and Sherwood's homer led to an early 2-0 Wartburg lead. RBI doubles from
Sydney Fellows and
Lauren Frerichs along with a two-run bomb from
Madison Stoaks extended the Knights' lead to 6-0 after the second inning.
In the third inning, Wartburg recorded its sixth homer of the weekend as
Leah Campos' second of the year gave the visitors a 7-0 lead. A Stoaks RBI double and RBI groundout from Brecht put nine runs on the board for the Knights.
Up next, Wartburg hosts Coe College May 8-9 at Lynes Field for its final regular season series of 2021, battling for the top spot in the conference.
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