KENOSHA, WIS.—A quick turnaround is in store for the Carthage College softball team as they face Concordia University Chicago (DH) in River Forest, Illinois on Monday, March 26 at 3:00 p.m. The Lady Reds will conclude the week with a road tilt against Wisconsin Lutheran College (DH) at the Neumann Family Softball Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Thursday, March 29 at 3:00 p.m.
 
Through 16 games, Alexandra Millett paces the Lady Reds with a .392 (20-51) batting average and eight RBI's. Jennifer Michuda (.359) and Brooke Sefcik (.320) round out the Carthage .300+ sluggers. Sefcik leads the team with six doubles, three home runs and 31 total bases.
 
Lady Reds pitcher Stefanie Guercio ranks second in the CCIW with 52 strikeouts, and third with a 2.16 ERA.
 
ABOUT CONCORDIA CHICAGO (8-4, 0-0 NACC)
 
The Cougars kicked-off 2018 with a 6-4 record at the PFX Spring Games in Clermont, Florida, where they faced many common opponents with Carthage that included Penn State Behrend (L, 1-5), Wartburg (W, 8-1), University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg (W, 11-1), Ursinus College (L, 3-6), Elizabethtown College (W, 8-3), University of Mount Union (W, 11-6), Bridgewater State (W, 6-5), and Monmouth College (L, 0-3). They opened their post-spring break schedule with a 10-0 and 6-2 sweep over North Park University on March 21.
 
The Cougars will enter Monday's bout with seven .300+ sluggers in their lineup, led by Melissa Balkema's .500 (17-34) mark. Karlee Knight, Marita Van Dyke and Julianne Nation make up a Concordia Chicago pitching staff that carries a 3.41 ERA and 50 strikeouts over 80.0 innings of work.
 
Sarah O'Malley-Fisher is in her sixth season as Cougars head softball coach. The Lady Reds sport a 13-4 all-time record against Concordia Chicago.
 
ABOUT WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE (5-5, 0-0 NACC)
 
The Warriors will open their post-spring break schedule against Carthage after going 5-5 at the Sunkissed Games in Kissimmee, Florida on March 12-16. Wisconsin Lutheran, who will enter Thursday off 13 day's rest, are led by Taylor Bjork's .406 (13-32) batting average, 13 hits and three home runs. Next is Karah Ritacco, who owns a .394 batting average (13-33) and a team-leading 10 RBI's.
 
As a team, Wisconsin Lutheran owns a .300 batting average and a .385 on-base percentage.
 
Abby Mahsem leads the Warriors pitching staff with a 3.59 ERA and 36 strikeouts over 39.0 innings.
 
The 2018 season marks Bill Curtis's seventh as Warriors head softball coach. Carthage owns a 4-2 all-time mark against Wisconsin Lutheran.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
 
Carthage will open their CCIW schedule with a home tilt against Elmhurst College (DH) on Wednesday, April 4 at 3:00 p.m. The Lady Reds will turn around and face UW-Whitewater (DH) on the road on Thursday, April 5 at 2:30 p.m.