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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan softball team swept the Blugolds of Wisconsin-Eau Claire by scores of 4-1 and 5-4 on Saturday (April 14). Junior pitcher Alyssa Vorel got the save in game one and the win in game two.

The Titans improved to 23-4 with the two wins while the Blugolds slipped to 16-10.

Rain prevented the other IWU Tournament games from being played on Saturday and the revised schedule for Sunday is as follows:

SUNDAY, APRIL 15 (all times Central)
10 a.m. - Wis.-Eau Claire vs. Blackburn
12 p.m. - Wis.-Eau Claire vs. Fontbonne
2 p.m. - Illinois Wesleyan vs. Fontbonne
2 p.m. - Anderson vs. Blackburn (at Champion Fields, Normal)
4 p.m. - Illinois Wesleyan vs. Anderson

In the 4-1 win in game one, the Titans tied the game at 1-1 in the second on a home run by junior third baseman Emma Clark, then scored two unearned runs in the fourth on an RBI single by sophomore catcher Kaity Crane and a ground out by sophomore first baseman Jessica Toth.
IWU tacked on another run in the fifth on a base hit by junior centerfielder Keri Leach.

Sophomore Molly McCready (10-2) threw six innings and allowed one run on four hits with six walks and five strikeouts and Vorel collected the save by going the final inning, walking one, hitting a batter and striking out two.

Vorel (8-2) pitched a complete game four-hitter in the nightcap, striking out 11 and walking one while allowing only one earned run.

Illinois Wesleyan jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning on doubles by sophomore Sara Daley and Leach and Clark's eighth home run of the season.

But the Blugolds tied the game in the bottom of the first on a three-run homer by Fischer and took a 4-3 lead in the fourth.

IWU tied the game in the sixth when Clark doubled to right field and sophomore designated hitter Allie Riordan reached on a fielder's choice. Both runners moved up on a Crane sacrifice bunt and Clark scored on Vorel's hit to left.

In the seventh, junior shortstop Courtney Martin singled to right and went to second on a sacrifice. With two outs, Clark was interntionally walked before Riordan cracked a sharp single past the second baseman to bring in Martin for what would prove to be the game-winner.

TITAN SOFTBALL NOTES: Illinois Wesleyan improved to 8-2 at home...Emma Clark has 18 career home runs, tied for second most in an IWU career with Allison Ward, who played from 2007 to 2010. The career record is 21 by Valerie Hackett (2006-09)...McCready has 123 strikeouts this spring, tied for sixth most in an IWU season with Lauren Hyland (2007). The season record is 198, set in 2009 by Christy Engel...Engel is also the career leader with 600. McCready has 229, No. 6 all-time.