Posted April 26, 2006
By: Monique Bowman, Sports Information Assistant
Crusaders Win Five in a Row After Sweep at Wilmington
Capital 10, Wilmington 0 [Box Score]
Capital 12, Wilmington 2 [Box Score]
(WILMINGTON, Ohio)--Capital University's softball team matched a season-best five-game win streak with a two-game Ohio Athletic Conference sweep Wednesday at Wilmington College.

Capital improves to 20-17-1 overall and 7-9 in the OAC, while Wilmington drops to 4-31 overall and 2-14 in the conference.

The Crusaders jumped out to a 5-0 lead after three innings and never looked back in a 10-0 win in game one.  Junior pitcher Jen Heidenreich (Xenia/Xenia) pitched a complete game, two hitter for her third shutout and moved to 10-12 for the season.

Sophomore Lindsay Shepherd (Phillipsburg/Northmont) went 2-for-3 at the plate, driving in a run and scoring three times to lead Capital at the plate.

Wilmington took a 2-0 lead after two innings in game two before Capital scored 12 unanswered runs over the next four innings for a 12-2 win.

Sophomore pitcher Erin Willeke (Newark/Licking Valley) went the distance allowing only four hits as she moved to 10-5 on the season.

Senior Mandy Sladoje (Lancaster/Lancaster) had a pair of hits and drove in four runs, three of them on a six-inning home run as Capital had its second-most hits in a game this season with 14.

Capital finishes the 2006 season with a pair of OAC games Saturday at Marietta College.