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Decatur, Ill. – The Thunder softball team had its season ended on Friday with its second loss at the double-elimination CCIW Softball Tournament. Carthage College bested the Thunder 5-3 in an elimination game. Wheaton ends the season with a 23-17 overall record, while Carthage heads to the championship round of the tournament with a 23-16 overall record.

Carthage scored five runs, on 10 hits with no errors and Wheaton plated three runs, on six hits, with two errors. Wheaton sophomore Danielle Schmidt pitched 4-2/3 innings, allowing four runs, with two earned runs, on six hits. Ainsley McCullough worked 2-1/2 innings of relief, allowing one run, on four hits.

Carthage jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning. The Lady Reds added a run in the top of the third inning to extend their lead to 3-0. Wheaton's Amanda Mattocks drove in a pair of runs on a two-run single in the bottom of the third inning to cut Carthage's lead to 3-2.

Carthage added a run in the top of the fourth inning and added another in the top of the sixth inning to increase its lead to 5-2. The Thunder loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh inning and got a RBI by Lesley Guenard to cut the Carthage lead to 5-3, however, Wheaton stranded the tying run at second base as Carthage got out of the jam to win the game.

Wheaton concludes its record-setting season, with 10 single-season records established in the 2011 season.

SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS SET BY WHEATON SOFTBALL IN 2011
Wins: 23
Strikeouts by a pitcher: Ainsley McCullough, 123
Base Hits: Katie Iser, 62
Runs Scored: Lesley Guenard, 44
Stolen Bases: Katie Iser, 26
Doubles: Lesley Guenard, 17
Total Bases: Lesley Guenard, 87 (Ties Record)
Sacrifice Hits: Kelli Hennessey, 15 (Ties Record)
At-Bats: Katie Iser, 142
Games Played: Four players set record, 41