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GAME STATS 2 PICTURED ABOVE: Freshman Christina Sandstedt is greeted by teammates following a game-one home run.
Wheaton, Ill. – The Wheaton softball team split a CCIW doubleheader with Millikin University on Saturday afternoon at Ruth Leedy Field. Wheaton earned a 7-5 victory in the first game and Millikin forced the split with a 3-1 win in game two. Wheaton (13-10/2-4 CCIW) will remain in conference play for a doubleheader at Augustana College on Tuesday April 16.
The Thunder won today's first game 7-5 as Wheaton scored seven runs, on seven hits, with two errors and Millikin scored five runs, on seven hits, with two errors. Thunder starting pitcher
Katie Thornton (5-4) earned the win in seven innings of work for the hosts. Thornton allowed five runs, including two earned runs, on seven hits, with five strikeouts and four walks. Thunder senior
Suzanne Teuben (PICTURED LEFT) was 3-for-4, with a double and one RBI.
Each team scored two runs in its respective portion of the first inning, with Wheaton freshman
Christina Sandstedt belting a huge two-run home run over the centerfield fence in the bottom of the first inning. Millikin scored two runs in the top of the second inning and added another run in the top of the third to take a 5-2 lead. Wheaton countered with three runs in the bottom of the third to tie the game at 5-5 as
Lyndsey Pritchard (PICTURED RIGHT) hit a two-run home run and
Stacey Cladis added a RBI-single.
Wheaton took a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the fifth inning as
Alyssa Leonard drove in a run on a bunt. The Thunder added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth thanks to a RBI-double by Teuben to account for the 7-5 final score.
Millikin won the day's final game 3-1 as the Big Blue scored three runs, on six hits, with one error and Wheaton scored one run, on nine hits, with three errors. Thunder starting pitcher
Danielle Schmidt (7-5) took the loss in six innings. She allowed three runs, on six hits, with eight strikeouts and no walks. Cladis was 2-for-3 at the plate with a double and a stolen base. Leonard was 2-for-3, with a double and a RBI.
Millikin took a 1-0 lead with a run in the bottom of the first inning. Wheaton tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the fourth inning as Leonard hit a RBI-single. The Big Blue regained the lead for good with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
