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Wheaton College Athletics

Claire Busch
© 2019 Michael Hudson
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Wheaton (IL) WHEATON 11-12, 2-1 CCIW
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Winner Illinois Wesleyan IWUW 14-4, 1-0 CCIW
Wheaton (IL) WHEATON
11-12, 2-1 CCIW
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Final
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Illinois Wesleyan IWUW
14-4, 1-0 CCIW
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wheaton (IL) WHEATON 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
Illinois Wesleyan IWUW 0 1 0 6 0 0 X 7 8 0

W: Wiegand, Ally (8-2) L: Carter, Ashley (0-5)

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Winner Illinois Wesleyan IWUW 15-4, 2-0 CCIW
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Wheaton (IL) WHEATON 11-13, 2-2 CCIW
Winner
Illinois Wesleyan IWUW
15-4, 2-0 CCIW
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Final
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Wheaton (IL) WHEATON
11-13, 2-2 CCIW
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Illinois Wesleyan IWUW 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 8 13 2
Wheaton (IL) WHEATON 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 0

W: Walker, Brea (7-1) L: Thornton, Kelly (8-6)

Game Recap: Softball |

No. 4 Illinois Wesleyan takes a pair from the Thunder softball team

Bloomington, Ill. – The Wheaton softball team traveled to Illinois Wesleyan on Saturday for a CCIW doubleheader against the fourth-ranked Titans. IWU (15-4, 2-0 CCIW) won the opener 7-1 and the Titans closed out the sweep with an 8-2 victory in the second game.  Wheaton (11-13, 2-2 CCIW) travels to North Park on Tuesday for a twinbill against the Vikings.
 
Illinois Wesleyan won the opener 7-1 as the Titans scored seven runs, on eight hits with no errors and Wheaton scored one run, on two hits, with two errors. Starting pitcher Ashley Carter took the loss for the Thunder in 3-2/3 innings of work. Carter allowed seven runs, including five earned runs, on six hits, with three walks and zero strikeouts. Maddy Whitmer pitched 2-1/3 innings of scoreless relief as she scattered two hits. Singles by Morgan Ryan and Clark accounted for Wheaton's two hits in the game.

The Titans scored a run in the bottom of the second inning to take a 1-0 lead. Maddie Craver drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the top of the third inning to tie the game at 1-1. The Titans scored six runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 7-1 lead that would later become the final score.
 
The Titans accomplished the sweep with an 8-2 victory in the second game. IWU scored eight runs, on 13 hits, with two errors and Wheaton tallied two runs, on five hits, with zero errors. Thunder starting pitcher Kelly Thornton allowed seven runs in three innings as she scattered nine hits, with four walks and two strikeouts. Janette Oh worked four innings of relief as she allowed one run, on four hits. Claire Busch was 2-for-4 at the plate, with one run. Thornton, Ryan and Hannah Clark each added a hit for the guests.

The Titans scored one run in the top of the second inning and the hosts added six runs in the top of the third inning to take a 7-0 lead on the Thunder. Thornton drove in a run with a RBI-single in the bottom of the fifth and Carter drew a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the sixth inning to trim the IWU lead to 7-2. Illinois Wesleyan added a run in the top of the seventh inning to account for the 8-2 final score.   
 
 
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