Zukowski, Ava
Christy Warlow
0
Illinois College IC 5-13
3
Winner Millikin MILLIKIN 11-8
Illinois College IC
5-13
0
Final
3
Millikin MILLIKIN
11-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Illinois College IC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Millikin MILLIKIN 0 0 0 0 0 3 X 3 5 0

W: Warlow, Charly (9-3) L: Julia Drake (3-6)

1
Illinois College IC 5-14
9
Winner Millikin MILLIKIN 12-8
Illinois College IC
5-14
1
Final
9
Millikin MILLIKIN
12-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Illinois College IC 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 6
Millikin MILLIKIN 0 1 3 0 4 1 9 12 1

W: Bruno, Kelsey (2-3) L: Taylor Henry (0-3)

Game Recap: Softball | | Morgan Vogels

Softball Sweeps Home Twin Bill against Illinois College

The Big Blue softball team welcomed the Lady Blues of Illinois College on Friday, March 29 for a non-conference doubleheader at the Workman Family Softball Field. Millikin earned the sweep, winning game one 3-0 before finishing game two in the sixth inning by a score of 9-1.

In game one, the score remained knotted at 0-0 until the sixth inning when a Leah Foreman RBI groundout scored Rylee Blake. Then, Ava Zukowski's infield single scored pinch runner Charley Condill and Anna Enlow. 

Abby Willis went 2-for-3 at the plate in game one, and Blake was 1-for-1, also drawing two walks. Charly Warlow picked up the victory in the circle, pitching a complete game shutout allowing just three hits and striking out five.

In game two, the bats got moving a bit earlier for the Big Blue, starting with Lanie Chizmark's double to left center that scored Zukowski in the second. Millikin tacked on three more in the third with a Kailyn Coates single up the middle that scored Foreman, then Zukowski's single to right field to score a pair of pinch runners in Sarah Lahner and Chloe Book. 

Illinois College chipped away at the deficit in the fourth when Allison Mortland reached on an error that scored Claudia Adam. 

With a 4-1 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth, Maddy Regan doubled down the left field line to plate Foreman, then Zukowski tallied another RBI with a single to center that scored Regan. Chizmark hit a sacrifice fly in foul territory to score Coates. Two runs away from the game ending in the fifth and two outs, Blake hit a ground ball to shortstop. Reaching on an error and scoring Zukowski, Kendallyn Davison headed for home but was thrown out at the plate to extend the game another inning.

In the sixth, the pinch runner Condill stepped aboard third replacing Enlow after a leadoff triple and scored when Foreman doubled down the left field line to end the game in the sixth. 

Enlow, Foreman, and Zukowski each went 2-for-3 at the plate and Davison was 2-for-2. Kelsey Bruno was the victor on the mound, striking out five and allowing just three hits through 5.2 innings of work. Carly Ward recorded the final out in the top of the sixth for the Big Blue, facing just one batter.

With the sweep, Millikin softball improves to 12-8 on the year and head into College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin play next weekend. The first CCIW test of the year comes on the road as they will head to Rock Island, Ill. to take on the Vikings of Augustana College on Saturday, April 6 with games scheduled for 1:00 & 3:00 PM.
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