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Anderson blast powers Washburn softball to 4-1 tournament win
By RICK PETERSON
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The Washburn Ichabod softball team used a big third inning and a steady performance in the pitching circle to top Augustana 4-1 on Thursday afternoon in Shawnee, improving to 18-3 on the season.
Dalaney Anderson hit a three-run home run to power Washburn softball to a 4-1 win over Augustana Thursday in the Midwest College Classic. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn will continue playing in the Midwest College Classic on Friday with two more games, followed by two more on Saturday.
Augustana struck first in the bottom of the first, taking advantage of a Washburn error to plate an unearned run and grab a 1-0 lead.
But the Ichabods answered in the second. After Madi Moore was hit by a pitch and replaced by pinch runner Ashlyn Gaughan, the junior came around to score when Kate Ediger advanced to second on a wild pitch, knotting the score at 1-1.
Washburn then broke the game open in the third. Makenzie Sais singled and Taylor Brees worked a walk to set the table for Dalaney Anderson.
Anderson delivered the decisive swing of the afternoon, launching a three-run home run to center to score Sais and Brees and give the Ichabods a 4-1 advantage.
Anderson finished 1 for 4 with three RBI as her team-leading blast proved to be the difference.
Aspen Burgardt added a strong day at the plate, going 2 for 3 with a walk, while Ediger and Moore each collected a hit.
Sais reached base twice with a single and a walk and scored once, and Brees drew two walks and crossed the plate on the go-ahead homer.
In the circle, Sadie Walker improved to 9-1 while going the distance, scattering four hits over seven innings and allowing just one unearned run.
She walked three and struck out three, inducing 10 ground-ball outs and stranding runners in scoring position in the sixth and seventh innings to secure her ninth win of the season.
For the game, Washburn tallied four runs, six hits and two errors, while Augustana finished with one run, four hits and one error.
No. 3 Washburn men's basketball to host Pittsburg State Wednesday night
By RICK PETERSON
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Junior Jeremiah Jones (22) is one steal away from tying Washburn's single-season record entering Wednesday's game against Pittsburg State. [File photo/TSN]Washburn is 26-1 overall, 16-1 MIAA, clinched the regular-season conference title and will be the No. 1-seed in the MIAA Tournament in Kansas City, Mo. and will have its opening game in the quarterfinals on Thursday, March 5, at 6 p.m. against the winner of the No. 8/No. 9 game.
Pittsburg State is 15-12, 9-8 MIAA, after falling to Fort Hays State 65-56 on last Saturday in its home finale.
Wedneday's game is the only regular-season meeting between the Ichabods and the Gorillas this season. With a win over the Gorillas, Washburn will record its 28th consecutive home win, tying the 28-game streak from Nov. 19, 1993 to Feb. 8, 1995.
The Ichabods have the No. 1-ranked scoring offense in the MIAA, putting up 86.9 points per game, and also have the No. 1-ranked scoring defense, allowing 62.2 points a game.
The Ichabods have recorded 32 20-win seasons in program history and six under Ichabod coach Brett Ballard in his nine seasons, receiving four NCAA postseason berths and coaching the 2024-25 squad to only the program's second 30-win season in school history.
Washburn is second in NCAA Division II in scoring margin at plus 24.7 points per game and is ranked third in field goal percentage at 51.3 percent.
Junior Jeremiah Jones leads the nation in total steals with 81 and is ranked third in steals per game at 3.00. Jones has pulled within one steal of tying the Washburn single-season steals record of 82 set by Will McNeill during the 2012-13 season.
Senior Sam Ungashick has scored 953 collegiate points with 594 coming at Washburn after scoring 359 in his lone season at Benedictine as a freshman before joining the Ichabods.
Washburn women takes aim on 20th win against Pittsburg State Wednesday night
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn senior Payton Sterk is coming off a season-high 31-point performance with seven 3-pointers in last Saturday's win at Rogers State. [File photo/TSN]
