WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg softball team (16-14 overall, 6-4 American Rivers) travels to face Buena Vista (5-25, 1-11) in a doubleheader Saturday starting at 1 p.m. The Knights are in fourth place and BV is in ninth on the conference standings.
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The Series
Buena Vista owns the series lead at 49-40.
Wartburg
Reegan Deputy leads the team with her .375 batting average.
Ella Link follows at .356,
Lauren Frerichs at .352,
Sydney Fellows at .340, and
Alexis Larson rounds out those above .300 at .333.
Link has a team-best 29 RBIs and Fellows follows at 25. Illg leads the team with 20 stolen bases.
Avery Mull leads the starting pitchers with her 3.35 ERA and
Ashley Nelson has a team-best 62 strikeouts.
Tarah Wehde lead the team with seven wins.
Career record watch
Illg ranks first in runs scored (164) and assists (444), second in stolen bases (113) and double plays (35), third in home runs (26), fourth in games started (160), fifth in RBIs (106), sixth in hits (170), and tied for seventh in games played (160).
Link is fourth in home runs (23), and ninth in RBIs (93).
Frerichs is sixth in stolen bases (46). Nelson is 10rh in games started (47).
Season record watch
Illg is eighth in assists (94).
Buena Vista
BV enters the weekend on a six-game losing skid.
Nataliah Murillo leads her team at the plate with a .286 average and 15 RBis. Emma LaFave leads the pitching staff with her 5.04 ERA.
