SPRINGFIELD — The Wittenberg softball team swept a doubleheader against Capital on Monday, winning 6-0 in Game 1 and 10-4 in Game 2 to close out its non-conference schedule.

The Basics

• Records: Wittenberg (14-12 overall), Capital (4-2 overall)
• Venue: Dillahunt Field - Springfield, Ohio
• The Tigers were playing a doubleheader against an Ohio Athletic Conference opponent for the second straight day after splitting a twinbill against Otterbein on Sunday.

Stat Leaders - Game 1

• Freshman Rebekah Giel (Amelia, Ohio/West Clermont) and senior Julia Burch (Dublin, Ohio/Jerome) led the Wittenberg offense. Giel finished with two hits, four RBIs and one run, and Burch added three hits, two runs and three stolen bases.
• Sophomore Meghan McCans (Arcanum, Ohio/Arcanum) tallied one hit, one run and one steal.
• Senior Hanna Ecker (Heath, Ohio/Heath) and junior Samantha Zungri (Canal Winchester, Ohio/Canal Winchester) each had an RBI.
• Senior Kira van Ravensberg (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista) got the pitching start for the Tigers and earned the win to improve to 6-5 on the season. She pitched 5.2 scoreless innings, allowing just six hits.
• Sophomore Julia Hall (Powell, Ohio/Bishop Watterson) pitched the final 1.1 innings, allowing one hit and striking out one.
• Autumn Bridges led the Capital offense with three hits.

Game 1 - Wittenberg 6, Capital 0

• The Tigers opened the scoring with a 2-RBI single from Giel in the bottom of the first inning and added two more runs in the frame for an early 4-0 lead.
• Another 2-RBI single from Giel put Wittenberg up 6-0 in the bottom of the second.
• That proved to be plenty of run support for the pitching duo of van Ravensberg and Hall, as they closed out the game to post the combined shutout.
• Wittenberg out-hit Capital by a 10-7 margin, and neither team committed any errors.

Stat Leaders - Game 2

• Sophomore Ashlynn Stamper (Yellow Springs, Ohio/Beavercreek) led the Tiger offense with two hits, including a home run, to go with two RBIs, two runs and one of the team's eight steals in the game.
• McCans recorded three hits, two RBIs, three runs and three steals.
• Burch tallied two hits, one RBI, one run and two steals.
• Giel and Ecker each had a hit and an RBI.
• Hall earned the win in the circle for the Tigers, pitching 3.1 scoreless innings in relief of Zungri. Hall allowed just two hits and struck out two, improving her record to 3-5 on the season. Sophomore Lilly James (Troy, Ohio/Troy) pitched the final 1.2 innings.
• Rory Littman led the Comet offense with two hits, including a double, and three RBIs.

Game 2 - Wittenberg 10, Capital 4

• Capital took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a 2-RBI double from Littman.
• The Tigers answered to tie the score in the bottom of the first when McCans scored on a wild pitch and Stamper scored on a passed ball.
• After the Comets took a 3-2 lead in the top of the second, the Tigers tied the score at 3-all on an RBI single from Burch in the bottom of the frame.
• Wittenberg took a 4-3 edge on a solo homer from Stamper in the third and added four runs in the fourth, which was highlighted by a 2-RBI single from McCans and RBI single from Stamper.
• The Tigers added to the 8-3 lead with a two-run sixth inning, which was highlighted by an RBI single from Ecker.
• The Comets capped the scoring with an RBI single from Littman in the top of the seventh, making the score 10-4.
• Wittenberg out-hit Capital by a 10-5 margin and committed one error to the Comets' six.

Quote - Head coach Ashley Goodwin

• "We wrapped up our non-conference schedule today with two big wins. Our team played together and had great home fan support. We continued playing the game fast, were able to get runners in scoring position and capitalize with multiple big hits. Ashlynn Stamper continues to provide home run power in the middle of our lineup, and Julia Burch and Meghan McCans are consistently getting on base and providing the rest of our lineup with run-producing opportunities. It is always great to see Team 41 come together. We will take a few days off from softball-related activities and then prepare for our tough NCAC schedule."

Records & Milestones

• Wittenberg is now 17-37 all-time against Capital.
• Burch has 143 hits and 38 steals in her career. She ranks sixth all-time at Wittenberg in steals and is tied for ninth all-time in hits.
• Ecker has 109 hits and 69 RBIs in her career. She is 34 hits and nine RBIs shy of joining the program's all-time top 10 in those categories.
• McCans has 29 steals this season and 37 in her career. She is tied for third all-time at Wittenberg on the single-season steal list and ranks seventh on the program's all-time list for career steals.
• In the circle, van Ravensberg has 26 career wins, which ranks ninth in program history. She also has 110 career strikeouts, which ranks 10th all-time at Wittenberg.
• James has eight career saves, which is a program record.

Up Next

• The Tigers return to action on April 9, opening North Coast Athletic Conference play with a doubleheader at Hiram beginning at 3:30 p.m.