Game 1 Box Score

Game 2 Box Score

Beloit, Wis. - The Wheaton College softball team faced off against Beloit College in a doubleheader on Wednesday. Wheaton lost the first game 5-3 and won the second game 13-3.

The Thunder ran its record to 10-6 while the Buccaneers are now 2-10.

Wheaton got on the board first in the opener thanks to an RBI double by Jenna Lawrenz and an RBI groundout by Amanda Mattocks.

Beloit rallied back, however, and took the lead with a pair of runs in the fifth and the sixth innings, capped by a two-run triple. The Thunder got a solo homer by Lesley Guenard in the sixth inning and had the game-tying runs in scoring position with one out in the seventh inning. But Beloit got out of the jam on a line-out and a foul ball that was caught.

Ainsley McCullough took the loss on the mound to run her record to 6-3. She allowed nine hits, five runs (three earned), with two walks and two strikeouts in six innings of work.

Wheaton was held to six hits in the game by winning pitcher Katy Sandt. Sandt struck out two batters and had no walks.

In the second game, the Thunder offense started rolling in the third inning and never stopped as the team rolled up six doubles and a triple in the contest. Wheaton plated four runs in the third inning on a two-run double by Guenard, an RBI triple by Mattocks and an RBI single by Suzanne Teuben.

The visitors then took a 7-1 lead in the fourth inning on Lauren Griffith's two-run single and another RBI single by Teuben. Wheaton continued to do damage with extra-base hits, highlighted by a two-run doubles by Elizabeth Perez and Danielle Schmidt to go with another Griffith run-scoring double.

In total, Wheaton cranked 17 hits in the game. Adrienne Munoz was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate, Griffith was 3-for-4 with three RBI and Teuben went 3-for-5 with two RBI. Mattocks also extended her hit streak to 11-straight games. Guenard, Perez and Schmidt all had two RBI each.

Schmidt threw the complete-game victory, striking out nine batters while allowing five hits, three runs and five walks.

The Thunder resume its schedule by hosting the Wheaton Invitational on Saturday, with games vs. Illinois College at 9:00 AM and St. Norbert College at 1:30 PM.