WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg softball team (14-12 overall, 4-2 American Rivers) will host Nebraska Wesleyan (19-15, 4-8) in a doubleheader Sunday starting at 2 p.m. The Knights are tied for third place and the Prairie Wolves are in fourth on the conference standings.
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The Series
Wartburg owns the series lead at 11-4, which includes the last three-straight.
Wartburg
Reegan Deputy leads the team with her .395 batting average.
Lauren Frerichs follows at .372,
Alexis Larson at ..60,
Ella Link at .358, and
Sydney Fellows rounds out those above .300 at .311.
Link has a team-best 28 RBIs and Fellows follows at 23. Illg leads the team with 18 stolen bases.
Avery Mull leads the starting pitchers with her 3.19 ERA and
Ashley Nelson has a team-best 58 strikeouts. Nelson and
Tarah Wehde co-lead the team with six wins.
Career record watch
Illg ranks first in runs scored (163) and assists (426), second in stolen bases (111) and double plays (35), third in home runs (26), fifth in RBIs (106) and games started (156), sixth in hits (167), and ninth in games played (156).
Link is fourth in home runs (23), and tied for ninth in RBIs (92).
Frerichs is sixth in stolen bases (46). Nelson is 10rh in games started (47).
Nebraska Wesleyan
Emma Alfieri leads her team at the plate with a .382 average. Sami MacDonald follows at .347, Val Gerlach at .333, and Jenna Kimberling completes those above .300 at .330.
Elise Warneke leads the pitching staff with her 3.59 ERA, 134 strikeouts, and 14 wins.