WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg softball team (16-10 overall, 5-1Â American Rivers Conference) opens a six-game road trip. The Knights will travel to face Dubuque (14-8, 3-3) Tuesday at 2 p.m. and Luther (17-11, 2-2) Saturday at 1 p.m.
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The Series
Wartburg owns the series lead at 68-21, have won the last four-straight and five of the last six. Luther holds the narrow lead at 49-46, as the teams split last year's twinbill.
Wartburg
Sydney Fellows leads the team with her .446 average, 33 hits, 17 RBIs, six home runs and 25 runs.
Carley Bredar joins her above .400 at .414
Three players join her above .300 asÂ
Bella Mulder is averaging .344,
Riley Feeley is at .341, andÂ
Addy Wells is at .339.
Addy Wells leads the team with four doubles. Â
Reagan Hassel leads the team with 15 stolen bases.
Hannah Luellen has 24 Ks in 38.1 innings pitched.
As a team, the Knights already have 55 stolen bases.
The Orange and Black enter the week on a seven-game winning streak.
Career record watch
Fellows is third in games played (170), fourth in games started (163), tied for sixth in runs (116), sixth in stolen bases (54), sixth in RBIs (115), and seventh in hits (176).
Dubuque
Two players average over .400 as Katie Hayes is hitting .443 and Lauren Jacobs is hitting .410. Pitcher Ally Gullette has a 2.08 ERA with 32 Ks in 77.1 innings pitched.
Luther
Mya Larson leads her team at the plate with a .412 batting average. Pitcher Olivia Engler has a team-best 60 Ks in 92.2 innings thrown.
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