WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg softball team (4-8 overall) will host St. Kate's (7-5) Tuesday at 5 p.m. and UW-La Crosse (13-7) Thursday at 3 p.m. before competing in Illinois Wesleyan's tournament this weekend. The Knights will face host-Illinois Wesleyan (7-5) Saturday at 10 a.m., Lake Forest College (7-5) Saturday at 12:15 p.m. before a doubleheader with DePauw (8-6) Sunday starting at 9 a.m.
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The Series
The series lead is knotted at 2-2 against St. Kate's, though the teams have not met since 2022. The Knights lead 10-7 in the series against UWL as the teams split last year's twinbill in Waverly. Illinois Wesleyan leads 5-0. Wartburg owns the series lead at 2-1 over Lake Forest, though the programs have not met since 2003. DePauw holds the slight lead at 4-3, though Wartburg has won the last two meetings.
Wartburg
Sydney Fellows leads the team with her .429 average and 15 hits. She co-leads the team with
Addy Wells with seven RBIs. Fellows and
Carley Bredar have a team-high seven runs each.
Reagan Hassel leads the team with eight stolen bases.
Hannah Luellen has 12 Ks in 31.2 innings pitched.
As a team, the Knights already have 26 stolen bases.
Career record watch
Fellows is sixth in stolen bases (52) and tied for seventh in RBIs (105).
St. Kate's
Sam Aronson has a team-best .400 average. Hannah Bernier has a team-best 21 Ks in 29.0 innings pitched.
UWL
Two players lead the team above .400 as Kyra Lard has a .452 batting average and Maddy Bornbach follows at .442. Lard also leads the team with 10 doubles and 21 RBIs.
Kailey Niemiec leads the pitching staff with a 2.10 ERA with 27 Ks in 33.1 innings pitched.
Illinois Wesleyan
Jen Kuhn has a team-best .579 average and Maddie Pohl leads the pitchers with 18 Ks.
Lake Forest
Kaia Mishmash and Emmie Nyen co-lead the team at the plate with a .472 average. Hannah Smith has 16 Ks in 21 innings pitched.
DePauw
Alex Romero-Salas leads the team with her .455 average. Riley Depa leads the pitching staff with 25 Ks in 47.1 innings of work.
