FORT MYERS, Fla. – Austen Whibley came up with 15 strikeouts – a Kenyon single-game record – against Mount Mary University on Monday morning as the Ladies split a pair of games against MMU and Albion College at CenturyLink Sports Complex. Kenyon downed Mount Mary 5-0 before falling 10-6 against the Britons.
 
GAME ONE
 
The previous high for strikeouts came from former pitcher Maddy Stark who fanned 13 batters twice during the 2014 season.
 
On this day, Whibley was sensational as she struck out multiple batters in six of seven innings while allowing just five hits. Additionally, only seven Albion players were able to get on base, including just four in scoring position.
 
After a scoreless first frame, Kenyon got on the board in the top of the second. A sacrifice bunt was put down by Nicole Horita moving two runners into scoring position. Amanda Coyle followed with a sac bunt of her own in the next at-bat bringing home Grace Pilz. The Ladies' next run came from junior Madi Maldonado who drove in Keely Sweet with a single to left field.
 
Two innings later, Maldonado extended the Ladies' lead to 4-0. A hard grounder up the middle deflected off Mount Mary's second baseman's glove and went into the outfield allowing Coyle and Horita to score.
 
Over the span of those innings, Whibley helped retire nine of the 13 batters she faced including eight strikeouts.
 
Kenyon's final run came in the fifth came when Keely Sweet sent a shot to centerfield and brought home Allison Stratman on the sacrifice.
 
Mount Mary mustered just three hits the rest of the way.
 
The Ladies had three players record multiple hits – Maldonado, Pilz and Coyle – while Whibley's strikeout total was also a personal best. Additionally, Maldonado recorded three stolen bases which tied a single-game mark held by three other players including coach Erin O'Neill.
 
GAME TWO
 
Through two innings against Albion, the Ladies looked to be in good shape as they got out to a 2-0 lead and allowed just two Britons to reach base. That all changed, however, in the bottom of the third.
 
A total of four errors from the Ladies in that frame allowed four runners to score. Two miscues came after bunts to the circle and the other pair came from Kenyon's catcher and right fielder. The 2-0 lead was gone and Albion led 4-2 after three.
 
Kenyon responded in the fifth. Following a Britny Patterson single, a throwing error by Albion's right fielder allowed Maldonado to score. Down 4-3, freshman Lauren Graf came through with an RBI single bringing Amanda Ogata home.
 
The Ladies then retook the lead on another run-scoring hit, this one from Stratman. The four-run fifth inning was then capped off as Graf tagged home plate after a fielder's choice with Albion's catcher's foot off the plate.
 
Despite regaining the lead, Kenyon lost it again. Albion was down to two outs in the fifth and got an RBI single from Kara Suwarsky and a bases-clearing double from Rebeka Enders pushing the Britons back in front, 8-6.
 
Albion added two more runs in the sixth while Kenyon was retired in order in both the sixth and seventh frames.
 
Ogata, Patterson and Stratman each had two hits while Whibley took the loss.
 
Kenyon has tomorrow off but will return to action in the Gene Cusic Classic on March 9 against Bridgewater State University and Rockford University in Naples, Florida.