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2024 CCIW Softball Regular Season Champs
Ashtin Elder
4
Winner Ill. Wesleyan IWU 27-9
2
Augustana (Ill.) AUGIE 22-13
Winner
Ill. Wesleyan IWU
27-9
4
Final
2
Augustana (Ill.) AUGIE
22-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Ill. Wesleyan IWU 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 10 0
Augustana (Ill.) AUGIE 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3

W: Certa, Gianna (15-2) L: N. Ranieri (13-4)

3
Winner Augustana (Ill.) AUGIE 23-13
1
Ill. Wesleyan IWU 27-10
Winner
Augustana (Ill.) AUGIE
23-13
3
Final
1
Ill. Wesleyan IWU
27-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Augustana (Ill.) AUGIE 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
Ill. Wesleyan IWU 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 1

W: L. Koster (7-8) L: Gatchell, Caroline (8-6)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Secures CCIW Regular Season Title

Titans complete league play with 13-3 record

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan University softball team used a game one victory over Augustana College Saturday, May 4, to secure the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Regular Season Championship. IWU grabbed the program's 18th regular season championship as well as hosting duties and the No. 1 seed in next week's CCIW Tournament. The Titans (27-10, 13-3 CCIW) took game one 4-2 before falling to the Vikings (23-13, 10-4 CCIW), 3-1, in game two.

Game One: Illinois Wesleyan 4, Augustana 2
Illinois Wesleyan scored one run in the first, another in the third, and two in the fifth to take a 4-0 lead into the sixth inning. 

Freshman Hailey Milgazo's (Poway, Calif.-Poway) one-out single led to the game's first run. After junior Jen Kuhn (Normal, Ill.-University High) reached via an error, Milgazo and Kuhn swiped bases to move into scoring position for sophomore Casey Wissmiller (Bloomington, Ill.-Olympia). The sophomore came through in a key situation with an RBI single to left, driving home Milgazo. 

In the third, sophomore Anna Beckman (Bourbonnais, Ill.-Bishop McNamara) drew a leadoff walk and Milgazo followed with a single. Kuhn ripped a run-scoring base knock to center, doubling the lead to 2-0, before IWU stranded the bases loaded on a pair of fly outs.

Khoury and Turner added RBI singles in the fifth to push the lead to 4-0 into the seventh, where Augie used a two-run homer to break the shutout. Sophomore Gianna Certa (Third Lake, Ill.-Grayslake North) did not flinch though, getting a strikeout with the tying-run at the plate to secure the CCIW Regular Season title.

Wissmiller, Milgazo, Khoury, and Turner each picked up multiple hits in the win, with Wissmiller going 3-for-4 to lead the way as IWU tallied 10 hits against last year's CCIW Pitcher of the Year.

Certa finished a perfect conference regular season with a complete game to push her record 15-2 overall and 8-0 in league games. The sophomore fanned seven and limited Augie to three hits.

Game Two: Augustana 3, Illinois Wesleyan 1
Augustana used an early lead to down IWU in game two. The Vikings plated two runs in the first and another in the second to carry a 3-0 edge into the fifth.

Sophomore Claire Post (Normal, Ill.-Normal West) clubbed a solo homer in the bottom of the fifth

In the circle, sophomore Caroline Gatchell (Grayslake, Ill.-Carmel Catholic) threw five innings as the starter. She fanned three and allowed three runs on four hits, while freshman Mallory Holland (Shelbyville, Ill.-Shelbyville) tossed two hitless innings in relief.

IWU outhit Augie in the game, 7-4, as Wissmiller and Khoury each went 2-for-3. 

As the No. 1 seed in the upcoming CCIW Tournament, the Titans will welcome six teams to Inspiration Field Thursday-Saturday, May 9-11. A full schedule can be found on the CCIW Tournament central page following the conclusion of tomorrow's games.

 
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