WAVERLY, Iowa--  The Wartburg softball team (10-9 overall) split the doubleheader with UW-La Crosse Thursday. The Knights were the visiting team in these contests.

Game one
First inning

• Knights get on the board as Sydney Fellows scored from second on an error
• Eagles evened it in the bottom on an RBI single
• Ashley Nelson came in with the bases loaded and stranded all three Eagles

Second

• The Orange and Black took the 4-1 lead
• Springer drove in Hassel and Lili Alvarado sacrificed in Bredar
• Springer later scored on Fellow's groundout

Third

• Eagles plate one on RBI double to right centerfield

Top performers

• Bredar: 2-3, one run, double, two stolen bases
• First win over UWL since 2009

 
Game two
First

• Wartburg scores on two bases loaded walk for 2-0 lead
• UWL ties it on a two-run homer over the right field fence
• Two batters later, another home run to the same spot gave the Eagles the 4-2 lead
• UWL hit an RBI single to third for the next run
• An Eagle RBI groundout to make it 6-2

Third

• Reegan Deputy brings in Wehde  on her single to left
• Carley Bredar drove in pinch runner Ally Happ to make it 6-4.
• The Eagles had an RBI double to right center followed by an RBI single to make it 8-4.

Fourth

• UWL tallied one on an error to make it 9-4

Fifth

• Reagan Hassel's single up the middle drove in Deputy.
• The Eagles hit a three-run homer over the right field fence to make it 12-5.

Sixth

• UWL scored on a single to left to seal the run rule victory.

Top performers

• Hassel: 3-4, one run, one RBI
• Jenna Wiebenga: 2-3, one RBI
• Deputy: 2-3, two RBIs, one run
• Bredar: 2-3, one RBI

Next event
The Knights return to the field tomorrow when they host Saint Benedict at 1 p.m.