WHITEWATER, WIS.—The mild-sunny weather from Clermont, Florida decided to follow the Carthage College softball team to their doubleheader at UW-Whitewater on Tuesday afternoon. The game was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but a 50 percent chance of rain forced the change to Tuesday afternoon.
 
The Lady Reds set the tone in game one when Kristine Herdegen hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the first, but couldn't hold that lead in a 10-6 loss. Carthage fell to the Warhawks 9-0 in game two.

The losses drop the Lady Reds to 6-6, 0-0 CCIW while UW-Whitewater improves to 9-4, 0-0 WIAC.
 
UW-Whitewater 10, Lady Reds 6
 
Vivian Juarez reached base on a single to set up Herdegen's two-run home run to give the Lady Reds a 2-0 lead in the first inning. The Warhawks cut that lead in half when Maggie Hansen tallied a home run in the second inning to make the score 2-1.
 
Shannon Walsh pushed the Carthage lead to 3-1 with a run before the Warhawks took the lead for good. The home run ball was in tune for the Warhawks as Hansen and Nikki Mikosz each tallied one to widen their lead to 7-3 after three innings.
 

Juarez notched her third hit of the game in the fifth inning with a line-drive RBI-triple to the right field fence. This scored Shannon Walsh, who singled, to get the Lady Reds within two runs of the Warhawks at 7-5.
 
Amy Ricci reached base on a walk for the Warhawks in the bottom of five, which triggered Carthage head coach Amy Gillmore to swap in Katie Herron on the pitching rubber. Kayla Seymour (Ricci's pinch runner) eventually scored to push the Warhawk lead to 8-5.    
 
The Lady Reds mustered one more run when Hailey Rothstein hit a home run over the center field porch in the sixth inning to narrow their margin to 8-6. The Warhawks closed the game's scoring with a pair of runs in the bottom of sixth inning to secure a 10-6 victory.
 
Juarez paced the Lady Red offense with a single, double and triple. Herdegen and Rothstein each notched home runs for Carthage. Darian Pelsor and Herron each saw time in the pitching circle for the Lady Reds.
 

Makenzie Walker got the nod in the pitching circle for the Lady Reds. She tallied three strikeouts en route to a scoreless tie after two innings.
 
The Warhawks registered their first run of the game in the third inning. Kelly Berglund hit a sharp single up the middle, and reach third base on a Mallory Klotz double. Catilin Catino drove in Berglund on a groundout to give the Warhawks a 1-0 lead.
 
UW-Whitewater found two-out magic when Emily Rux and Jessica Kaemerer each came up with an RBI-single to extend their lead to 3-0 after three innings.
 
The sixth inning saw the Warhawks score six runs, which ended with a Lauren Janczak two-run home run to secure a 9-0 win.
 
Walsh paced the Lady Red offense with two hits in the back end of the doubleheader.
 
Walker pitched five complete innings and tallied four strikeouts in the losing effort.
 
The Lady Reds will return to action on Monday, April 4 at North Park University in their first CCIW game of the season. The doubleheader is slated to begin at 3:00 p.m.