Chargers Drop 2 at Eagles Despite Big Days From Wolfe, Nagel

OGLESBY — Emma Wolfe collected seven hits on the day and Maleaha Nagel extended her home run streak to three games with a longball in Game 1, but the Carl Sandburg College softball team was swept in an Arrowhead Conference doubleheader at Illinois Valley on Monday afternoon.

GAME 1
Illinois Valley 8, Sandburg 5
Sandburg         000      230      0          —        5          12        2
Illinois Valley   030      401      x          —        8          12        2
L: Carley Hacke 4 IP, 2 K, 2 BB

KEY MOMENT
Carley Hacke's two-out, two-run single in the fourth got the Chargers on the board and cut their deficit to 3-2, but the Eagles responded with a four-run bottom of the fourth, with all the runs scoring with two out in the inning.

SANDBURG STANDOUT
Nagel knocked a three-run home run to right field in the fifth to pull the Chargers within 7-5. The first baseman finished 2 for 4 with a pair of runs scored and three RBIs. The dinger was Nagel's third in as many games and eighth of the season.

OTHER TOP CHARGERS
• Wolfe: 4 for 4, double, run
• Kayla Wolf: 2 for 4

GAME 2
Illinois Valley 10, Sandburg 9
Sandburg         102      024      0          —        9          13        1
Illinois Valley   142      300      x          —        10        15        0
L: Brooklyn Walker 3 IP, 2 K, 4 BB

KEY MOMENTS
• Down 10-3 in the fifth, the Chargers tallied a pair of runs on RBI base hits from Natalie Righi and Emma Wolfe.
• Sandburg put up four more in the sixth to pull within a run as Wolfe singled in a run, Righi followed with an RBI double and Nagel knocked in two more with a base hit. The Chargers pushed the tying run to second in both the sixth and seventh but was unable to even the score.

SANDBURG STANDOUT
Wolfe went 3 for 5 with a triple, scored twice and drove in three to lead a 13-hit effort by the Sandburg lineup and raise her team-leading batting average to .410 for the season.

OTHER TOP CHARGERS
• Righi: 2 for 4, double, run, three RBIs
• Elly Bentley: 3 for 4, walk, three runs

UP NEXT FOR SANDBURG
3 p.m. Tuesday vs. Sauk Valley (Paint the Field Red Day)

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