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DECATUR, Ill. – Millikin hurlers Cathy Lebryk and Gracie Brookens each went the distance and limited Augustana to one unearned run Saturday, leading the Big Blue to a 3-1, 5-1 doubleheader sweep of the Vikings at Workman Family Field. The hosts improved to 25-9 on the season and 11-1 in the CCIW. Coach Kris Kistler's club dropped to 8-18 overall and 1-7 in the conference and is back in action on Wednesday, April 19, playing a twin bill at Elmhurst.
 
MILLIKIN 3, AUGUSTANA 1
 
Augustana went on top with a run in the second inning of the opener. Senior Amanda Ebert (Geneva HS, Geneva, Ill.) reached on a one-out, two-base error and scored on a single by freshman Alyssa Klahn (Lincoln-Way Central HS, New Lenox, Ill.). Klahn was thrown out  trying to stretch the hit into a double and Lebryk escaped further damage.
 
Sophomore Kelcie Fredrickson (Fisher HS, Foosland, Ill.) stranded four runners in three scoreless innings to start the game, but Millikin took the lead with two unearned runs in the bottom of the fourth. Fredrickson retired the first two batters on ground outs, but Alexis Dockins reached on an error to keep the inning alive. Alyssa White followed with a double to center, plating Dockins with the tying run and a walk later, Kailey Lyons singled in White with the go-ahead run.

The Big Blue gave Lebryk an insurance run in the sixth. Dockins had a leadoff single to left and after a Devin Curry double, pinch-runner Haley Toohill came home on Lyons' RBI groundout.
 
Ebert led off the ninth with a single, but Lebryk retired the next three Vikings to finish off her 12th win in 15 decisions. Fredrickson allowed just one earned run in going the distance. She suffered her ninth loss against three wins. Junior Shelby Grandt (Broomfield HS, Broomfield, Colo.) had two of Augustana's five hits.
 
MILLIKIN 5, AUGUSTANA 1
 
Sophomore Danielle Klatt (Mountain Vista HS, Highlands Ranch, Colo.) got the start for the Vikings in the nightcap and set Millikin down in the first two innings. However, the Big Blue got on the board with a run in the third. With one out, White got her team's first hit—a double down the left field line. Nicole Koch followed with a single and White came around with the go-ahead run.
 
Millikin added two in the top of the fourth on a Brooke Heimerl RBI double and Dockins' run-scoring fielder's choice.
 
Junior Lauren Severson (Morris HS, Morris, Ill.) had one-out double off Brookens in the fifth and scored Augustana's only run when sophomore Rachel Anderson (Rochester HS, Rochester, Ill.) reached on an error.
 
Marissa Padilla reached on a two-out error in the top of the seventh, plating Lyons and Curry with the final Big Blue runs.
 
Brookens retired the final seven Augustana batters she faced and got the win to improve to 10-5 on the year. She allowed just four hits and one unearned run. Klatt gave up seven hits and five runs (three earned) in going the distance and fell to 0-3 on the season.