MONMOUTH, Ill. -- The No. 14-ranked Illinois Wesleyan softball team's winning streak went to five games with a pair of nonconference wins at Monmouth College, 4-0 and 15-1, on Thursday, March 22.

The Titans improved to 7-3 overall and the Fighting Scots slipped to 9-7.

Sophomore Ally Wiegand (3-1) struck out the first nine hitters she faced before allowing a double to lead off the fourth for the lone Scots' hit. Wiegand went on to strike out 14 while walking only one.
Seniors Summer Stitt and Maggie Graham and sophomore shortstop Sam Berghoff all delivered runs batted in while Graham and junior third baseman Julie Josten each had two hits of the team total of six.

The Titans had 15 runs on 15 hits and took advantage of three Monmouth errors to score eight unearned tallies. Josten and Graham each had solo home runs and sophomore leftfielder Brittany Murphy smacked a three-run homer in the third that staked IWU to a 5-1 lead.
Junior centerfielder Jillian Runyon had three hits and four RBI with three of those coming on a sixth-inning bases-loaded triple. Josten, who also doubled, had three hits and Berghoff had two hits and two RBI. Sophomore Kara Bischoff also had a two-hit game.
Senior Mackenzie Marquis (2-1) was the winning pitcher in game two, allowing two hits and striking out two in four innings of work. Sophomore Brea Walker struck our five in two innings of relief.

What's Next?
Weather permitting, Illinois Wesleyan will play in the Schutt Invitational on Saturday-Sunday, March 24-25, at the Washington U. Softball Field in St. Louis ... Illinois Wesleyan plays Wartburg at 11 a.m. Saturday before facing WashU at 1:15 p.m. On Sunday, IWU and Wartburg play at 11 a.m. and the Titans and Bears meet again at 3:30 p.m.