Loves Park, Ill. – The Wheaton softball team took to the road on Wednesday afternoon for a non-conference doubleheader against Rockford University. The Regents won game one 7-5 in nine innings and the hosts earned the sweep with a 5-2 victory in the nightcap. Wheaton is slated to host St. Mary's (Ind.) on Saturday afternoon in a doubleheader at Ruth Leedy Field.
 
The Regents won the first game 7-5 as the hosts scored seven runs, on 11 hits, with three errors and Wheaton tallied five runs, on eight hits with zero errors. Tiegan Hoffman was 2-for-4 for the Thunder with two RBI and one run scored. Kylie Chetakian was 2-for-4 with a run scored for the guests.
Rockford scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning to take an early 2-0 lead. Wheaton responded with a five-run second inning to take a 5-2 lead. Hoffman and Olivia Nahorniak each hit two-run home runs in the second for the Thunder in the second inning. Rockford scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the game at 5-5. In extra innings, neither team scored in the eighth and the hosts capitalized with a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Regents the 7-5 victory.
 
Rockford won the second game 5-2 as the hosts tallied five runs, on nine hits, with zero errors and Wheaton had two runs on nine hits, with two errors. Alese Antonello, Olivia Nahorniak, Elizabeth Meyer and Hoffman each recorded two hits for the Thunder.
 
Rockford scored a run in the bottom of the second inning and added two more runs in the bottom of the third to take a 3-0 lead. Hoffman had an RBI-single and pitcher Elise O'Neil drove in a run on a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning as the Thunder trimmed the hosts' lead to 3-2. Rockford scored one run in the bottom of the fourth and another run in the fifth to account for the 5-2 final score.