Wayne State College used a nine-run third inning in the first game and a nine-run fourth inning in the second game to power the Wildcats in a pair of 9-1 five-inning victories in a home game series over the University of Sioux Falls yesterday afternoon.

 
The Lady Cats have won 11 of their last 12 games and improve to 21-18 overall and 16-4 in the NSIC, while the Cougars fall to 28-15 and 12-8 in league play.

 
Five home runs were hit in the games, two from Katelyn Wobken and Emily Chandler and one from Sam O’Brien.

 
Last weekend, WSC’s senior pitcher Cassy Miller recorded her first career no-hitter against Minnesota Crookston.

 
The ‘Cats swept the Golden Eagles in a Northern Sun Conference doubleheader, winning 13-0 in the five-inning first game before taking game two, 12-10.

 
“It was exciting of course, but I wasn’t really focused on it during the game. I just worked on hitting my spots and wanted to get a win for the team,” Miller said. “If we keep playing how we are and take one game at a time, good things will come. I’m excited for us to keep showing teams how strong we really are.”

 
WSC started game one with not only one bang, but two. K. Wobken and Chandler slammed back-to-back homers for a 2-0 lead in the first inning.

 
There was no stopping from there. The Wildcats strung along an eight-run second inning to extend their lead to 10-0, highlighted by an Alyssa Schropp grand slam.

 
Miller had a perfect game going into the fifth inning. She had two outs and was almost out of the game when the umpire made a questionable pitching call. With a full count, he called a ball on a borderline pitch. The walk ruined Miller’s perfect game.

 
The second game was a completely different story. This time the ‘Cats were chasing two runs.

 
Wayne had some timely hitting in the second inning to earn them six runs to take a 6-2 lead.

 
The Golden Eagles had two errors in the fifth inning, which the ‘Cats used to extend their lead to 12-5.

 
Starter Shelby Wobken was credited with the win, recording two strikeouts while pitching three innings.

 
Senior relief pitcher Sarah Macias pitched the last inning to record her third save of the season.
Senior Lexie Loos, a lefty slap hitter, has had one heck of a senior season and Sunday afternoon was no exception.
WSC hosted Bemidji State at the Pete Chapman Softball Complex in Wayne. Loos went 7-7 and got intentionally walked not only once, but twice, which is unheard of. Nobody intentionally walks a slapper and never twice.
“It felt really good going 7- 7. I was making pretty solid contact all day and hope to keep it going this week,” Loos said. “Being intentionally walked definitely wasn’t something I was used to, but I was able to get on base because of it.”
The game went eight innings, with Miller seeing 6 2/3 innings of work and Macias for 1 1/3.
After the first inning the score was 1-1.
It was tied most of the game. Then Wayne took a 3-1 lead on some timely hits and a Beaver error.
K. Wobken had a two run single to bring the WSC lead to 6-1.
Bemidji scored two runs in the seventh, but still fell short to end the game 6-3.
S. Wobken earned the pitching win for WSC with Miller notching her first save of the season.
S.Wobken worked five innings and gave up four hits and one run while Miller pitched the final two innings and allowed two runs on seven hits.
After this weekend competition the Wayne State Softball(14-4) team is sitting second in conference behind Augustana(15-2).
Loos was named player of the week on Monday by the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. This is the first time she has received NSIC Player of the Week honors.
For the season, Loos leads the NSIC and ranks second in NCAA Division II in batting average (.500). She has 22 multi-hit games in 37 contests this season and also leads the league in hits (69) and on-base percentage (.537) while ranking fourth in runs scored (39), fifth in total bases (81) and tied for eighth in stolen bases (16).